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Mayweather eyeing August 26, source says

Mayweather Promotions plans to request Aug. 26 from the Nevada State Athletic Commission as the date for the much-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor bout in Las Vegas, a source with knowledge of the plan told ESPN's Dan Rafael on Monday.

A deal for the bout has yet to be finalized.

At the commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday in Las Vegas, Mayweather Promotions was scheduled to formally request Aug. 26 as a date to promote an unspecified boxing event with Showtime -- Mayweather's broadcast home -- as the television entity, but that agenda item has been removed and won't be brought up a the meeting.