Marco Antonio Rubio

By Dan Ambrose: Marco Antonio Rubio’s WBC interim 160 pound title will be up for grabs in his fight against WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (30-0, 27 KOs) on October 18th, according to Steve Kim and Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions.

This means that the winner of the Golovkin-Rubio fight will be the mandatory challenger for WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. Unfortunately, it doesn’t mean that Cotto will necessarily face the winner of the Rubio-Golovkin fight, because Cotto could very well vacate his WBC title rather than face Golovkin or Rubio (59-6-1, 51 KOs).

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By Dan Ambrose: WBC interim middleweight champion Marco Antonio Rubio (59-6-1, 51 KOs) plans on using every trick in the book to try and defeat WBS middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (30-0, 27 KOs) in their fight on October 18th at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Rubio, 34, and his trainer Robert Garcia are going to come into the fight with a number of different battle plans they hope will work. If one doesn’t work, they plan on abandoning it and trying something else out until something does finally work.

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By Dan Ambrose: Tickets for the October 18th, “Mexican style” card between WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (30-0, 27 KOs) and WBC interim middleweight champion Marco Antonio Rubio (59-6-1, 51 KOs) will be going on sale next Wednesday, August 27th, according to Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. The Golovkin-Rubio fight will be staged at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

This is the perfect fight for both Golovkin and Rubio, as the winner of the fight stands to gain a lot. If Golovkin beats Rubio, which is likely given his power and talent advantage, he’ll become the mandatory challenger for WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto.

Golovkin will then be able to either force a fight against Cotto or watch him vacate instead of fighting, which will be minor victory for Golovkin. He’ll be seen by hardcore boxing fans as someone who Cotto avoided, and that obviously will help Golovkin’s career.

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By Allan Fox: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golvkin will be defending his title against Marco Antonio Rubio on 10/18 in a fight televised by HBO from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions wanted to get a big name like Miguel Cotto, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez or Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, but none of those fighters were options for the fight.

For Golovkin and K2, this is as good as it gets in terms of available opponents. Rubio fits their criteria for what they’re looking for given that the fights taking place in Southern California and K2 is looking to create new fans for Golovkin.

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By Dan Ambrose: The hard hitting WBC interim middleweight champion Marco Antonio Rubio (59-6-1, 51 KOs) plans on going after WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (30-0, 27 KOs) in their proposed fight on October 18th and knocking him out.

The Rubio-Golovkin fight isn’t a done deal as of yet, but it’s expected to be signed shortly. They’re looking at putting in possibly at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Rubio says he sees a lot of flaws in Golovkin’s defense that he wants to take advantage of. He feels that the only reason Golovkin’s past opponents didn’t get to him was because they didn’t have the power and lacked the nerve.

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