Photo by Naoki Fukada
Saturday, October 18, 2014, K2 Promotions, GGG Promotions and Promociones Del Pueblo presented “Mexican Style.”
The card was headlined by one of boxing’s fastest rising stars, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (30-0-0, 27 KOs) as he defended his WBA and IBO Middleweight World Titles against WBC Interim Champion Marco Antonio “El Veneno” Rubio (59-6-1 (51 KOs) in the 12-round main event.
The co-featured bout was a featherweight showdown between 2012 Fighter of the Year and four-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (33-2-0, 21 KOs) and undefeated world champion Nicholas “The Axe Man” Walters (24-0-0, 20 KOs) who battled it out to determine the undisputed WBA Featherweight world champion.
The first televised bout of the evening between Walters and Donaire ended in a brutal TKO in Round 6.
Walters ended Donaire’s night–and possibly career–with a massive overhand right.
In the main event, Gennady Golovkin continued his KO streak by making quick work of Marco Antonio Rubio, ending the bout in Round 2.
Stay tuned for a full recap.
