NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 12: (R-L) Conor McGregor of Ireland punches Eddie Alvarez in their UFC lightweight championship fight in their UFC lightweight championship fight during the UFC 205 event at Madison Square Garden on November 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images )
The Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather world tour begins next week, and the highly-anticipated fight will be held in three different countries.
The first stop of their tour will be a press conference at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Tuesday (July 11). Tickets for that presser went on sale Friday at 3 pm EST. Tickets are available at AXS.com on a first-come, first-served basis and will be limited to four per person. The pre-show for the conference will begin at 4:30 pm EST, and the presser itself will start at 5:30 pm EST.
McGregor — who will be 29 later this month — is the only UFC fighter to hold titles in two separate weight classes: lightweight and featherweight. He will face off in a boxing match against 40-year-old Mayweather, who retired with a 49-0 record at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Aug. 26. The bout will air on Showtime pay-per-view.
According to OddsShark, Mayweather is a -650 favorite (bet $650 to win $100) with McGregor coming in as a +425 underdog (bet $100 to win $425). Per Keith Idec of Boxing Scene, Mayweather is predicted to earn east $100 million in the matchup, while McGregor is expected to earn at least $75 million.
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 12: (R-L) Conor McGregor of Ireland punches Eddie Alvarez in their UFC lightweight championship fight in their UFC lightweight championship fight during the UFC 205 event at Madison Square Garden on November 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images )
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