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Event Notes: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Conor McGregor To Use 8-Ounce Gloves

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor will box with smaller gloves, "though not nearly as small as the ones McGregor is used to wearing." Nevada boxing regulators on Wednesday gave the two fighters "an exemption to a rule requiring 10-ounce gloves," approving eight-ounce gloves. The fight will take place Aug. 26. Commissioners also approved "veteran referee" Robert Byrd as the third man in the ring (AP, 8/16).

ONE Championship announced its inaugural event in Shanghai, which will take place Sept. 2 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. In the main event, ONE welterweight champion Ben Askren of the U.S. will defend his title against Zebaztian Kadestam of Sweden. ONE Championship also announced partnerships with Didi Chuxing, I-Fitness and Tourism Authority of Thailand (ONE Championship).

Sophia Warner, an IPC World Championships silver medal-winning sprinter with cerebral palsy, is creating an event for the physically impaired that "embraces all levels of disability and all levels of fitness." Her Superhero Series launches on Saturday with a triathlon event at Dorney Lake in Windsor, England. Warner hoped for 500 entrants "but more than 2,000 have applied, many of whom have never participated in sport." Teams will be captained by Paralympians including Jonnie Peacock, David Weir and Kadeena Cox (LONDON TIMES, 8/17).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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