When Will Dominic Wade Fight Again

The search party has been diligent in its attempt to find a trip the light fantastic partner for Gennady Golovkin.

Just no, it hasn't been a political party as promoter Tom Loeffler worked the phones and tried to observe a respectable talent to enter the squared circle with his ultra-amiable and equally ultra-powerful middleweight ace.

It was looking very much like Bahamian boxer Tureano Johnson would get the gig, for an April confront-off confronting the undefeated Kazakh.

Johnson is rated No. ane by the IBF, "3G" holds the IBF strap (forth with the WBA championship) and, importantly, he has lobbied for the chance. But Tureano hurt his shoulder in training and got scratched off the list.

Rumor is the listing has been whittled down to one: Maryland born fighter Dominic Wade (No. 3 in the IBF, No. viii by the WBA). He's 18-0, with 12 knockouts, after turning pro in 2009. Simply 25, his best win came in his last fight, a split decision against veteran Sam Soliman in June 2015. It was a pretty close fight against a adequately faded Soliman.

Rumor, right, Tom Loeffler? Is Wade the one? "I'g not sure nevertheless," Loeffler said.

Will you say who else might be in the mix?

"No, just looking to put the best fight together for 'GGG,'" the deft defender stated to RING.

Terminal fourth dimension out, GGG sold out Madison Square Garden, the big room, like Springsteen does, and so Loeffler has options of where to place this fight vs. TBD, for sure. "Nosotros sold more than tickets with this kid from Kazahkstan in NY confronting David Lemieux than they did for 2 middleweights from Brooklyn, (Daniel) Jacobs and (Peter) Quillin and the heavyweight championship fight (betwixt WBC titlist Deontay Wilder and Artur Szpilka) in Brooklyn," Loeffler said.

Loeffler told me he continues to be quite pleased at the button to make Gennady a worldwide allure. The encompass the boxer received in the U.k., where he attended a Premier League football match, Loeffler said, was considerable.

That desire to build the baby-faced hitter up and spread the discussion organically didn't and doesn't come cheap. He hustles, flying hither and there, pressing hands like he'due south running for office. "There's a lot to be said to edifice someone organically, rather than going the casino road," Loeffler said. That road is less risky but at that place is a lower ceiling, arguably, to growth. Casinos have Celine Dion playing Friday and a fight Sat and slot machines whirring all the fourth dimension. To identify a bout in a hallowed arena, like Madison Square Garden, that confers, when done right, a special stamp on an entertainer that is defective in a casino'south staging surface area. One twenty-four hour period, GGG will do the Vegas thing, Loeffler said, but for at present, their path to prosperity has been working for them. The mode tix flew for the fight with Marco Antonio Rubio, in 2014 at StubHub, that was a potent offering of proof that this kid is a describe, that people want to soak up his skill set alive. More proof on his drawing forcefulness – MSG sold out, a beginning for a boxer other than a Puerto Rican icon similar Felix Trinidad or Miguel Cotto, noted Loeffler.

Anyhow, the site for the adjacent GGG scrap hasn't been selected…

What virtually date? Has that chemical element been locked down?

" Apr 23 as of now," he said, "but could change, depending on the opponent."

I asked Loeffler to sum upward this effort to observe a foe, in the grand scheme of things, that existence Wish One is to go Band champion Canelo Alvarez in a ring.

"Canelo is the priority for this year," he summed upwards.

And I dare say I think canny Loeffler, in ticking off Golovkins' strength across continents, is sagely politicking for proper apportioning of the Canelo-Golovkin pie. To me, his points are waterproof, although I assume Squad Canelo will beg to differ.

Back to the now: If Wade gets the nod, Loeffler said he will be able to work with his adviser, Al Haymon. "Different many other promoters, I have no problem working with Al Haymon," he told me.

Loeffler would take liked if Billy Joe Saunders, the WBO titlist, wanted to test himself and unify merely Team Golovkin's offer to the Brit was spurned. Then it's on to Plan C…or is it D?…maybe Wade. "He's an undefeated fighter and, like Emanuel Steward said, you never know how proficient a guy is who has never lost," Loeffler said.

And if that fight happens and the expected happens, and GGG goes to 35-0, Loeffler thinks nosotros are on a track to see Canelo vs. Golovkin afterward this year.

My takes: Golovkin is in that strange and rare place where he draws some scrutiny that might be unfair, mostly, perchance, considering he dominates. Floyd Mayweather Jr. dealt with the same matter. People similar dramatic fights and too much domination tin can get quondam.

– Also, Loeffler, who perhaps deserves to win the BWAA Promoter of the Twelvemonth award, is a relative newbie in this. He doesn't have the decades of accumulated political capital some others take. He must rely more so on bulletin, on immediate results, and maybe sometimes a higher bar of standards are practical to him and his kid.

– If it is young Wade, 1 brilliant side is maybe Loeffler working with Haymon helps us get Golovkin vs. Danny Jacobs, Jacobs also ranking high at middleweight.

I welcome your thoughts on GGG next and annihilation touched on in this story, my friends. Fire me a comment if yous like.

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