Good afternoon folks Just saw the face off with GGG vs Wade. Dominic is a big boy. Wade has 160 amateur fights. He won gold at Jr Olympics. Saw more of his fights. Wade is definitely not a can. He's got some speed, good reflexes and a good right hand. This is a real good stay busy fight. I don't expect Wade to see the 12th, but I expect a good fight while it lasts. However, in the long run, Wade gains the respect of the boxing public. Wade went from unknown to "GGG's next opponent" which means something. I'd like to see how GGG's opponents do against each other.
Well, he's got nothing to lose but brain cells. Wade's a pretty good prospect, but he's a much better fit for the 4x a year fight schedule GGG was on than the 2x a year he'll get in this year. That's the disappointing bit.
I'd like to see Wade crack Golovkin's chin with a mean right hand. I can see Golovkin pushing Wade on the ropes, GGG loading shots, then Wade throwing in a quick right hand behind the guard.
They actually fought each other in the amateurs. Wade's partial amateur record 2008-03-10 165 Luis Arias 165 Colorado Springs, CO USA L by pts. 19:12 4-2 2007-08-23 165 Shawn Porter 165 Houston, TX USA L by DQ 4 4-2 2007-08-22 165 Zach Hardrick 165 Houston, TX USA W by RSCO 3 (0:45) 4-2 2007-08-21 165 Daniel Jacobs 165 Houston, TX USA L by pts. 18:10 4-2 2007-08-20 165 Jonathan Nelson 165 Houston, TX USA W by pts. 26:8 4-2 2007-06-05 165 Fernando Guerrero 165 Colorado Springs, CO USA L by WO ?-? 2007-06-04 165 Edwin Rodriguez 165 Colorado Springs, CO USA W by pts. 18:12 ?-? 2007-06-03 165 Abraham Han 165 Colorado Springs, CO USA W by pts. 38:26 ?-? 2007-05-26 165 Kelly Max Buchanan 165 USA W by RSCO-3 (0:28) 4-2 2007-05-25 165 Payton Boyea 165 USA W by pts. 44:33 4-2 2007-05-23 165 Michael Valenzuela 165 USA W by RSCO-2 (0:54) 4-2 2007-05-11 165 Abraham Han 165 USA L by DQ-4 (0:31) 4-2 2007-05-09 165 Jason Taylor 165 USA W by RSCO-2 (1:55) 4-2 2007-05-03 165 Willie Monroe Jr. 165 Chattanooga, TN USA L by dec. 4:1 4-2 2007-05-02 165 Bryan Smith 165 Chattanooga, TN USA W by RSC-2 (1:49) 4-2 2006-08-10 165 Hafiz Iskenderov 165 Istanbul TUR L by pts. 22:9 ?-? 2006-08-06 165 Nidari Ivelashvili 165 Istanbul TUR W by pts. 25:9 ?-? 2006-07-01 165 Isaac Atencio 165 Marquette, MI USA W by pts. 9:3 ?-? 2006-06-30 165 Michael Rauchut 165 Marquette, MI USA W by RSC 1 ?-? 2006-06-29 165 Raymond Martinez 165 Marquette, MI USA W by RSC 2 ?-? 2006-06-28 165 Michael Fernandez 165 Marquette, MI USA W by RSC 1 ?-? 2006-02-04 165 Issac Atencio 165 Independence, MO USA W by pts. 4-2 2006-02-03 165 Deandre Patterson 165 Independence, MO USA W by pts. 4-2 2005-10-18 165 Albert Soblirov 165 Liverpool GBR L by pts. 24:10 ?-? 2005-10-17 165 Peter Lakatos 165 Liverpool GBR W by pts. 21:14 ?-? 2005-10-15 165 Akram Hamidov 165 Liverpool GBR W by RSC 3 ?-? 2005-10-11 165 Shane Griffiths 165 Liverpool GBR W by RSCH 2 ?-? 2005-06-25 165 Christopher Conner 165 Brownsville, TX USA W by RSC 3 ?-? 2005-06-23 165 Marcos Garcia 165 Brownsville, TX USA W by pts. 15:1 ?-? 2005-06-22 165 Patrick Estrada 165 Brownsville, TX USA W by pts. +8:8 ?-? RTV For people who dont know you, tell them about your career so far. DW ''My career I started with a bang. I came to the pros straight from the amateurs. I fought all the top fighters (in the amateurs), I fought Shawn Porter, Danny Jacobs, Edwin Rodriguez, all them guys, I did pretty good. I beat Edwin Rodriguez; I had a good fight with Shawn Porter and Danny Jacobs.'' RTV You had a very good amateur career. Tell us about it? DW ''[My] amateur record, Im gonna say 167 and I lost maybe about 9 or 10 bouts. I won Silver Gloves five times, Golden Gloves. I actually hold the record with [Oscar] De La Hoya, winning the Silver Gloves the same amount of times. I got in the Junior Olympics, I got a silver medal one year. I won quite a lot of tournaments. I got into the Olympic trials, I fought Shawn Porter, they made me lose by disqualification, but actually I was winning the fight on the scorecards, it was the last round, I think I had about 20 seconds left, I was up on points, they disqualified me, said I was holding. I once fought Danny Jacobs, I lost to him on points. I beat Edwin Rodriguez, Fernando Guerrero, all those guys.''
he's a live one. This kid is not a joke. 25 years old, undefeated, high level amateur and he's from the hood.
This is boxing, he could lose his life. But I think Wade would beat Willie Monroe or Lemieux. Just a tad more talented and tighter than those guys. Although I must say, I'm not that impressed with either; Lemieux got his ears boxed off by Joachim Alcine, who could barely keep his balance in the ring at that time...totally shot fighter.
They robbed Soliman so Golovkin wouldn't have to face Sam as the mandatory. A healed knee Soliman beats Golovkin, but Wade has no chance.