1. Cut Off The Ring
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Monroe is a cagey veteran who will try to find every bit of real estate inside the ring to avoid getting hit by one of Golovkin’s monster shots.
Monroe is coming off a win in January over the rugged Brian Vera, where Vera found success early in the fight by crowding Monroe into the corner. Ultimately, Vera failed to cut the ring off, allowing Monroe to outpoint Vera and land shots from a distance.
Golovkin, gunning for his 20th consecutive knockout, will attempt to seek and destroy Monroe by not giving him any room to run.
In June 2013, Golovkin put on a tremendous performance by stopping Matthew Macklin in three rounds, and it all started with Golovkin’s ability to cut the ring off and not allow Macklin to get comfortable.
Daniel Geale, another tough middleweight, tried using his foot work against Golovkin when they met in New York in July of last year, but again Golovkin set perfect traps and Geale found himself cornered and knocked down with a hard right hand.
Geale was no match for Golovkin and the fight was stopped in the third round too.
