The moment he’s given a firm fight date, Luke Campbell promises to be ready go within a few weeks’ notice.

The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and two-time title challenger from Hull, England was due to take a third swing at a lightweight crown prior to the sport shutting down in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. With it came an indefinite postponement for his vacant interim-title fight versus former two-division titlist Javier Fortuna (35-2-1, 24KOs), which was to have taken place April 17 live on DAZN from MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

In the month since the show was pulled from the schedule has come the waiting game. For Campbell, that means staying active in his own way.

“For now, just training every day, trying to fill the days as much as possible,” the current top-rated contender told career-long promoter Eddie Hearn during a recent Instagram Live interview. “We’re just waiting out the world to go with this virus so we can get back to our busy schedule.”

When exactly the sport can resume at full strength remains uncertain, with some promoters looking into staging events behind closed doors until it’s safe and healthy once again to conduct mass gathering events. The condensed schedule for the balance of 2020 could prove challenging to boxers who’ve grown accustomed to anywhere from eight to twelve weeks of preparation for a major fight.

Of course, the 32-year old southpaw has already endured that part.

“I don’t need a full training camp,” insists Campbell, who hasn’t fought since a 12-round loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko last August. “I just more or less had the full camp, all but four weeks. I’m doing hard sessions and medium sessions (at home). I’m feeling decent at the moment.

“When we do go back, all I’ll need would just need some sparring and some hard work. Other than that, we’re good to go.”

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for krikya360.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox