The Mega-Fight is official: Boxing icon Floyd Mayweather and Ultimate Fighting Champion Conor McGregor climb in August in Las Vegas in the Ring. It comes to several hundred million dollars.
The former Boxing world champion Mayweather from the USA and the Irishman, McGregor, Superstar of the full contact sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), at 26. August, in a pure Boxing over twelve rounds to blow up all financial records. This was confirmed by both counterparties on Wednesday night on their Twitter pages.
McGregors Promoter Dana White has said about the agreement: “Floyd is the greatest Boxer of all time and Conor is the master of his sport. I thought the Deal was impossible, but it is the right fight at the right time.” The former Multi-Champ Mayweather had ended his career at the end of 2015, after 49 professional fights without a defeat. Now the 40-Year-old with victory number 50 will be the sole record holder and legendary Rocky Marciano depend.
Conor McGregor won in December 2015, a title fight after only 13 seconds by K. o.
Conor McGregor has completed since his youth, no Boxing match and in the fight, a clear outsider. In the Fight against Mayweather, the highest stock of his career beckons for the 28-year-old Irish. The duel is supposed to even beat the income from the Boxfight in may 2015 between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. There, Mayweather has cashed in around $ 240 million, Pacquiao received around $ 125 million.
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