Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor has been confirmed.
Boxing legend Mayweather will take on current UFC champion McGregor in a light-middleweight bout on August 26th in Las Vegas.
The fight will take place on August 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It will be a boxing match that is contested at the junior middleweight 154-pound limit. All of the most important parties confirmed the bout via social media
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The fascinating match up will see McGregor pocket $100m (£78.5m) for the fight, with Mayweather picking up a much larger amount.
Maywearher hasn’t fought for two yeas after announcing his retirement from the sport with an unbeaten 49-0 record.
McGregor will be boxing as a professional for the first time.
The fight has its critics. Many in the boxing world call it a farce. Mayweather will be a massive favorite. After all, contrary to the belief of the ignorant, fighting is not fighting. The two men are kings of two different sports and this bout will take place in Mayweather’s discipline. Even though he is 12 years McGregor’s senior, Mayweather still has a huge advantage.
Still, the star power and novelty of the event will bring fans out in droves. How often do we get an opportunity to watch two kings of their sports compete against each other in one-on-one combat?
The answer is almost never. That’s why you may as well pencil in Mayweather vs. McGregor as the sports world’s biggest guilty pleasure this summer.
The mega-fight, which will be contested over 12 rounds and which could generate upwards of £500million, was finally confirmed on Wednesday night following weeks of negotiations and months of speculation.