Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Mikuru Asakura An exhibition world tour of Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues on Sunday when the former pound-for-pound king takes on MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura under the Rizin promotion from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Mikuru Asakura Mayweather retired for good in August 2017 when he stopped UFC superstar Conor McGregor. From that point on, Mayweather only had exhibition contests against Tenshin Nasukawa, Logan Paul, and most recently, Don Moore in May.
Asakura is a 10-year MMA veteran, competing in various Japanese promotions, including becoming the featherweight and lightweight champion under the RINGS promotion.
Here’s everything you need to know about Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Mikuru Asakura
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR VS MIKURU ASAKURA FIGHT TIME & DATE START TIME
Date: Sunday, Sept. 25
Main card: 11 p.m. ET | 3 a.m. GMT | 1 p.m. AEST
Main event ringwalks (approx): TBA
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. vs MIKURU ASAKURA RECORD AND BIO
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. RECORD AND BIO
Nationality: American
Born: February 24, 1977
Height: 5′ 8″
Reach: 72″
Total Fights: 50
Record: 50-0 (27 KOs)
MIKURU ASAKURA RECORD AND BIO
Nationality: Japanese
Born: July 15, 1992
Height: 5′ 9 1/2″
Reach: N/A
Total Fights: 19
Record: 16-3
Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Mikuru Asakura The co-main event pits Japanese Koji Tanaka aka “Kouzi” and American Ray Sadeghi aka “Jizzy Mack” in a three-round custom rules open weight to match. Also on the card, another representative of the country-host Nadaka Yoshinari and Bandasak So Trakunpet of Thailand meet in a three-round 117-pound kickboxing clash. In addition, local Miura Kota and Thai Bunchuai Phonsungnoen faceoff in a three-round 150-pound MMA contest. The full fight card can be found below.
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The fight will be broadcast on Fite TV and fans can buy the event for $20 or around £17.60.
It can be streamed via the Fite TV app on your TV, computer or mobile phone.
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