Apparel: https://teespring.com/stores/mmadigest Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather will box each other on August 26th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Floyd Mayweather posted this saying the fight is official. Conor McGregor posted this picture with the caption: The Fight is On. Dana White says the fight will take place at 154 pounds. The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds. Dana says Conor is 100% positive that he will beat Mayweather. They could reportedly earn $100 million each, it's being billed as the richest fight in history. The earlier date is a win for the UFC too because they hope McGregor will fight for them at the end of the year pay per view. There's no way Conor Floyd on August 26th doesn't hurt Canelo vs GGG 3 weeks later. With the Mayweather McGregor announcement today Showtime just destroyed HBO's Ward Kovalev publicity and Cotto's Aug 26 fight at the same time. Conor is a plus 700 underdog for the fight recently assured the boxing media to not doubt him.