In the last few weeks, promoter Eddie Hearn has seen all of his upcoming events get postponed.

Cards planned in numerous countries have been derailed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Specifically, big UK events like Dillian Whyte vs. Alexander Povetkin, Derek Chisora vs. Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev - were also scheduled to take place in the next two months - and all have postponed. Two of the three are being targeted for tentative dates in July.

 

But if the British Boxing Board of Control, and the local government, extend the ban on mass gatherings, Hearn could be forced to take the show on the road.

Where the events would land would all depend on which country overcomes the pandemic first.

"I was due to have a show in Saudi Arabia in the first week of July, that is unlikely now. I do think everywhere will be different, I don't think all the global governments are going to get together and say something like: 'From July 1, sport worldwide is allowed.' Some sports will start a lot sooner, in some countries, than others and Saudi could be one of the countries that gets on top of it sooner," Hearn told Daily Mail.

"We need to put these fights on somewhere, whether they are British title fights, our prospects, world title fights of pay-per-view fights. Ideally we would want them where we scheduled them but I also would not rule out the bigger fights going international.

"'Boxing is dangerous, you need to have access to doctors, you need to be able to take people to hospital for emergency treatment. And, right now, that would be too selfish because the NHS have enough on their plate, without fighters coming in. Right now, do people really want to see people punching each other in the face? We don't think people want to see people getting hurt, at the minute. Hopefully people will love and appreciate the art of boxing very soon, but right now it just does not seem right."