Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor will trade punches in a boxing match of epic proportions on August 26, and UFC president Dana White—who helped broker the fight—revealed details regarding the bout Wednesday.
According to TMZ Sports, the 12-round fight will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and be fought at 154 pounds using 10-ounce gloves. There will also be an undercard built by Mayweather Promotions for the Showtime pay-per-view.
“We’ve been in negotiations for awhile,” White said on the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter, according to ESPN.com’s Arash Markazi. “Negotiations went smoothly. We got this thing done. The impossible deal is now done.”
White later said he thinks McGregor will carry unabashed confidence into the fight and has a chance to give Mayweather (49-0) fits based on Money’s history in the ring.
“He is absolutely 100 percent positive that he wins this fight,” White told TMZ. “One thing I stopped doing a long time ago is doubting Conor McGregor.”
Furthermore, White intimated McGregor could pose some problems for Mayweather because of the sheer force behind his punches.
“This is one of those situations where you never know what’s going to happen when two people get into a ring and start fighting,” White told TMZ. “Conor McGregor is obviously the bigger, stronger man. He has knockout power. Floyd Mayweather is slick, and arguably one of the greatest ever and the pound-for-pound best in the world.
“I believe—people can disagree with me—he’s No. 2 right now by the media. But I believe that Conor McGregor—if you really look at what pound-for-pound means—Conor McGregor is the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world in MMA, and Floyd Mayweather is the best pound-for-pound in boxing.”
As far as financial considerations are concerned, White opted not to disclose details of the negotiations. However, he did say “we did a deal that we think is fair for everybody,” per TMZ.
On the betting front, Mayweather is currently a -800 favorite (bet $800 to win $100), while McGregor is the underdog at +500, per Odds Shark.
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