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

Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) defends his WBA (Super) and WBC middleweight titles against Vanes Martirosyan (The Nightmare). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

36
May 6, 2006
37-0-1
19
33 (86.8%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Sep 16, 2017
7m, 19d
0
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
32
Apr 8, 2005
36-3-1
2
21 (52.5%)
183 cm
178 cm
-5 cm
Orthodox
May 21, 2016
1y, 11m, 14d
-1
WBAWBCIBF
MD
e1
d18
MD
e1
d3
MD
w1
d4
middleweight
Saturday, 5 May 2018
StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.
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Gennady Golovkin vs. Vanes Martirosyan

Date

This fight between Gennady Golovkin and Vanes Martirosyan took place on at the StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 183 cm, Vanes Martirosyan is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Gennady Golovkin is 179 cm. The fighters have the same reach of 178 cm. Golovkin has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Martirosyan.

Golovkin is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 37-0-1 (33 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 19 days ago against Canelo Álvarez, which ended in a draw.

Canelo Álvarez' boxing career

Martirosyan comes in with a record of 36-3-1 (21 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 11 months, and 14 days ago against Erislandy Lara, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.

Erislandy Lara's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Golovkin will be 36 years old. Martirosyan will be 32 years 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 84-16 in favor of Gennady Golovkin. Here is the prediction for Golovkin vs Martirosyan.

This is going to be a very tough fight for Vanes Martirosyan. Gennady Golovkin is highly favored to win this fight.

Result

Gennady Golovkin defeated Vanes Martirosyan via 2nd round KO to retain the WBA (Super) and WBC middleweight titles. Martirosyan's losing streak continues, and Golovkin gets on a new winning streak. Golovkin is now 38-0-1, and Martirosyan 36-4-1.

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