Mega Fight Set For August

Its something that boxing and MMA fans have been dreaming about for quite some time now. It had been something that was considered impossible by many people. An MMA fighter and a boxer stepping into a ring against each other to face off? That will never work out. Well news flash people, it's going to work out, because its going to happen. We've hit past the point of no return, this thing is going to go down. The biggest star in MMA today will step in the ring and go toe to toe with one of the biggest names in the history of Boxing. The date is August 26th, 2017. The venue will be the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Stepping into the ring will be Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Conor McGregor.

Lets reset things first, as sort of a way to see how we got to where we are right now. It all started about two years ago, when McGregor threw out the prospect of the fantasy match during a July 2015 appearance on Conan O'Brien's talk show, telling the host, "I would box him if the opportunity arose." Rumors had been running wild about this fight ever since then, and now it will come to a head. Both men have a reputation of sorts riding on this fight, which to me seems more like fantasy warfare and a pride fight more then anything really.

Conor McGregor is 21-3 inside the UFC and is the first UFC fighter to simultaneously hold titles in two different divisions. Rightfully so, McGregor is in the books as one of the best MMA fighters in the world. In this case, he will be making his professional boxing debut against Mayweather, one of the greatest boxers in history. Although there is no title at stake, Mayweather (49-0, 26 KOs) is an astronomical favorite, the fight offers both combatants an opportunity to make huge money. Mayweather is looking to become the first fighter ever to go 50-0 in his career. This fight will be interesting because Mayweather hasn't boxed since bowing out after rolling past Andre Berto in September 2015. So there may be that slight chance that rust could take hold for Floyd in the fight. And age will also possibly play a factor as well, considering Conor is 28, while Floyd is 40.

This fight brings on a ton of interest because it is the boxer versus the fighter, which as most can tell you, are two totally different styles. Sure punching is involved with both sports, but its totally different to compare boxing to MMA. That being said, I think the payday for both will be well worth the fight date. This is quite intriguing to me because I've wanted to see for some time now how the two styles will really matchup if anybody from both sports had the guts to step into the ring against eachother in this kind of setting. We will get our answer in August.

The two biggest names in their respective sports over the last almost twenty years will go head to head, almost as a way to see what sport is the best. We will have our answer near the end of the summer!