GGG sets April fight against Wade

Dominic Wade beat former IBF Champion Sam Soliman, but is going to be a massive underdog against Gennady Golovkin.

As the boxing world awaits the coming megafight between Gennady Golokin and ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, the two fighters have filled spring dates in the mean time. It was announced last week that Alvarez will fight another world-class opponent, taking on Amir Khan in May. Golovkin, however, has to settle for a much less noteworthy fight against Dominic Wade on April 23.

After WBO world middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders demanded the world and prevented that champion vs. champion fight from ever happening, Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) just settled for his mandatory IBF challenger. Wade was not the No. 1 contender in the IBF, but Tureano Johnson was unable to make an April fight date because of shoulder surgery.

The 25-year-old from Largo, Maryland holds a perfect 18-0 record with 12 win by knockout is coming off a victory over former IBF middleweight champion Sam Soliman, but will be a massive underdog in the fight against Golovkin as he has no other truly notable victories on his record.

Golovkin will put the WBA Super World middleweight title, IBF World Middleweight title, the IBO World middleweight title and interim WBC World middleweight titles all on the line against Wade on April when they square off in the Forum in Inglewood, California.

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