Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

[peter0425]

We all know how floyd plays and hes not the one who will fight fairly,he uses his speed advantage to run all over the ring without engaging physically

Tell that to 27 dudes he knocked out during his two decades long professional career. Definitely not something that you would expect from somebody running away from his opponents and not engaging physically. Or did you mean to say that he dropped them with his good looks alone? Anyway, if you have a few bucks in your pocket, you can call him out and see for yourself

~snip~

In short, haters gonna hate

Minus 1 I guess on that 27 for his victory with Victor Ortiz on a fight last 2011 wherein after they touch glove and Victor Ortiz still apologizing, and he immediately throw a 1 - 2 punch and knocked out Victor Ortiz. Even legendary commentator Larry Merchant does not like what Floyd did but its was legal, not classy but legal. 

Yeah, that reminds me of the infamous James Butler (aka Harlem Hammer)

On the other hand, let's not forget what Victor Ortiz had been apologizing for. He bulled Floyd into the corner and then hit him with his head straight in the mouth. So it is him who should be asked for his actions in the first place. The same story with Tyson's biting off part of Evander Holyfield's ear. Everyone is ready to place the blame on Tyson, but let's admit that Mike went nuts after being repeatedly headbutted by Holyfield. Note that I'm not defending Tyson, he was uniquely insane back then and probably still is deep inside now

For the record, Floyd was not bullied, it was more of a frustration coming from Victor Ortiz who at that time was in his prime and he can't hit Floyd with his left. He really got frustrated that the only way he can damage Floyd is by head butting him. And we all know what happens next.

I didn't say Ortiz bullied Floyd

To bull means to press someone like a bull with the head like bulls do, not intimidate him like bullies do. Ortiz cornered Floyd and then hit him with his head. Then he tried to apologize three times, and Floyd most likely thought it was a play on Victor's part. Naturally, he was not going to fall for this trick and finished him without mercy, which was both fair and legitimate given the circumstances ("defend yourself at all times")

On the other hand, I don't think that Ortiz could do damage though to Floyd in that fight. Sooner or later Floyd will have to take him out, but he did a bitch move and pay the price.

[Pettuh4]

^^ wow never heard of that one and it ends in a draw.   Im curious to watch that now just to see, if anyone feels at all similar about Floyd vs Nasukawa then I guess its justifiable.   I guess it only really balances out if there is two fights with two sets of rules to favour both disciplines and then you have a bout not just of the two men but of the two arts for which is superior

You should watch it now, so you'll be inform, it did not end in a draw.
Fight will only end a draw when it's obvious that Mayweather will lose in the fight, this one is a well dominated fight by Mayweather .

It was indeed a lopsided fight, the Japanese didn't stand a chance and had no clue how to deal with Floyd, going forward i think they shouldn't sanction such games again as it gives Floyd the advantage because the contenders are almost always at his mercy when it comes to boxing and he punched the guy so hard i nearly smashed my tv.

[deisik]

I didn't say Ortiz bullied Floyd

To bull means to press someone like a bull with the head like bulls do, not intimidate him like bullies do. Ortiz cornered Floyd and then hit him with his head. Then he tried to apologize three times, and Floyd most likely thought it was a play on Victor's part. Naturally, he was not going to fall for this trick and finished him without mercy, which was both fair and legitimate given the circumstances ("defend yourself at all times")

On the other hand, I don't think that Ortiz could do damage though to Floyd in that fight

I wouldn't say that

Indeed, if Ortiz had been playing by the rules, he couldn't, and Floyd would have taken him out sooner or later. But headbutts can cause pretty serious damage like cuts and concussions that would mostly likely lead to a stoppage and no contest. Knowing Floyd, you wouldn't really expect him to let his opponent get away with it, so it was a one-way street for Ortiz. So he started to apologize likely having in his mind something like what the Harlem Hammer pulled off with Richard Grant. Obviously, Mayweather knew better and down went Ortiz as soon as there was an opportunity

[TravelMug]

^^ wow never heard of that one and it ends in a draw.   Im curious to watch that now just to see, if anyone feels at all similar about Floyd vs Nasukawa then I guess its justifiable.   I guess it only really balances out if there is two fights with two sets of rules to favour both disciplines and then you have a bout not just of the two men but of the two arts for which is superior

I do hope that you have seen the fight. But it's a different scenario though, Ali with his big mouth started bragging to Ichiro Yada, then the President of Japanese Amateur Wrestling Association, and asking if there are any "oriental" fighter who can challenge him.

