On November 2, 2013, Gennady Golovkin (27-0, 24 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against American challenger, Curtis Stevens (25-3, 18 KOs).
Gennady Golovkin is coming in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round KO victory over Matthew Macklin, 4 months and 4 days ago. Curtis Stevens is on a 4-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Saúl Román, 2 months and 30 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Gennady Golovkin at 99-1 winning odds. Curtis Stevens really doesn't have much to present against Golovkin.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 8th round, and Gennady Golovkin is crowned the new middleweight world champion. Golovkin improves his record to 28-0 (25 KOs), while Stevens adds a loss to his record at 25-4.