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Golovkin (31-0, 28 KOs) punctuated his brief West Coast debut with a crushing left hand to the forehead. Rubio tumbled to the canvas and couldn't get his wits together in time, the fight ending 1:19 into the second round. Golovkin battered Rubio (59-7-1) throughout his 12th title defense, hurting Rubio earlier in the second round with a right hand and a left uppercut. A raucous sellout crowd in the outdoor stadium chanted the name of the Kazakh-born, California-trained middleweight who has become one of boxing's most charismatic stars. "I felt I hurt him with the left hand, and the uppercut was when he was very badly hurt," Golovkin said. "I knew I had him. ... I was happy he came forward. He fought Mexican style, and he tried to hurt me, but my power was too much for him tonight." Golovkin won Rubio's WBC interim belt, which means the winner of WBC champion Miguel Cotto's upcoming bout with Canelo Alvarez must either fight Golovkin or vacate the title. Golovkin has trouble attracting the world's biggest 160-pound names, so he hopes to clean out the division by winning every belt. "He'll fight anyone, whoever we can get in the ring," promoter Tom Loeffler said. Rubio briefly complained that the knockout punch was illegal, although television replays clearly contradicted him. "Gennady is a great champion," Rubio said. "He hit me hard, but it's not the hardest I've been hit. I came to fight, to put on a good show. I got up, but the referee decided to stop it." The StubHub Center crowd of 9,323, easily the largest turnout for a boxing event at the outdoor stadium, chanted "Triple G!" and leaped to its feet for the stoppage. Rubio missed weight for the fight on Friday by nearly 2 pounds, costing him the chance to fight for both titles. He entered the ring weighing 181 pounds, but Golovkin floored him with the same relentless style that has been too much for every middleweight opponent to date. Golovkin landed 28 power punches in just over four minutes of ring time against Rubio. 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