Ali even offered 1 million dollars. Inoki then answered the challenge, Ali was paid $ 6 million (huge amount in the 70's), from Inoki's backers.

[izanagi narukami]

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It was indeed a lopsided fight, the Japanese didn't stand a chance and had no clue how to deal with Floyd, going forward i think they shouldn't sanction such games again as it gives Floyd the advantage because the contenders are almost always at his mercy when it comes to boxing and he punched the guy so hard i nearly smashed my tv.

But why that Japanese try to accept the challenge if he is out of the league ?
That Japanese embarrassing himself around the world and his Japanese people but at least it become the great experience for him in the future to understand how powerful the Mayweather !

[Oilacris]

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It was indeed a lopsided fight, the Japanese didn't stand a chance and had no clue how to deal with Floyd, going forward i think they shouldn't sanction such games again as it gives Floyd the advantage because the contenders are almost always at his mercy when it comes to boxing and he punched the guy so hard i nearly smashed my tv.

But why that Japanese try to accept the challenge if he is out of the league ?
That Japanese embarrassing himself around the world and his Japanese people but at least it become the great experience for him in the future to understand how powerful the Mayweather !

No one knows on whats the actual reason why that fight had been settled or arranged but one things for sure it do involves money.About the fight they are not embarrassing theirselves
and for sure the organizer of that match do already clearly see on whose gonna be the winner.Jap do really like to test out things which they believe they can able to make some good
exposure as with that nasukawa he already knew that he would be fucked up on that fight.

[Jating]

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It was indeed a lopsided fight, the Japanese didn't stand a chance and had no clue how to deal with Floyd, going forward i think they shouldn't sanction such games again as it gives Floyd the advantage because the contenders are almost always at his mercy when it comes to boxing and he punched the guy so hard i nearly smashed my tv.

But why that Japanese try to accept the challenge if he is out of the league ?
That Japanese embarrassing himself around the world and his Japanese people but at least it become the great experience for him in the future to understand how powerful the Mayweather !

Few reasons I can think of:

(1) Maybe he thought he can beat Mayweather
(2) He was under promotional contract
(3) The money involved

Every fighter takes pride and event though the odds are against them, they will accept the fight. Plus this is just a exhibition match.

[Ranly123]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/11/04/floyd-mayweather-rizin-fighting-federation-fight/1888917002/


Floyd Mayweather, the 41-year-old undefeated boxing legend, is scheduled to fight on New Year's Eve in Japan in the Rizin Fighting Federation, the MMA promotion announced at a press conference Monday in Tokyo (Sunday night in the United States).

Mayweather, who was present at the press conference, will take on 20-year-old kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa at the Saitama Super Arena.

At this point, though, it's not very clear what this fight will look like. Ariel Helwani of ESPN reported that "Everyone I’ve talked to said they’d be shocked if it’s MMA."

Mayweather himself expressed a similar sentiment.

"We'll talk about that, we'll get that situated within the next couple weeks," Mayweather said when asked at the press conference about the fight's weight class and the rules.

"We're giving the people something they've never seen before," Mayweather went on to say.

"As far as the weight class, we're not really worried about that. When it's all said and done, it's all about me going out there displaying my skills against another skillful fighter. So we both want to go out there and display our skills and give people excitement"

Nasukawa, Mayweather's opponent, is himself a perfect 27-0 in kickboxing competition.

When we last saw Mayweather in action, he was defeating UFC star Conor McGregor in "The Money Fight" to move his boxing record to 50-0. 

Where is the fight? Does it happen? Nowadays, there are many hoax and the article that you read might be one of it. I think Mayweather is hanging his gloves for real and he would never fight again in the ring.

[Astargath]

Gotta be one of the worst fights I have ever seen, when did this even happen, I didn't even see much advertisement about it, compared to mcgregor vs floyd this was way under the radar. I guess they had a lot of advertisement in the asian community, he did get like 70m for this silly fight. At least mcgregor lasted 10 rounds, he even landed a few good shots, this was just pathetic.

[Juggy777]

Gotta be one of the worst fights I have ever seen, when did this even happen, I didn't even see much advertisement about it, compared to mcgregor vs floyd this was way under the radar. I guess they had a lot of advertisement in the asian community, he did get like 70m for this silly fight. At least mcgregor lasted 10 rounds, he even landed a few good shots, this was just pathetic.

