The #Fight venue of the much long awaited battle of a lifetime between the undefeated champion #Floyd Mayweather jr. and UFC superstar #Conor McGregor may be sabotaged. The fight, which is scheduled on 26th of August this year was set to be held in Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, which reportedly has the capacity to cater about 20,000 sports fans has been set to host the fight.
The hot seat issue regarding on the fight of the century’s venue
Moreover, rumor has it that the venue was already set up for the rap star / actor Ice Cube for his basketball league known as BIG 3 on the exact same night and, according to a known celebrity news website, Cube's camp has no plans on changing the date of their scheduled league.
Mayweather and McGregor’s camp is confident enough to say that it is just going to be a matter of time until they will have an agreement between Cube’s side. Nevertheless, BIG 3 still proceeds in promoting their match and selling tickets for their game which is expected to happen on August 26. Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena has started its business just a year ago in which it may be the place where to make Mayweather's unbeaten 49 wins 0 losses to 50 - 0.
As these rumors spread like wildfire, both parties are consistent to give away nothing.
Fight’s rumored income revenue
The pay-per-view revenue of the fight, which is estimated to have a gross of more or less 10 million US dollars, which is considered to be the richest in history.
Although there was no news yet regarding the pay-per-view and the ticket prices on the awaited fight, rumors have it that it would defeat the revenue charged between the last fight on Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio. Tickets from the Pacquaio - Mayweather fight was not that accessible to buy and also cost an enormous amount which ranges from 1,500 to 7,500 US dollars.
Moreover, Dana White which is currently the UFC president claims that the upcoming fight will break through the pay-per-view revenue record. He stated that the fight is going to be the biggest of fight in history, which in turn can accumulate numerous television hits. The fight is expected to give McGregor an estimated earnings of around 131 million dollars, in line with that Mayweather have an estimation to bank around 252 million dollars.
Whether or not Mayweather wins or not, he still has around 121 million more earning than McGregor from the fight. According to a popular sports website, as with all McGregor and Mayweather bouts, part of the show is the appearance and the participation of famous and wealthy personalities.