{"id":182,"date":"2018-11-05T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T10:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/Sports\/?p=182"},"modified":"2018-11-05T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T10:09:20","slug":"floyd-mayweather-to-fight-in-japan-on-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/floyd-mayweather-to-fight-in-japan-on-new-years-eve\/uncategorized\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather To Fight In Japan On New Years Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

On New Years Eve,\u00a0Mayweather will take on undefeated 27-0 kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in what is being dubbed as a \u2018Super Challenge\u2019 bout.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No information has been released on whether this will be a boxing or kickboxing match, but many speculate that it will be a boxing match, as Mayweather is considered to be a man who “only picks fights he knows he can win.”<\/p>\n

The official press release for the fight is below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

TENSHIN NASUKAWA TO FACE FLOYD MAYWEATHER AT RIZIN 14<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tenshin Nasukawa (27-0, KB)<\/strong>\u00a0has become one of the most popular fighters in\u00a0Japan<\/strong>, and perhaps the best combat sports prospect the country has ever seen. Between both MMA and kickboxing fights,\u00a0Tenshin<\/strong>\u00a0has fought over thirty times despite turning 20 just over two months ago. The current\u00a0RISE Featherweight Champion<\/strong>, Tenshin began to make a name for himself with wins over the likes of\u00a0Amnat Ruenroeng<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Wanchalong PK Saenchai<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0KNOCK OUT<\/strong>\u00a0promotion out of\u00a0Thailand<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since those wins,\u00a0Nasukawa<\/strong>\u00a0has become a massive star under the\u00a0RIZIN<\/strong>\u00a0banner. Racking up four dominant mixed martial arts wins, defeating multiple men to be crowned the 2017\u00a0RIZIN KICK Tournament Champion<\/strong>, and most recently outpointing fellow superstar\u00a0Kyoji Horiguchi<\/strong>\u00a0in the biggest fight the\u00a0Saitama Super Arena<\/strong>\u00a0has ever seen.\u00a0Tenshin<\/strong>has a rematch with\u00a0Taiki Naito<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0RISE 129<\/strong>\u00a0later this month.<\/em><\/p>\n

Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, BX)<\/strong>\u00a0has a legitimate case as the best boxer of all time, and he has the record to back it up. After winning a Bronze medal at the\u00a01996 Olympic Games<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Atlanta<\/strong>,\u00a0Mayweather<\/strong>\u00a0turned pro and never looked back. Over the years he has solidified himself as the biggest fight in combat sports, earning the nickname\u00a0\u201cMoney\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in every sense of the word.<\/em><\/p>\n

The legendary counter puncher has too many accolades to name.\u00a0Mayweather<\/strong>\u00a0holds numerous boxing titles under\u00a0WBO<\/strong>,\u00a0WBA<\/strong>,and\u00a0WBC<\/strong>, to name a few. The five-division champion has defeated the likes of\u00a0Ricky Hatton<\/strong>,\u00a0Shane Mosley<\/strong>,\u00a0Miguel Cotto<\/strong>,\u00a0Marcos Maidana<\/strong>, and\u00a0Andre Berto<\/strong>. He has also racked up wins in some of the most financially successful pay-per-view events of all time against\u00a0Oscar De La Hoya<\/strong>,\u00a0Canelo Alvarez<\/strong>,\u00a0Manny Pacquiao<\/strong>, and most recently,\u00a0UFC<\/strong>\u00a0superstar\u00a0Conor McGregor<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite being 41-years-old,\u00a0\u201cMoney\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0has never slowed down. And he is slated to bring his talents to\u00a0Japan<\/strong>\u00a0for the first time ever to take on the incredible phenom known as\u00a0\u201cTeppen\u201d Tenshin<\/strong>. Stay tuned for future news regarding the rules the bout will be contested under, as well as other match-ups for the card.<\/em><\/p>\n

RIZIN 14<\/strong>\u00a0is scheduled for December 31, 2018, live from the famed\u00a0Saitama Super Arena<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Saitama, Japan<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On New Years Eve,\u00a0Mayweather will take on undefeated 27-0 kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in what is being dubbed as a \u2018Super Challenge\u2019 bout. No information has been released on whether this will be a boxing or kickboxing match, but many speculate that it will be a boxing match, as Mayweather is considered to be a man…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,6,91,24],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-big-fight","tag-boxing","tag-kickboxing","tag-mma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/boxingandufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}