Floyd Mayweather: Nasukawa's fight is back, but it's not a real fight

Floyd Mayweather said that Rizin 14's fight against Tenshin Nasukawa was back.

The retired American boxer first surprised the media and fans when he attended a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, earlier this month, to confirm a performance on Dec. 31. at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama against the undefeated kickboxer Nasukawa.

New Year's Eve has captivated the world of combat sports. Even Mayweather's former opponent, Conor McGregor, whom he beat at a 10th round stoppage in his last fight in 2017, said the match-up looked like "something coming out of Rush Hour 5. "

But the main event of Rizin 14 has apparently disappeared as quickly as it has materialized, as a few hours after Mayweather returned to American soil, he turned back on the road. apparent agreement. "I was completely blind," he wrote earlier this month.

Now he says the "fight" is back. "It will be the best-paid show of all time," TMZ Sports Mayweather said Thursday.

However, he confirmed that the fight was not a real fight.

Instead, it is a glorified workout for rounds of three or three minutes. There will be no kick because the show will be fought according to the rules of boxing. It will not be included in Mayweather or Nasukawa records.

"No official fight," said Mayweather. "Exhibition, small exhibition of nine minutes."

Anyway, it will enrich Mayweather again. "It will be the highest paid exhibition of all time," he said. "Just to promote this event, so far, I've done seven figures.Just to talk about the event, I've already made some crazy money."

Mayweather sparked criticism of how the Rizin 14 show was treated. Not only because it would have been canceled soon after, apparently, but also because Nasukawa weighs 125 pounds – 29 pounds less than Mayweather's weight, 154 kg.

"Everyone is talking about that, I am fighting against a little guy, people do not understand …" Floyd is fighting him because he needs money, "it 's more like that. .. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah [Winfrey]they always go there and do different things and get paid very well. I have a ton of money. "

A fight between a boxer like Mayweather and a mixed martial artist in Nasukawa needs rules.

He added, "It's just a small boxing show, no kicks, I'm moving with him for nine minutes.

"This will be the highest paid show of all time.Mayweather Promotions / Rizin.We will get there."