After a long and successful run in the amateur ranks, Demetrius Andrade was confident that life as a professional would lead to gigantic paydays and humongous showdowns. Yet, despite placing his otherworldly skills on display time and time again, the boisterous American has failed to secure the sort of career-defining fights he’s been craving.

His upcoming foe on January 7th, Demond Nicholson, fits the frustrating mold that has become Andrade’s career. While respected, the 29-year-old isn't viewed as one of the super middleweight division’s elite.

As the former three-time champion looks around, he becomes bemused. With a long list of notable fighters set to grace the ring against one another, including Caleb Plant and David Benavidez, Andrade (31-0, 19 KOs) begins to scratch his head. For a number of years, the soon-to-be 35-year-old has audaciously called Jermall Charlo to the carpet. But while the former Olympian has done his best to antagonize his longtime rival, a showdown between them has failed to materialize.

Considering that both Plant and Benavidez have elected to swap fists in the first half of 2023, Andrade simply can't believe that he and Charlo haven't settled their differences in the ring as of yet.  

“If that is happening, there’s no reason Charlo and Andrade can't happen,” said Andrade to a group of reporters when asked to give his thoughts on Plant vs. Benavidez.  

At one point, Andrade’s laundry list of desirable opponents proliferated perpetually. But as time slithers by, the former WBO 160-pound champion admits that he’s erasing several names from that very list.

Of course, with Andrade firmly of the belief that his time near the top of the pugilistic mountain is far from over, he welcomes matchups against the upper echelon of the super middleweight division. Nevertheless, if it were solely up to him, Andrade would bypass several of those names and move into a showdown against Charlo.

All along, the pugnacious Houstonian has expressed his disdain of Andrade. Currently, however, the 32-year-old remains fixated on competing at 160 pounds, leaving his future endeavors an open-ended question.

Even so, should Charlo ditch his WBC middleweight crown and compete as a full-fledged super middleweight, Andrade concludes that the truculent star is at the top of his most wanted list.  

“I had a hit list but the time, GGG (Gennadiy Golovkin), that just ran out of time. Me fighting GGG, yea it’s good for my resume but whatever. Of course Canelo but you see where that goes, nowhere. Right now it’s like Charlo, that’s it.”