Floyd Mayweather vs Tenshin Nasukawa Fight rules announced
One of the numerous inquiries encompassing the Floyd Mayweather vs Tenshin Nasukawa fight was at last replied. For the most part.
The tenets of the show matchup were discharged by Mayweather's Swanson Communications advertising group Thursday. Mayweather and Nasukawa were both at Mayweather's boxing club Las Vegas on Thursday for a media day. Nasukawa, a 20-year-old kickboxing wonder, worked out for the columnists accumulated, a large number of them from his local Japan.
Per the discharge, Mayweather vs Nasukawa Live Free will be directed under straight boxing principles for three rounds of three minutes each. The two men will wear 8-ounce Rizin gloves and the challenge will be directed at a load of 147 pounds. There will be no judges, so apparently no choices after those three rounds.
"This will be full contact rivalry, however the session isn't continuing boxing or MMA records," the discharge expressed.
Nasukawa ordinarily fights around 121 pounds. He'll be surrendering around three crawls to the 5-foot-8 Mayweather, who fightd Conor McGregor a year ago at 154 pounds.
The show will happen as a major aspect of Rizin 14 on Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. This will be the first run through Mayweather, the undefeated boxing whiz, fights in that nation.
"I cherish going up against contenders from varying backgrounds like in my novice days," Mayweather said Thursday, per the discharge. "It's about diversion. Nine minutes of excitement. It will stun.
"I'm in the diversion business. That is the thing that I go out there to do. I want to do this. I'm working out to put on a show for three rounds."
Nasukawa has been in Las Vegas throughout the previous couple of days, fighting with any semblance of boxer Jorge Linares, who fightd Vasyl Lomachenko recently.
"There will never be been a Japanese contender to confront Floyd Mayweather in the ring," Nasukawa stated, per the discharge. "As a competitor, this is something that is a significant privilege and a testing undertaking. I'd like to establish a major connection."
Rizin 14 will likewise incorporate a noteworthy MMA champion vs champion matchup between Bellator bantamweight titleholder Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi, Rizin's champ. Nasukawa crushed Horiguchi, a previous UFC title challenger, in a kickboxing match in September.
The full Rizin NYE card can be found here.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/12/6/18130004/floyd-mayweather-vs-tenshin-nasukawa-rules-announced
The tenets of the show matchup were discharged by Mayweather's Swanson Communications advertising group Thursday. Mayweather and Nasukawa were both at Mayweather's boxing club Las Vegas on Thursday for a media day. Nasukawa, a 20-year-old kickboxing wonder, worked out for the columnists accumulated, a large number of them from his local Japan.
Per the discharge, Mayweather vs Nasukawa Live Free will be directed under straight boxing principles for three rounds of three minutes each. The two men will wear 8-ounce Rizin gloves and the challenge will be directed at a load of 147 pounds. There will be no judges, so apparently no choices after those three rounds.
"This will be full contact rivalry, however the session isn't continuing boxing or MMA records," the discharge expressed.
Nasukawa ordinarily fights around 121 pounds. He'll be surrendering around three crawls to the 5-foot-8 Mayweather, who fightd Conor McGregor a year ago at 154 pounds.
The show will happen as a major aspect of Rizin 14 on Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. This will be the first run through Mayweather, the undefeated boxing whiz, fights in that nation.
"I cherish going up against contenders from varying backgrounds like in my novice days," Mayweather said Thursday, per the discharge. "It's about diversion. Nine minutes of excitement. It will stun.
"I'm in the diversion business. That is the thing that I go out there to do. I want to do this. I'm working out to put on a show for three rounds."
Nasukawa has been in Las Vegas throughout the previous couple of days, fighting with any semblance of boxer Jorge Linares, who fightd Vasyl Lomachenko recently.
"There will never be been a Japanese contender to confront Floyd Mayweather in the ring," Nasukawa stated, per the discharge. "As a competitor, this is something that is a significant privilege and a testing undertaking. I'd like to establish a major connection."
Rizin 14 will likewise incorporate a noteworthy MMA champion vs champion matchup between Bellator bantamweight titleholder Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi, Rizin's champ. Nasukawa crushed Horiguchi, a previous UFC title challenger, in a kickboxing match in September.
The full Rizin NYE card can be found here.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/12/6/18130004/floyd-mayweather-vs-tenshin-nasukawa-rules-announced