Two of the biggest egos in combat sport, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, will come to blows on 26 August and it’s no surprise that punters are predicted to stake around £40 million on the mega-fight, according to the Mirror.
 
If it happened, it would smash the record previously set by Mayweather’s highly anticipated fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2015, which peaked at around £30 million.
 
A spokesperson from Ladbrokes said: “The £20 million we took as an industry in the build up to the Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko fight came dangerously close to smashing records.

Mayweather to seal win number 50?

This fight will be Mayweather’s 50th in his professional career and his record famously stands at 49 fights, 0 losses. The 40-year-old has been in and out of retirement in recent years but to get to a half century of wins would be a heck of a way to bow out of the sport.

McGregor’s MMA record stands at 21 wins to three losses, with his last defeat coming in March of last year against Nate Diaz, since then the 28-year-old has exacted revenge on Diaz and also beaten Eddie Alvarez to cement his place at the top of UFC’s lightweight and welterweight divisions.