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The day that Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor was announced as signed, sealed and delivered for Aug. 26, a collective gasp swept over much of the boxing community. First, the announcement completely buried the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev rematch taking place that particular weekend. Second, the announced date was three weeks before what was supposed to be the biggest fight of the year between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.