CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer's invite Branson Wright to your fight party contest has been decided.

Participants sent emails and explained why I should cover the bout between Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor from their home on Saturday night, with The PD picking up the pay-per-view cost. The night will include food served by Chicago's Chicken and Waffles (1144 Prospect Ave E, Cleveland, 44115) and appearances by Olympian turned professional boxer Charles Conwell Jr. and former MMA fighter Jason Dent.

Steven Verlei of Parma was chosen. He was creative with his entry, which included a fight ticket he created and a compelling letter that described his love for boxing. Verlei, a long-time boxing fan, expects more than 20 of his family and friends to visit his home and watch the fight. The fight party will also include a live DJ and pre-fight viewing of the Cleveland Browns vs. Tampa Bucs preseason game.

Fight coverage from Verlei's home will feature a live blog on cleveland.com/sports that will include updates of the bout, comments from the fans at the fight party, video, photos and comments about the fight by me following each round.

Fans will also participate on social media. Join us the night of the fight with hashtag #MayMacPD.

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Boxing schedule

9 p.m., Friday (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes):

Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Tureano Johnson, IBF middleweight eliminator

Immanuwel Aleem vs. Hugo Centeno Jr., middleweights

Austin Dulay vs. Carlos Padilla, lightweights

Demond Nicholson vs. Josue Obando, super middleweights

Alejandro Guerrero vs. Antonio Castro, lightweights

Charles Conwell

9 p.m., Saturday (Showtime PPV/prelims Fox/Fox Deportes):

Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor,

Gervonta Davis vs. Francisco Fonseca, for Davis' IBF junior lightweight title

Nathan Cleverly vs. Badou Jack, for Cleverly's WBA "regular" light heavyweight title

Andrew Tabiti vs. Steve Cunningham, cruiserweights

Yordenis Ugas vs. Thomas Dulorme, welterweights

Juan Heraldez vs. Jose Miguel Borrego, junior welterweights

9:45 p.m., Saturday (HBO)