Ryan Burton catches up with World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman to get an update on the world title status of Floyd Mayweather Jr. at welterweight and junior middleweight, and various other topics.



LOS ANGELES - Accredited media members from around the world came out to the JW Marriott at L.A. Live in Los Angeles Thursday as Floyd "Money" Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) and two-time welterweight champion Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) officially announced their SHOWTIME PPV matchup with taking place Saturday, September 12 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Also in attendance Thursday were pay-per-view undercard fighters featured on the stacked four-fight telecast. In a rematch of their epic April 11 world-title fight Roman "Rocky" Martinez (29-2-2, 17 KOs) will defend his WBO Junior Lightweight title against four-time world champion Orlando "Siri" Salido (42-13-2, 29 KOs) while WBC Super Middleweight Champion Badou Jack "The Ripper" (19-1-1, 12 KOs) will take on his mandatory challenger "Saint" George Groves (21-2, 16 KOs). A fourth fight on the pay-per-view telecast will be announced soon.

Further undercard action features a super welterweight showdown between Ishe "Sugar Shay" Smith (27-7, 12 KOs) and Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan (35-2-1, 21 KOs), who were also in attendance Thursday to announce their fight.

Promoted by Mayweather Promotions, the four-fight pay-per-view telecast will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV and is the sixth and final fight of a record-breaking deal between Mayweather and Showtime Networks Inc. SHOWTIME Sports® will support the event with the Sports Emmy® Award-winning series ALL ACCESS premiering Friday, August 28.