Dan Hardy Joins Sky Sports For Mayweather vs Mcgregor

08/10/201708/08/2017 Mayweather Promotions

Former Mixed Martial Arts(MMA) and UFC star Dan Hardy will join Sky Sports Box Office for the upcoming bout between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor in Las Vegas. Hardy will join former boxing world champions Carl Froch and Johnny Nelson in the studio and commentary booth, as the worlds of boxing and MMA collide.

Nicknamed ‘The Outlaw’, Hardy is a pioneer of British MMA and his skills have led him to the top of the UFC welterweight division, competing for the world title in 2010. As an analyst and commentator on the night, Hardy will give viewers expert analysis of the sport, the skills that translate to boxing, and McGregor’s career to date.

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Jimmy Burchfield Sr. on Mayweather-McGregor fight

08/08/201708/07/2017 CES Boxing

By Classic Entertainment & Sports CEO Jimmy Burchfield Sr.: Everywhere I go, people ask me what I think about the big fight on Aug. 26th between Floyd Mayweather Jr., the pound-for-pound greatest boxer of our generation, and Conor McGregor, MMA’s “notorious” bad boy and No. 1 draw worldwide.

From the week-long press tour, to the verbal sparring from both sides, and the social media frenzy over the past few weeks, there’s no doubt Mayweather-McGregor will set records as one of the most hyped and highly-anticipated fights in decades.

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Paulie Malignaggi lays into former spar-mate Conor McGregor: He whimpers like a girl when ripped to the body

08/06/2017 James Slater

Former heavyweight king Mike Tyson caused something of a stir when he said, after beating up Tyrell Biggs almost 30 years ago, how his hated (at the time) rival “made woman-type gestures when I hit him to the body.” Well, Paulie Malignaggi, via twitter, has fired similar shots at MMA star/soon to become a boxer, Conor McGregor.

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Closed Circuit Tickets Available for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor

08/03/201708/03/2017 Showtime Boxing

Closed circuit tickets for the blockbuster summer matchup between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are available ahead of the Saturday, Aug. 26 SHOWTIME PPV® event taking place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Tickets for the Mayweather vs. McGregor closed circuit telecast at ARIA Resort & Casino, Bellagio Resort & Casino, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, The Mirage Hotel & Casino, Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Luxor Hotel and Casino and Excalibur Hotel & Casino are priced at $150, not including applicable fees and are now on sale.

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Jimmy Lennon Jr: You never knew what to expect with Tyson and really I don’t know what’s going to happen with this one

08/01/201708/01/2017 James Slater

MC Jimmy Lennon Junior, who learnt the trade from his late father, is used to introducing big names in big, big fights. Over the course of his long career, Lennon has introduced superstars such as Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Manny Pacquiao, and Floyd Mayweather.

And Lennon will be the man on the microphone as Mayweather and Conor McGregor get ready to trade leather in their hugely hyped August 26 fight. Lennon, who is as much a fight fan as the rest of us, spoke recently with Sky Sports – who will of course televise the fight in the UK via their Box Office platform – and he said that he is totally unsure of what to expect once the bell rings inside The T-Mobile Arena later this month.

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Confirmed: Mayweather Vs. McGregor will be televised by Sky Sports Box Office in the UK

07/31/2017 James Slater

It has today been announced how the big, heavily hyped “Super Fight” between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will be televised in the UK by Sky Sports Box Office. Sky defeated BT Sports, Box Nation and ITV to bag the exclusive rights to the August 26 bout in Las Vegas and big numbers are expected to be generated despite the fight being set to take place at around 5AM UK time.

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UK TV bidding war still going on for rights to Mayweather-McGregor – how much will UK fans have to pay – £100!?

07/26/201707/26/2017 James Slater

We are just one month away from the monstrously hyped Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor “Super Fight,” yet here in the UK there is still no confirmation regarding just who will televise the August showdown.

According to Eddie Hearn, who spoke with both IFL TV and Business Insider, the following have put in their respective undisclosed bids for the rights: Sky, Box Nation, ITV, BT Sport.

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Former top referee Joe Cortez recruited by Conor McGregor to teach him the rules of boxing

07/22/2017 James Slater

We don’t yet know who the third man in the ring will be on August 26, to work the heavily hyped “Super Fight” between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, but McGregor has brought in a retired boxing ref to teach him the rules he must fight under in his boxing debut.

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Win, lose or draw, Floyd Mayweather will be a billionaire after August 26

07/16/2017 James Slater

No wonder they call him “Money.” Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather Promotion’s CEO, told MMAjunkie how Floyd Mayweather Junior will, in all likelihood, become a billionaire after all the revenue comes in from the heavily hyped Mayweather-Conor McGregor “Super-Fight” of August 26.

Mayweather, whose career earnings are said to be around the, quite staggering, $750 million mark already, are expected by Ellerbe to go over the $1 billion mark after the Las Vegas extravaganza. So, win, lose or draw on August 26 (Floyd will win; YOU can take it to the bank) Mayweather will be one incredibly rich man; THE highest paid athlete in all sports leaving all competitors in his wake (his nearest competitors being Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods).

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Mayweather-McGregor tour ends

07/15/201707/14/2017 Showtime Boxing

Four days of a contentious international world tour came to a fitting close on Friday when global superstars Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor faced off for the final time on their three-country excursion at London’s Wembley Arena.

(Photo credit Esther Lin/SHOWTIME Sports)

After 98 hours, over 14,000 totaled miles traveled, four sold-out venues, and more than 50,000 raucous fans in attendance, the Mayweather vs. McGregor World Tour has concluded.

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