Tale of the Tape
Styles make fights, so anticipate a clash of Willie Monroe’s slick, southpaw boxing style and an orthodox Gennady Golovkin’s pressure-fighting tactics.
Though Monroe can work in close range, he tends to stay on the outside. Monroe has a four-inch reach advantage, which will help him tremendously in landing his jab on Golovkin and keeping his distance when he wants. Golovkin will have to work around that reach to find his way to the head and body.
Monroe is really going to need to use that reach advantage when dealing with Golovokin who is all about pressure, pressure, pressure. He may be a few years older than Monroe, but Golovkin always looks young and spry.
Golovkin has just a half-inch height advantage over Monroe, meaning he may do a lot of headhunting. We’ll have to see how Monroe reacts to Golovkin’s power that has earned him a roughly 90-percent knockout ratio, a figure that pales in comparison to Monroe’s 30 percent.
