Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
UFC President Dana White is standing hs ground on a potential cross-sport bout between Floyd Mayweather and UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. In a recent interview, Khabib's manager Ali Abdelaziz made claims that Mayweather has been pressing him behind the scenes to make a fight with Khabib.
Before the new year rang in, Floyd Mayweather came out of retirement briefly to score a lucrative victory in an exhibition boxing match in Japan over kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa. The 20-year-old, who is unbeaten in professional kickboxing and mixed martial arts, was sent crashing to the canvas three times in the first round by Mayweather, leading the Japanese fighter’s corner to throw in the towel.
According to Floyd Mayweather, he barely trained at all for his one-sided first-round knockout victory in a mismatched exhibition fight against Tenshin Nasukawa in Saitama. Mayweather rocked up to the arena late, causing a 90-minute delay to the scheduled fight time, with a flooded hotel lobby blamed for his delayed arrival.
Is Floyd "Money" Mayweather looking for yet another big payday with a cross-sport spectacle? On Monday in Japan, Mayweather took part in a three round exhibition - but he only needed two minutes to bank a first round destruction of Japanese kickboxing phenomenon Tenshin Nasukawa.
Five division world champion Floyd Mayweather, 41-years-old, scored a brutal first-round knockout victory in a mismatched exhibition fight against Tenshin Nasukawa in Saitama. Mayweather rocked up to the arena late, causing a 90-minute delay to the scheduled fight time, with a flooded hotel lobby blamed for his delayed arrival.
Manny Pacquiao couldn’t resist trolling Floyd Mayweather Jr. The Filipino superstar didn’t mention Mayweather by name in a Tweet sent out Monday, but Pacquiao obviously referred to Mayweather’s mismatch against Tenshin Nasukawa in a boxing exhibition.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. insisted Monday that demolishing a small kickboxer half his age wasn’t a preview of his real return to boxing. After flooring Tenshin Nasukawa three times and stopping him in the first round of their three-round exhibition in Saitama, Japan, Mayweather claimed that he’ll remain retired from boxing. The 41-year-old legend’s easy victory over Nasukawa doesn’t count on his perfect record (50-0, 27 KOs).
Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived several hours late Monday night. Otherwise, his timing was fantastic. Mayweather knocked down Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa three times before their scheduled three-round exhibition was stopped in the first round by American referee Kenny Bayless in Saitama, Japan.
Floyd Mayweather's upcoming exhibition fight with Japanese kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa is a complete joke and is nothing but a money grab, according to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who ripped Floyd for even taking the fight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn’t need to make this transpacific trip. Leonard Ellerbe stressed that point during a recent interview with ESNews. Ellerbe emphasized that Mayweather has made tremendous investments and receives a seven-figure check each month from those revenue sources. The CEO of Mayweather Promotions can’t understand, though, why so many people have criticized the retired five-division champion for accepting an eight-figure appearance fee for his three-round boxing exhibition Monday against Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa.