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Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the weirdest announcement in sports ever?
Floyd Mayweather will fight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan on 31 December.
Japan's Rizin is a well-known MMA promotion but I'm still confused about how Floyd end up making a deal with them. The format and rules for his fight with Nasukawa are yet to be decided. Which is kinda weird as well, it's not like Floyd wants to do anything else other than boxing. Nasukawa, who has a 27-0 record in kickboxing and a 4-0 record in MMA could be a huge threat to Floyd in any of those two formats.
Here's the official press-conference from Japan
I didn't expect this, LOL.
Mayweather is crazy if he agrees to anything more than a boxing match with MMA gloves.
I don't know why he would take the chance to ruin his reputation.
The fight is off. Floyd said he was "blindsided" :)
Lol :)
Bro...... this is straight up the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. I brushed off the khabib rumours but I would have been less surprised by the khabib fight... and I thought that was impossible! So, it’s floyds MMA debut?
I don't get it either. Pretty sure that Floyd won't make an MMA debut:)
I’m pretty sure he won’t make MMA debut.., but rizin is a MMA and kickboxing organisation... the guy he’s fighting is really good but also a lot smaller than Floyd.... maybe it’s just an exhibition boxing thing to have Floyd box in Tokyo, maybe they will use MMA gloves
To promote both sports at 1 event :D
Could be.
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