Mayweather v McGregor bout on DStv

FLOYD Mayweather jr versus Conor McGregor – the richest, most-hyped and over-the-top boxing fight in history – will be broadcast live on DStv’s SuperSport 2 and Maximo 1 across Africa in the early hours of Sunday, August 27.

SuperSport will cross to Las Vegas at 3am (CAT) for the action-packed undercard with the main bout expected to start after 5am (CAT).

The entire tournament will be broadcast to DStv Premium subscribers only in High Definition from the T-Mobile Arena.

Unlike in the US, where the fight will be available in HD on pay-per-view for $99.95 (R1300), the event is included in SuperSport’s Premium offering among its other blue riband content with no surcharge.

In keeping with the tradition of broadcasting superfights, from Marvin Hagler versus Tommy Hearns and Mike Tyson versus Michael Spinks to Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao, SuperSport has been in the vanguard of delivering the action that matters.

“This has been at the top of our list ever since the fight was announced,” said Gideon Khobane, chief executive of SuperSport. “People continue to talk of the great fights we brought to viewers in the 1980s and beyond. But this is more than a fight, it’s a mega-event with layers of controversy, excitement and intrigue. We’ll also be putting together great background programming especially for our valued DStv customers.”

Big fight fans can watch via their decoders or on DStv Now, online or the app.