I'll agree it was totally one sided and one of the most pathetic match ever played, it took placed on New Year's Eve. It's pertinent to note that the match was delayed due to Mayweather arriving late, he made it up by beating Tenshin in just 139 seconds. I feel such a match was simply done to make money from Mayweather appearance, and I feel they should avoid such kind of match in future.

[kenzawak]

Where is the fight? Does it happen? Nowadays, there are many hoax and the article that you read might be one of it. I think Mayweather is hanging his gloves for real and he would never fight again in the ring.

Are you just posting to get your quota of posts for the week or what ?
Yes the fight did happen lol. There's a youtube link a few pages ago.

[bL4nkcode]

Where is the fight? Does it happen? Nowadays, there are many hoax and the article that you read might be one of it. I think Mayweather is hanging his gloves for real and he would never fight again in the ring.

You might be still sleeping or still drowning yourself in the year 2018, make some google search and youtube videos with their fight will stumble upon your computer.

[sunsilk]

I will help you.

Where is the fight?

Japan.

Does it happen?

Yes, done.

Nowadays, there are many hoax and the article that you read might be one of it. I think Mayweather is hanging his gloves for real and he would never fight again in the ring.

I googled "Mayweather vs Japan" and looked on how many results came. Various sources and websites will show you from 6 days ago and below posted articles about this fight so it proved that the match did really happened. And it was confirmed it was not a hoax as it was proven by more than 1 source/website.

[TravelMug]

Gotta be one of the worst fights I have ever seen, when did this even happen, I didn't even see much advertisement about it, compared to mcgregor vs floyd this was way under the radar. I guess they had a lot of advertisement in the asian community, he did get like 70m for this silly fight. At least mcgregor lasted 10 rounds, he even landed a few good shots, this was just pathetic.

Yes, you may call it the worst fight ever. A lot of sports writers really didn't like what they see but it's obvious that Floyd Mayweather Jr earn a lot of money here so for him, "say whatever you want, I got the dough though" attitude.

To the OP, I suggest that you lock this thread for good. We have already seen someone bumping and quoting your first post, a sign that he is not reading the whole discussions here.

[samcrypto]

Gotta be one of the worst fights I have ever seen, when did this even happen, I didn't even see much advertisement about it, compared to mcgregor vs floyd this was way under the radar. I guess they had a lot of advertisement in the asian community, he did get like 70m for this silly fight. At least mcgregor lasted 10 rounds, he even landed a few good shots, this was just pathetic.

This only serve as a training ground for Mayweather and its too bad for his opponent to destroy his own reputation and now he holds a worst loss to Floyd maybe for the sake of money. Less advertisement and maybe there is no live telecast, this is not a real fight for sure just an exhibition game.  

[crwth]

Gotta be one of the worst fights I have ever seen, when did this even happen, I didn't even see much advertisement about it, compared to mcgregor vs floyd this was way under the radar. I guess they had a lot of advertisement in the asian community, he did get like 70m for this silly fight. At least mcgregor lasted 10 rounds, he even landed a few good shots, this was just pathetic.

This only serve as a training ground for Mayweather and its too bad for his opponent to destroy his own reputation and now he holds a worst loss to Floyd maybe for the sake of money. Less advertisement and maybe there is no live telecast, this is not a real fight for sure just an exhibition game.  

I don't think it could be considered a training ground for him because he already knows a lot with boxing and he is already a veteran. It's just a show for the people who want to be entertained and people who have a lot of money to bet on him because it's a sure win. The damage is just his Japanese Pride and he will forever remember that.

[Jating]

Gotta be one of the worst fights I have ever seen, when did this even happen, I didn't even see much advertisement about it, compared to mcgregor vs floyd this was way under the radar. I guess they had a lot of advertisement in the asian community, he did get like 70m for this silly fight. At least mcgregor lasted 10 rounds, he even landed a few good shots, this was just pathetic.

This only serve as a training ground for Mayweather and its too bad for his opponent to destroy his own reputation and now he holds a worst loss to Floyd maybe for the sake of money. Less advertisement and maybe there is no live telecast, this is not a real fight for sure just an exhibition game.  

This not not a training for Mayweather. Did you read a few post above saying that he didn't even prepare for this fight because its a mismatch. I don't think that reputation of Tenshin is destroyed as well because he can go back and fight his own fight again.

It was just mainly promoted in Japan and it was just a short noticed that no one has even a chance to go to Japan and watch it lived unless you are really Floyd's numero uno fan and would rather spent New year in another country just to watch him fight.