Floyd Mayweather Jr. owns Nevada. He has resided in the state for many years, hasn’t fought outside it since a 2005 bout with Sharmba Mitchell, and has had many dealings with the Nevada State Athletic Commission as a boxer and as a promoter. So it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that Conor McGregor, the man he meets in a boxing match in Las Vegas on August 26th, is looking to add one international judge to the mix for their bout.
In a conversation with Sky Sports, NAC chief Bob Bennett confirmed the request with an unintentionally amusing statement about why they’d consider it:
"The McGregor camp has requested an international judge.