So if Dominic Wade wins tonight, Tureano Johnson vs Eamon O'Kane for IBF mando spot

[Hougigo]

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...happen-in-2015

And IBF mando is 6 months after winning the belt.... so he has until December to fight the winner of O'Kane/Johnson.
Whether it's changed due to there being no mandatory challenger (of which they're insisting they have to make a mandatory defense of) then he'll probably get only one voluntary in given the rate Lemeuix going with his fights.

@TheFightSource @M_RagingBabe if wade wins tonight I may jump on IBF eliminator so he will be left with Heiland.

— Tureano Johnson (@Tureano1984) June 26, 2015

@R_Munny @TheFightSource @M_RagingBabe the Irish guy

— Tureano Johnson (@Tureano1984) June 26, 2015

Irish Guy is O'Kane...and only way Johonson would lose is hometown robbery

[John Locke]

Wade will dominate Soliman

[Bram]

I am completely supporting anything that would lead to a Lemieux-Johnson fight. That would be an absolute war!

[Hougigo]

Wade will dominate Soliman

Wade looks meh, but Soliman is an old fighter with bad knees off a pretty long lay off. if he can't beat him now, he never will

I am completely supporting anything that would lead to a Lemieux-Johnson fight. That would be an absolute war!

Would be interesting to see if his suffocation can neutralize Lemeuix's power. If not, will be bad

[Eastcoast]

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...happen-in-2015

And IBF mando is 6 months after winning the belt.... so he has until December to fight the winner of O'Kane/Johnson.
Whether it's changed due to there being no mandatory challenger (of which they're insisting they have to make a mandatory defense of) then he'll probably get only one voluntary in given the rate Lemeuix going with his fights.

@TheFightSource @M_RagingBabe if wade wins tonight I may jump on IBF eliminator so he will be left with Heiland.

— Tureano Johnson (@Tureano1984) June 26, 2015

@R_Munny @TheFightSource @M_RagingBabe the Irish guy

— Tureano Johnson (@Tureano1984) June 26, 2015

Irish Guy is O'Kane...and only way Johonson would lose is hometown robbery

Technically UK, Belfast is under the Queen's control. Ironic, I kinda wanted to see Johnson vs O'Sullivan, O'Kane's not their level. So if Soliman loses, Lemieux's return in Oct/Nov will probably be a voluntary defense and then his mando after that?

[Hougigo]

Technically UK, Belfast is under the Queen's control. Ironic, I kinda wanted to see Johnson vs O'Sullivan, O'Kane's not their level. So if Soliman loses, Lemieux's return in Oct/Nov will probably be a voluntary defense and then his mando after that?

Sullivan would've been better.. and most likely. Unless they make the Eliminator by September or something. If they make a mandatory fast enough, then maybe he will have to do it by December

[Eastcoast]

IBF purse bid today, lets see if Shaw bids anything otherwise this is going to end up at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast and Tureano could have to overcome some home cooking.

[Eastcoast]

Yesterday @GaryShawBoxing won purse bid ($12,500) for @Tureano1984-O***39;Kane IBF 160 elim. Was only bidder. Split is 60-40 in O***39;Kane***39;s favor.

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) July 29, 2015

Yikes! Tureano Johnson is fighting for free! O'Kane might not even be able to afford his plane ticket & hotel. Maybe there's a side deal?

Well I stand corrected, Johnson/O'Kane should be stateside and hopefully ends up on an HBO undercard. I doubt it'd make the Golovkin/Lemieux card as K2 only has 1 tv fight (Gonazalez or Bryant Jennings/Luis Ortiz) and GB has 2 tv fights (Sadam Ali and ?).