The card title Mexican Style will either validate Rubio and the Mexican style of fighting or prove that Golovkin is superior to any style that he has fought against which is mostly European and a little of American. I think Golovkin has seen the type of Rubio before in the rugged and nail-tough Gabe Rosado whom he battered, bruised and bloodied to a mid round stoppage some years back, although Rubio is bigger and perhaps more powerful than Gabe.

Rubio has been stopped before at certain points of his checkered career by Saul Roman in 2001, Kofi Jantuah in 2005 and then middleweight king Kelly Pavlik in 2009. He also lost on points twice before to Baysangurov and Kassim Ouma in back-to-back fashion in 2006. But since 2009, he has lost only once by decision to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2012 while winning 16 bouts, mostly by KO/TKO. His victims included Mike Vanda, Dionisio Miranda ( a common foe with GGG), Rigoberto Alvarez, David Lemieux, Jose Luis Zertuche, Marcus Upshaw and Carlos Baldomir

Rubio like GGG is on a roll essentially and that makes him a very live and dangerous customer for Golovkin.

I think though that Golovkin remains the better, more superior and powerful fighter than Rubio.

Rubio will somehow prove himself as better than most GGG has faced in his last 17 KO wins but for all his courage and gameness, Rubio will not prevent his being GGG's 18th straight KO victim.

I think the fight will last a little beyond mid point before Rubio falls.

Golovkin is top 1-3 overhyped fighters right now.

Marco Antonio Rubio is decent but he's been knocked out before. He's only slightly better than Geale. Golovkin and his Super Mario as.s looking trainer Abel Sanchez carefully select fights and HBO keeps pumping him up.

No. Rubio isn't as good as Macklin or Geale. I think GGG is slightly overhyped but I do 100% believe that nobody wants to fight him.

Rubio is tuff and hits hard. I think he might catch GGG with a monster Right hand bomb. But I got GGG by decision.

GGG is the future and will dominate this bout.

He should be

Marco Antonio Rubio vs GGG is set in just a couple of days (live on hbo...in california).

I don't think this is his first big test for GGG to proof himself as he already fought Daniel Geale and i find Geale to be pretty decent boxer if not that great. But Rubio is a class above Geale that's for sure.