Teofimo Lopez has been ordered to defend his WBA world title against Briton Jack Catterall.
Lopez became the WBA ‘super’ welterweight champion with a points win over Rolando Romero last month.
Catterall, 33, is Lopez’s mandatory challenger but the American has been campaigning to fight WBC champion Ryan Garcia in a unification bout instead.
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The WBA has now announced they expect Lopez to fight Catterall next, and the two parties have until 22 October to reach an agreement or there will be a purse bid.
Catterall became the number one challenger and WBA ‘regular’ title-holder after beating Shakhram Giyasov in May.
He acknowledged the…
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