Veteran trainer Dominic Ingle believes the coronavirus lockdown may lead to fights being made faster.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought all major sports to a complete halt.
Since mid-March, the majority of all card have been canceled or postponed through the end of May. Certain cards in June have also been pushed back to late dates. A few cards are set in July, but there is no telling if any of them will push through.
Even when boxing receives the green light to return, there could be further delays for many fighters due to a lack of gym time, a lack of sparring sessions and excess pounds gained during the lockdown.
Once the ball gets rolling, Ingle feels there could be a real possibility that some of the lagging fight negotiations will get finalized much quicker.
"It's a wait-and-see time," Ingle told Stats Perform.
"Let's say we get to the end of May and the lockdown is lifted, and the fighters have been training anyway, it still gives you about six weeks up to boxing's summer break," he added. They're probably going to be fit enough, but they want to be in the gyms sparring. For us, six weeks is about right, but others will want to do more rounds sparring and a lot more gym work. Our fighters could be ready in six weeks, because we don't do a lot of sparring anyway. Realistically, though, you're looking at the beginning of September."
"It may give everyone a kick up the backside to get things moving quicker. When you've got a job to do, sometimes you think you've got all the time in the world to do it. This [lockdown] will make people realize that time is of the essence, though. It has probably made people see that you can't waste time, whether that's in your career or in life in general."