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Funny News from the World of Martial Arts: Floyd Mayweather signed a contract for a New Year's fight in Japan. And it will probably be an MMA fight.
This time, his opponent is not considered Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov, but the 20-year-old kickboxer, Tenshin Nasukawa.
Unbeatable
Nasukawa has about thirty fights in his name and has proven unbeatable to date, but in Rizin 14, Mayweather, 41, will try it anyway. Nasukawa's record on his name is 27 to 0.
Mayweather said he was still thinking about whether he would act from a boxing match, kick boxing or MMA. This will be decided in the coming weeks. No agreement has yet been reached on the weight that the two must have.
MMA?
Mayweather held a press conference in Japan Sunday night about the fight. How much money he gets for the game, he has not (yet) made a statement. The fight will take place in the Saitama Super Arena; the third largest (indoor) stadium in the world with 36,500 seats
It is hoped that MMA will fight for both because Mayweather had already completed MMA training. UFC champion, Tyron Woodley, offered to work with the veteran, believing that Mayweather could really win. Mayweather said that he was holding the fight in Japan because he had a great love for the country and the people.
Young and fast
this impressed him with his physique and, in his opinion, with "a serious gym enthusiast". Nasukawa also describes Mayweather with good words. He thinks the old boxer is really able to "hit" him when he's fighting.
A little earlier, Mayweather had indicated that he wished to fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov, but this fight seems to have fainted for a moment.
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