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Mayweather Promotions book MGM Grand for August 26th

By Daily Sports on June 13, 2017

Sparking rumors that an official announcement regarding a fight between Conor McGregor, the biggest name in MMA, and Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is finally imminent, Mayweather’s promotional company has booked the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on both the 25th and 26th of August.

This booking has been confirmed on the Hotel and Casino’s website.

Mayweather made the MGM his home away from home in fighting no less than the final twelve fights of his career at the venue (beginning with Oscar De La Hoya and ending with Andre Berto), and should a deal between the two be agreed it is difficult to envisage the duel being held anywhere else.

Recent developments from both sides of the combat sports divide have suggested that the momentum behind the bout is growing. McGregor Sunday took to Twitter, cryptically tweeting ‘something BIG is coming #BP’, the ‘BP’ presumably denoting ‘Big Payday’, while Mayweather was happily pictured sparring with eighteen-year-old prospect Devin Haney.

What’s more, it was reported in May that Dana White, the UFC chief who could potentially scupper the fight by not allowing McGregor a temporary release from his UFC contract, was in contact with Mayweather promotions and was prepared to negotiate on the Irishman’s behalf. White would essentially act as McGregor’s promoter, and with him on board the final barrier to making the fight would be removed, and one suspects that its being arranged would be a given.

A significant chunk of the Boxing community is suspicious of Mayweather’s motives in seeking to arrange a fight with McGregor. With no experience of professional Boxing, McGregor has virtually no chance of besting the unbeaten Mayweather, just as Mayweather would almost certainly be pummeled to a halt should he ever meet McGregor in an Octagon. There is simply too much for McGregor to learn in such a short space of time for him to have even the slightest chance of matching the skill and experience of his illustrious opponent.

*Photo shows Floyd Mayweather jr.

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 13, 2017