The rival of the Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko, the American Teofimo Lopez, may abandon the unification battle with the Ukrainian.

Fight Lomachenko - Lopez was supposed to take place back in May, but was postponed due to the pandemic. Preliminary new date of the fight - October 3.

According to The Athletic, during the week the parties began to agree on fees. Loma agreed for $ 3.25 million, Lopez was offered $ 1.2 million.

The American considers this amount insufficient, and that he can choose another opponent for the first title defense.

In the fight between Lomachenko and Lopez, the belts of the Ukrainian according to the WBA, WBC and WBO versions and the IBF title owned by the American boxer will be at stake.

Lomachenko spent his last fight almost a year ago - on August 31, 2019, defeating Luke Campbell and winning the WBC title. The Ukrainian has 14 wins (10 knockouts) in 15 fights.

Lopez has 15 wins (12 KOs) in 15 fights. In the last fight, he defeated Richard Commey.

Earlier TSN Prosport reported that Lopez rudely threatened to "