Saturday’s busy boxing schedule just got a little less busy.
Triller CEO Ryan Kavanagh told The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger that lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) tested positive for COVID-19, postponing his title defense versus George Kamboso Jr (19-0, 10 KOs) from June 19th to August 14th. It’s worth noting that Lopez has asthma and according to Kavanagh was symptomatic, so even though the new date has been booked that means nothing if things take a considerable turn for the worse for Lopez.
Lopez, who’s coming off an upset win over Vasiliy Lomachenko last October, is signed with Top Rank promotions but his mandatory challenger matchup with Kambosos went to Triller off of its audacious $6 million purse bid.