Mayweather makes a comeback against boxer Nasukawa on New Year's Eve Now

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather is back this year. The 41-year-old American faces the kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa on the occasion of New Year's Eve in Japan

Mayweather has signed a contract with the MMA fighting organization, the Japanese MMA RIZIN federation , even if the rules of the game are not known Nasukawa, only 20 years old

"But we are going to get away together," said Mayweather. "I can fight a bit and I can always do a lot of boxing, I can do anything when I'm mentally ready."

In September, Mayweather announced that he remained undefeated in his fifty boxing matches and that he was winning titles in five different weight classes. , already that he would come back. He then announced a fight with boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather had already beaten the Philippines in 2015 as part of the "struggle of the century". For the moment, we do not know if a second confrontation with Pacquiao will actually take place.

Against MMA fighter Nasukawa, Mayweather enters for the first time outside the Netherlands. "I want to entertain people and it's good to come to another part of the world too, I want to show my qualities outside of the United States, this makes it a special fight."

Mayweather returned at the end of 2017. Already back

In December 2017, Mayweather returned to the ring after his farewell after being challenged by cage fighter Conor McGregor. According to reports, he would have received $ 275 million (about 241 million euros) for the party he had won.

Recently, new speculation has been made about potential opponents of Mayweather. For example, UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov challenged the American last month after winning his title fight against McGregor in Las Vegas.

Mayweather has responded positively to this challenge, but for the moment there is nothing concrete. UFC boss Dana White said there was no question of confrontation and that only an MMA fight between the two big would be an option.

Like Mayweather, Nurmagomedov is still undefeated in his career. The 30-year-old Russian won all 27 fights in MMA.