On April 23, 2016, a 26-year-old Dominic Wade (18-0, 12 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA (Super) and IBF title held by 34-year-old Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs).
Wade came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 28 days. Golovkin was on a 34-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 6 days.
Gennady Golovkin made very easy work of Dominic Wade, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. Golovkin improves his record to 35-0 (32 KOs), while Wade adds a loss to his record at 18-1.