Two weeks ahead of showtime, Showtime today confirmed the entire Mayweather-McGregor pay-per-view lineup via press release. The card will feature two title fights and open with a prospect vs. veteran battle at cruiserweight.
In the co-feature, Gervonta Davis (18-0, 17 KO makes the second defense of his IBF super featherweight title against Francisco Fonseca (19-0-1, 13 KO), not the expected Roman Martinez. Fonseca was originally ordered to fight Tevin Farmer in an eliminator, but Farmer’s hand injury has rendered that moot.
The second slot belongs to the now-confirmed WBA light heavyweight title bout between champion Nathan Cleverly (30-3, 16 KO) and former super middleweight champion Badou Jack (21-1-2, 12 KO). Cleverly has presumably figured out a step-aside agreement with mandatory challenger Dmitry Bivol.
Finally, the pay-per-view opens with a cruiserweight fight between TMT prospect Andrew Tabiti (14-0, 12 KO) and indefatigable veteran Steve Cunningham (29-8-1, 13 KO). Tabiti’s got the power to ding the knockdown-prone Cunningham, but faces his stiffest technical test to date.Actually a pretty solid lineup, all things considered. Not bad.
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One of the fights long rumored for the Mayweather-McGregor pay-per-view undercard on August 26 is now very close, as promoter Eddie Hearn says that terms have been agreed to for a fight between WBA light heavyweight titleholder Nathan Cleverly and Badou Jack
The fight would be a solid addition to the show, with Jack (21-1-2, 12 KO) a former super middleweight titleholder moving up in weight, and Cleverly (30-3, 16 KO) a two-time titleholder at 175, though he is just 4-3 in his last seven fights, and has been exposed against the upper tier of the division in the past, including losses to Sergey Kovalev and Andrzej Fonfara (his third loss came at cruiserweight to Tony Bellew, whom he’d beaten at 175).
Right now, the Mayweather-McGregor card is shaping up to be a big one, which is obvious just from the main event and the interest in that, but the undercard isn’t certainly better than some we’ve seen, even for cards where the main event was far less likely to sell well. Gervonta Davis will defend his 130-pound title against Rocky Martinez on the pay-per-view, and a FOX-broadcast prelim show will see Shawn Porter take on Thomas Dulorme.
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