Money Belt For The Money Fight! Mayweather And McGregor To Fight For New Diamond Encrusted Belt

The WBC has created a special ‘Money’ belt ahead of Floyd Mayweather and Conor Mcgregor’s ‘fight of the century’ in Las Vegas. Conor McGregor is making his professional boxing debut on Saturday while Mayweather will be looking to win the 16th title belt of his career.The belt, which will be claimed by the winner of Saturday’s fight, contains 3,360 diamonds, 600 sapphires, 160 emeralds and approximately 3.3 pounds of 24-karat gold, and it also features the names of both combatants. The WBC has a custom of making special edition belts. Mayweather won “The Diamond Belt” when he defeated Miguel Cotto; “The Gold Belt” when he outpointed Canelo Alvarez and the “Emerald Belt” when he beat Manny Pacquiao.The new belt has no actual merit on the world boxing scene. Mayweather is currently not ranked by any of the major boxing organisations, having fallen off the rankings due to his inactivity. Conor McGregor is also not ranked by any boxing organisation, given the fact the Mayweather showdown is his boxing debut.Given neither is currently ranked in the top 15 of any major boxing organisations rankings, neither can officially fight for a world title. While the title may look spectacular, and come at quite the cost, it is essentially worthless in the boxing game.Photo Credit: Getty

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