LAS VEGAS – In ordinary times, Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez would be the fight of the fall, a lightweight title match about as compelling as it gets in the boxing world these days.And in ordinary times people would have to cough up hundreds of dollars to sit at ringside or $74.99 to watch it on pay-per-view.“It would probably be a big pay-per-view with 20,000 in the stands," promoter Bob Arum said. “But the coronavirus has upset a lot of business and people are dying.
We’ve got to be thankful for what we have."Boxing fans should be thankful, too. They’re getting a quality fight — and they’re getting it for free.Instead of a big crowd, the only fans at the MGM Grand conference center will be a few hundred sponsors and first.