Mexican Style – Golovkin Will be Wearing the Sombrero

By Paul Strauss - 10/10/2014 - Comments

Marco Antonio “El Veneno” Rubio 59-6-1 (51KO) and his trainer Robert Garcia say Marco is going to introduce Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin 30-0-0 (27KO) to “Mexican Style” fighting. The description implies being a warrior, willing to die in the ring, courageous, never afraid, exhibiting a good chin, always calm and of course having a great left hook to the liver.

Rubio enjoys all of the Mexican Style qualities. He is the current WBC interim middleweight champion. He has been through several wars, and with the exception of three stoppages in his long career, has proved to have the “good chin”.

For example, he traded heavy blows in a twelve round title fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. He lost a decision. Hence, there are those who feel he will be a formidable opponent for Triple G.

That always seems to be the case with Triple G. Boxing pundits continue to say he hasn’t been tested, or this next opponent will be his “toughest test”. Triple G keeps getting “A’s” when passing the tests. First, he accumulated 345 victories, along with multiple golds in different international competitions. He beat the likes of Lucien Bute, Andre Dirrell, Andy Lee. In the pro’s, he is a perfect 30-0, with 27 KO’s, and is the WBA and IBO depending champion.

Triple G made his HBO debut in America with an impressive fifth round stoppage of Grzegorz Proksa. Next, Gabriel Rosado’s corner threw in the towel in the seventh round to prevent further battering. Nobuhiro Ishida’s height and reach were supposed to pose problems for Triple G. He fell in three. Then Mathew Macklin was labeled as the next toughest test. He also was gone in three. Then Curtis Stevens, Osumanu Adama, and Daniel Geale all fell.

Triple G has been described as a hybrid type fighter, one who enjoys the best of two worlds, aggression and discipline. There’s a third quality as well, crunching punching power. His knockout percentage is 90%. Don’t forget he has a great chin as well. He’s never been stopped, or even been knocked down in the amateurs or pros. Readers of The Ring magazine named him “Fighter of the Year” in 2013.

Rubio might be throwing the sombrero down to dance around, but Triple G will be the one with the more effective foot work. He is always “on balance” and ready to punch. Expect him to use his power punch jab to stop Rubio in his tracks. Rubio will think he was hit with a ton of bricks. He will be forced to defend himself from that wallop, only to be open for the prized mexican left hook to the body. That will be the end of Rubio’s “Mexican Style”, and he will be forced to hear Triple G say “ole”.