Plans for a Ryan Garcia vs. Teofimo Lopez unification bout seem to have hit a roadblock.
On Tuesday, the WBA formally ordered Lopez to defend his welterweight title against Jack Catterall next. The pair have until Oct. 22 to reach an agreement before a purse-bid hearing is set.
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Lopez holds the WBA “Super” welterweight championship, while Catterall holds the WBA’s secondary “World” title. The consolidation bout would result in one WBA champion at 147 pounds.
Catterall (33-2, 14 KOs) defeated Shakhram Giyasov to win the WBA World title this past May beneath Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza. The Brit was made the mandatory challenger for…
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