It will have been one week shy of two years since Viddal Riley's last fight when he steps back into the ring on the undercard of Amir Khan's grudge fight with Kell Brook in Manchester.
Indeed, when Riley earned a hard-fought victory over veteran MMA fighter and boxer Muhammad Abdullah, the UK had just 19 recorded coronavirus cases.
Riley was signed with Mayweather Promotions, and was beginning to settle into life in Las Vegas having left his family to pursue a professional career at just 21-years-old.
