No, it’s not a misprint.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is fighting Conor McGregor.
The man formerly known as Pretty Boy will emerge from a hiatus to surpass Rocky Marciano and extend his pristine professional boxing record to 50-0. But the foe he selected for the milestone achievement is someone few on the mainstream radar would have anticipated when he last exited the ring, back in September 2015.
The former five-division world champion went public on his Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon, posting a 10-second clip alongside the all-caps exclamation “IT’S OFFICIAL!!!” McGregor trollingly followed suit soon after, posting dueling headshots of himself and Mayweather’s father, Floyd Sr., with the exclamatory message “THE FIGHT IS ON.”
According to UFC President Dana White on SportsCenter, the fight will be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Aug. 26, and though Mayweather has opened as a prohibitive favorite—the early line requires an $800 outlay to return $100 in profit, per OddsShark—it’s got the potential to draw the mainstream interest that fueled Mayweather’s 2015 bout with Manny Pacquiao to more than 4 million pay-per-view buys.
Here is your head-to-toe breakdown.