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Golovkin vs. Rubio: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) defends his WBA (Super) middleweight title against Marco Antonio Rubio (El Veneno). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

32
May 6, 2006
30-0
11
27 (90%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Jul 26, 2014
2m, 22d
30
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
May 17, 2000
59-6-1
2
51 (77.3%)
178 cm
178 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Apr 5, 2014
6m, 13d
6
WBA
MD
e1
d11
middleweight
Saturday, 18 Oct 2014
StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Marco Antonio Rubio

Date

This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio Rubio took place on at the StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Gennady Golovkin is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Marco Antonio Rubio is 178 cm. The fighters have the same reach of 178 cm. Rubio has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Golovkin.

Golovkin is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 30-0 (27 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 22 days ago against Daniel Geale, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Daniel Geale's boxing career

Rubio comes in with a record of 59-6-1 (51 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 13 days ago against Domenico Spada, which he won via 10th round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 32 years and 6 months old. Rubio will be 34 years and 4 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 76-24 in favor of Gennady Golovkin. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Rubio.

Gennady Golovkin should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Marco Antonio Rubio to win this one.

Result

Gennady Golovkin defeated Marco Antonio Rubio via 2nd round KO to retain the WBA (Super) middleweight title. Rubio's 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Golovkin advances his win streak to 31. Golovkin is now 31-0, and Rubio 59-7-1.

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