The fight with Kambosos (19-0, 10 KOs) was moved from June 5 to June 19 after the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul event landed on June 6. The 24-year-old Brooklyn native is ESPN's No. Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) hasn't fought since a career-best performance in October 2020, a decision victory over pound-for-pound great Vasiliy Lomachenko to capture all four belts at 135 pounds. 9 lightweight, was slated to take home $2,106,300 but will now earn $1,527,100, counting the $300,000 from Triller's deposit. The champion was set to earn $3,911,700 (65% of Triller's bid) but will now make $3,178,000, counting the $900,000 from Triller's deposit. Top Rank, Lopez's longtime promoter, came in third with $2,315,000. After Lopez tested positive for COVID-19 the week of the fight, a battle between Triller, which won the rights to the match in February with a bid of $6.018 million, and the fighters' teams ensued over the new date and location.Įarlier this month, the IBF found Triller in default after another attempted date change and awarded the rights to the bout to Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing, which bid $3,506,000.
This is the ninth new date for the fight, which was originally slated for May 29, then June 5 before being set for June 19 in Miami. 27 at New York's Hulu Theater at MSG, multiple sources told ESPN on Wednesday, a bout that will be streamed on DAZN. The snakebitten lightweight championship fight between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos is now set for Nov. Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos lightweight title bout set for Nov.
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