Former UFC title challenger Dan Hardy will now do live event coverage of the highly anticipated boxing match between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor.
Hardy will do live coverage of the fight for Sky Sports. He will be part of the commentary team for the UK and Irish broadcasts.
On Tuesday, Hardy talked about calling the boxing match on a conference call.
“This will be the first boxing match that I’ve worked on,” Hardy said.
“Obviously I’ve worked a lot with boxers in the past. I’ve trained alongside boxers because back in the day with mixed martial arts, they were the only real combat athletes around me that knew what they were doing.
“All of the other martial artists were making it up as they go along, so I feel in love with boxing from a young age.I grew up watching the likes of Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank and I have trained alongside the likes of Carl Froch.
“I know what it takes to get into the boxing ring and I know how difficult it is to become supremely skilled in such a narrow skill set like that because I’ve been in there with boxers and I’ve been pushed around.
“As soon as it becomes a mixed martial arts fight, (boxers) become interested. There have been questions that have come from (boxers) in the past that will prepare me for this, I think.
“I understand the boxing mentality and I understand what they’re going to be looking at as far as Conor McGregor as a new addition to the sport.”
Mayweather vs. McGregor will take place Aug. 26 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
