As previously reported, five division world champion Floyd Mayweather and UFC superstar Conor McGregor are targeting August 26 as the tentative date for their highly-anticipated boxing match in Las Vegas.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Mayweather Promotions made a request with the Nevada Athletic Commission to reserve that date, for a Showtime event, but did not revealed any of the details on which fight or fights are being staged. There were reports that Mayweather retracted the date request, but it was placed back on the NSAC's agenda Tuesday night.
At their recent meeting on Wednesday, the NSAC approved the date request by Mayweather Promotions - but officially the McGregor fight is not attached to it, yet.
NSAC executive director Bob Bennett told MMA Fighting that he does not have anything official in place for the fight. Neither man is even currently licensed to box in Nevada at the moment.
“No, I do not have any completed boxing license for McGregor or Mayweather,” Bennett said. “I have no documents from the promoters requesting this fight and/or for this fight to be approved.”
There should be no issues with either fighter receiving a license to box, and Bennett has already stated that his commission would have no problem approving a Mayweather-McGregor boxing match. Bennett explained that McGregor's pro and amateur experience as a stand-up fighter, was more than enough to make him worthy of a license to fight Mayweather in a boxing ring.
The mentioned venue is the MGM Grand, where Mayweather has fought for practically a decade, while T-Mobile Arena - which is owned by MGM - is also a serious candidate. Mayweather retired from the sport in September of 2015 - prior to T-Mobile's opening the following year.
The negotiations are ongoing between Mayweather's business manager, Al Haymon, and UFC President Dana White and UFC’s ownership group, WME/IMG.