Golovkin vs Wade

Who won Golovkin vs Wade?

Gennady Golovkin beat Dominic Wade by knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016, at Forum, Inglewood.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 kg).

This contest was for the unified middleweight championship of the world, with the WBA, IBF, and WBC belts on the line.

Golovkin vs Wade stats

Back in April 2016, Gennady Golovkin stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 34 wins, zero losses, and 0  draws, 31 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Dominic Wade made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 18 wins and 0 draws, with 12 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Golovkin had a large advantage in power over Wade, boasting a 91% knockout percentage compared to Wade's 67%.

Gennady Golovkin was the older man by 8 years, at 34 years old.

Wade had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Gennady Golovkin and Dominic Wade fought out of an orthodox stance.

Golovkin was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Wade, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 178 more professional rounds, totaling 240 compared to Wade's 62.

Golovkin vs Wade form

Gennady Golovkin had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated David Lemieux on October 17, 2015, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and WBA Super World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Willie Monroe Jr on May 16, 2015, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Middleweight and WBA Super World Middleweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Martin Murray on February 21, 2015, by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA Super World Middleweight and WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Before that, he had won against Marco Antonio Rubio on October 18, 2014, by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA Super World Middleweight and WBC World Middleweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson, United States.

He had beaten Curtis Stevens on November 2, 2013, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

Golovkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 21 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

What time did Golovkin vs Wade start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST at Forum, Inglewood, United States, which was around 11:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Golovkin vs Wade?

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