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Gennady Golovkin vs Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gennady Golovkin

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Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio

Gennady Golovkin (42-2-1) and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio (59-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Golovkin

42

Wins37 KO · 88%

2

Losses

1

Draw45 tracked bouts

Rubio

59

Wins51 KO · 86%

8

Losses

1

Draw68 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Golovkin leads 1–0

Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio have met 1 time; Golovkin leads 1–0.

Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio have met 1 time; Golovkin leads 1–0.
Met2014Oct 18Series
Gennady GolovkinFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" RubioFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Golovkin 6 · Rubio 2 of 8 measurable rows
GolovkinRubio
Record
42-2-1 (edge)59-8-1
Win %0–100%
94.4% (edge)
87.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 51
37
51 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
88.1% (edge)
86.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
88% (edge)
86%
Times stopped†max 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 15
15 (edge)
1
Bouts per year‡max 4.4
2.7
4.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
45
68

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

HeightLevel
Gennady Golovkin: 5′10″
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 5′10″
ReachLevel
Gennady Golovkin: 70″
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 70″
Age2 yrs apart
Gennady Golovkin: 44
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 46
Stance
Gennady Golovkin: Orthodox
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: Orthodox

Gennady Golovkin left, Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gennady Golovkin42 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Gennady Golovkin: 42 tracked wins — 37 by KO/TKO (88%) and 5 on the cards (12%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

37 by KO/TKO 88%5 on the cards 12%

Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio59 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 59 tracked wins — 51 by KO/TKO (86%) and 8 on the cards (14%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

51 by KO/TKO 86%8 on the cards 14%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gennady Golovkin 45, Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio 68 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Golovkin better on 1 · even on 1

Golovkin

Opponent

Rubio

  • Gennady Golovkin

    Win, TKO 8

    2015

    LemieuxEven

    Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio

    Win, TKO 7

    2011

  • Gennady Golovkin

    Win, TKO 10

    2011

    OumaGolovkin better

    Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio

    Loss, SD

    2006

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Gennady Golovkin last boxed on Sep 17, 2022 — 1,508 days ago. Golovkin had won four in a row before losing a decision to Canelo Álvarez.WWWWL

Rolls Jun 2019Derevyanchenko Oct 2019Szeremeta Dec 2020Murata Apr 2022Álvarez Sep 20222.7 tracked bouts per year

Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio last boxed on Sep 6, 2015 — 4,076 days ago. Rubio had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Upshaw Mar 2013Miranda Jul 2013Spada Apr 2014Golovkin Oct 2014Dirrell Sep 20154.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio ever fought each other?
Yes. Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio met once on October 18, 2014, and Gennady Golovkin won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WOct 18, 2014 · Golovkin · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Golovkin or Rubio?
Gennady Golovkin is 42-2-1 and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio is 59-8-1. Gennady Golovkin has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Golovkin42–2–194.4%

Rubio59–8–187.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Golovkin or Rubio?
Gennady Golovkin has 37 knockout wins and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio has 51. Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Golovkin3788.1%

Rubio5186.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Golovkin and Rubio have any common opponents?
Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio share 2 common opponents: David Lemieux and Kassim Ouma. Gennady Golovkin fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

David LemieuxWW

Kassim OumaWL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Golovkin or Rubio?
Gennady Golovkin is the taller fighter at 179 cm, 1 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Golovkin179 cm178 cm reach

Rubio178 cm178 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Golovkin and Rubio?
This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Gennady Golovkin and 68 bouts tracked for Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Golovkin45bouts

Rubio68bouts

How They Win ↓

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