Mayweather Vs. McGregor will be a thrilling spectacle up until the first bell

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After seemingly endless back-and-forth and pot shots thrown in the media and rumors of dates and contracts being worked on, the official announcement that Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor would actually be getting in the ring together still managed to sneak up on us all.

On Wednesday afternoon, whispers that Mayweather Promotions had booked a Las Vegas venue for August 26 quickly became an official announcement from all parties involved that the super fight between the greatest boxer of the past two decades and the biggest star in MMA history would meet at T-Mobile Arena on Showtime PPV.

The suddenness of the fight date is why this announcement surprised so many. Pay-per-view bouts usually call for many months-long promotions in order to create the proper level of hype for the event, but this event needs little in the way of added hype. No one needs to be told to tune in to the build up for Mayweather and McGregor after the two have spent the better part of eight months treating every public appearance like it was already part of a promotion.

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