While the UFC is in an advantageous position and has thus done an excellent job of booking major title fights even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the same cannot be said for boxing promotions.
Top Rank Boxing has both Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) on its roster, theoretically making it easier for them to stage a massive lightweight championship unification bout. If we weren’t in a pandemic, we almost certainly would’ve seen this fight happen already, but now it may not happen at all this year.
The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger says that the mega-clash is now in danger of falling apart due to Lopez’s displeasure over the reported “take it or leave it” purse offer of $1.