— Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will clash in Las Vegas on August 26
— The first press conference will be on July 11 at Los Angeles' Staples Center
The event will be free for the public to attend, though tickets will be required.
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will come face-to-face for the first time on Tuesday ahead of their August 26 super-fight.
The undefeated boxer and the Irish UFC star will come together for a press conference at Los Angeles' Staples Centre on July 11.
The free public event will be the first step on a much-anticipated publicity tour ahead of their clash, when McGregor makes his professional boxing debut against the former five-weight world champion in Las Vegas.
The unbeaten American and the MMA star meet in a money-spinning fight on August 26
McGregor will be making his professional boxing debut when he takes on the ex-pound-for-pound king
The unbeaten American and the MMA star meet in a money-spinning fight on August 26
Tuesday's press conference will kick off five-and-a-half weeks of build up to the money-spinning clash in Las Vegas, which is expected to be one of the richest fights in boxing history.
McGregor and Mayweather are due to take part in a promotional tour on both sides of the Atlantic before doing battle in the ring in the home of fight game.
Tickets for the event will be free and will be available to buy online from 8pm UK time on Friday. The Staples Center can hold up to 20,000 fans but it remains unclear how many seats will be made available for the press conference.
The Los Angeles arena is where NBA side LA Lakers play their home matches. And it has played host to boxing since Oscar De La Hoya took on Shane Mosley back in 2000. When McGregor and Mayweather take to the stage, the venue promises 'a star-studded event that will feature a live performance and special guests.'
Even at the age of 40, Mayweather is the heavy favourite for the historic crossover bout. The American won all 49 of his professional fights before retiring in the wake of victory over Andre Berto in 2015.
He will return to the ring for the first time this summer to take on McGregor, who is a former dual-weight UFC world champion but who has never previously boxed professionally.
The Irish MMA star is hoping to make up for his lack of ring experience with a gruelling schedule of sparring between now and August.
The Irishman's trainer John Kavanagh revealed the number of rounds he will spend in the ring with sparring partners will dwarf what he goes through ahead of a fight in the octagon.
'Without going into too much detail – just to throw a number at you – we're doing four times the amount of sparring for this camp than we would do for a regular MMA camp,' Kavanagh told the Mac Life.
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