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Golovkin vs. Monroe Jr: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) defends his WBA (Super) middleweight title against Willie Monroe Jr. (The Mongoose). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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33
May 6, 2006
32-0
13
29 (90.6%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Feb 21, 2015
2m, 25d
32
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Mar 27, 2008
19-1
0
6 (30%)
178 cm
188 cm
10 cm
Southpaw
Jan 16, 2015
4m
9
WBA
MD
e1
d13
middleweight
Saturday, 16 May 2015
The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Willie Monroe Jr.

Date

This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Willie Monroe Jr. took place on at the The Forum, Inglewood, California, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Gennady Golovkin is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Willie Monroe Jr. is 178 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Monroe Jr. has a significantly longer reach of 188 cm, which is 10 cms longer than Golovkin's 178 cm. Monroe Jr. also has a 11 cm ape index advantage over Golovkin.

Golovkin is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 32-0 (29 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 25 days ago against Martin Murray, which he won via 11th round TKO.

Martin Murray's boxing career

Monroe Jr. comes in with a record of 19-1 (6 KOs). His last fight was 4 months ago against Brian Vera, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Gennady Golovkin fights out of the orthodox stance, while Willie Monroe Jr. fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 33 years and 1 month old. Monroe Jr. will be 28 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 73-27 in favor of Gennady Golovkin. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Monroe Jr.

Gennady Golovkin should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Willie Monroe Jr. to win this one.

Result

Gennady Golovkin defeated Willie Monroe Jr. via 6th round TKO to retain the WBA (Super) middleweight title. Monroe Jr.'s 9 fight win streak comes to an end, and Golovkin advances his win streak to 33. Golovkin is now 33-0, and Monroe Jr. 19-2.

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