{"id":92205,"date":"2018-11-08T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T20:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=92205"},"modified":"2018-11-16T14:14:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T22:14:18","slug":"floyd-mayweather-says-he-never-intended-on-official-bout-vs-kickboxer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/floyd-mayweather-says-he-never-intended-on-official-bout-vs-kickboxer\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather Says He Never Intended to Fight \u2018Official\u2019 Bout in Japan with Kickboxer"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an apologetic Instagram post on Wednesday, Floyd Mayweather told fans that he was surprised by the way his fight with Japanese kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa had been promoted at a Monday press conference, saying he had been under the impression that the bout was meant to be a short, private exhibition.<\/p>\n

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Floyd Mayweather says that he was expecting to fight only a short exhibition with Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, not an official bout. (Image: Fox Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Mayweather\u2019s post didn\u2019t explicitly say that the fight was now off, the tenor of his comments suggested that he had no intention of fighting in an event like the one that the Rizin Fighting Federation was promoting on Monday.<\/p>\n

Mayweather: I Never Agreed to Official Bout<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the post, Mayweather described \u201ca long and disappointing trip to Tokyo,\u201d in which he claimed to have been misled about virtually every aspect of the bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost, I want it to be clear that I, Floyd Mayweather, never agreed to an official bout with Tenshin Nasukawa,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIn fact (with all due respect) I have never heard of him until this recent trip to Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even at the press conference, it wasn\u2019t made clear exactly how Mayweather \u2013 an undefeated champion in boxing \u2013 and Nasukawa \u2013 an undefeated 20-year-old kickboxer who also has a handful of MMA victories \u2013 would be competing. At the time, Mayweather said those details and others would be cleared up in short order.<\/p>\n

Private \u2018Special Bout\u2019 Transformed into Major Event <\/strong><\/h2>\n

But in the Instagram post, Mayweather said that he thought he knew exactly what he was getting into, and it wasn\u2019t the kind of megafight that Rizin talked about during Monday\u2019s news conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was asked to participate in a 9 minute exhibition of 3 rounds with an opponent selected by the \u2018Rizin Fighting Federation,\u2019 Mayweather wrote. \u201cWhat I was originally informed of by Brent Johnson of \u2018One Entertainment\u2019 was that this was to be an exhibition put on for a small group of wealthy spectators for a very large fee. This exhibition was previously arranged as a \u2018Special Bout\u2019 purely for entertainment purposes with no intentions of being represented as an official fight card nor televised worldwide.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 41-year-old American apparently believed that to be the case right until he was stunned to hear differently at the promotional event on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I arrived to the press conference, my team and I were completely derailed by the new direction this event was going and we should have put a stop to it immediately,\u201d Mayweather wrote. \u201cFor the sake of the several fans and attendees that flew in from all parts of the world to attend this past press conference, I was hesitant to create a huge disturbance by combating what was being said and for that I am truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayweather retired from boxing with a 50-0 record, having won world championship titles in five different weight classes throughout his career. In 2017, he famously fought UFC star Conor McGregor in a heavily hyped matchup<\/a> that gave Mayweather his 50th win without a loss. He has also expressed a desire to fight current UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a>, though it is unclear if any progress has been made towards making that bout happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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