Our Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor Las Vegas Diary: The fighters make their grand arrivals
Our man Sandro Di Michele is in Las Vegas. Check out his diary and video features as the build-up to MayMac gathers pace.
Mayweather v McGregor: Fight details
- When is it? Saturday, August 26
- Where? T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
- What channel is it on in the UK? Sky Sports Box Office (show starts midnight BST)
- Fight time? Roughly between 0400 and 0500 BST on Sunday morning
- When is the weigh-in? 2300 BST on Friday August 25, live on Sky Sports Main Event
- What are the latest Sky Bet odds? Mayweather Jr (1/4) v Conor McGregor (3/1)
- What are their fight records? Mayweather: 49-0, 26 KOs, McGregor (MMA): 21-3, 18 KOs
Floyd Mayweather had little interest in engaging with the crowd and as seen above was wearing a subtle little number! Floyd said both fighters owe the crowd an entertaining fight and he was confident it won't go the distance.
McGregor was the fans favourite. He made a point of meeting and greeting huge numbers of supporters and said Ireland will take over Vegas this weekend. He too doesn't feel it will go the distance, predicting he'll knock Mayweather out in the first round.
The highlight of Tuesday really was the incident between McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi which culminated in the below, remarkable, Malignaggi rant. It's quite biological too.
Warning: below video contains explicit language
We also got two good interviews with two of the calmer characters on show today. Both Nathan Cleverly and Badou Jack oozed calm, steely confidence ahead of their light heavyweight showdown on the undercard.
It's been a long day in 40 degree heat. Time to cool down with a bud light or any other low carb beer...Paulie may be reaching for one too.
Mayweather v McGregor: Sky Bet odds
Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is Sky Bet's odds-on favourite to win Saturday night's huge showdown in Las Vegas at 1/4 but most of the money has been piling in for UFC star Conor McGregor to cause an upset, forcing his odds to be cut to 3/1.
If you fancy a flutter, Sky Bet have over 30 markets and a whole host RequestABet specials to get involved with so we've picked out a selection for fans of both fighters to check out...
(odds correct at 21/08/2017)
Method of Victory
- Mayweather by KO/TKO/DQ - 8/11
- Mayweather by decision - 9/4
- McGregor by KO/TKO/DQ - 7/2
- McGregor by decision - 25/1
Selections of specials
- McGregor to land less than five punches in the fight - 13/2
- Mayweather to be knocked down and win - 8/1
- McGregor to be knocked down and win - 12/1
- McGregor to be disqualified - 14/1
- Both fighters to be knocked down & Mayweather win on points - 33/1
- A rematch in the Octagon within a year - 49/1
- McGregor to win in first 90 seconds of round 1 - 66/1
- McGregor to be KO'ed in rds 5&6, Mayweather to win in rounds 7-9 - 80/1
- McGregor to be DQ'ed in round 10 - 100/1
Fight to go the distance