by Anglerphobe » Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:06 pm
So, something quite unexpected has happened.
Having apparently run out of money yet again following his victory over Conor McGregor last summer, Floyd Mayweather has announced that he is returning to the ring once more this December. This itself is not too remarkable, Floyd bleeds money like a broken tap and anyone within three weight classes of him would jump at the opportunity to snag the fight when he periodically unretires like this. What makes this so unusual is that he will be making his return in Japan at the Saitama Super Arena against 20 year old kickboxing superstar Tenshin Nasukawa in a "special rules" contest for the big year end show of Japan's Rizin Fighting Federation, a promoter of mixed martial arts, shootboxing, and kickboxing. The rules have not been made public knowledge yet, but will presumably be some sort of compromise between the Queensbury and Japanese kickboxing rulesets.
Nasukawa was chosen for this presumably because he is Japan's biggest combat sports star currently and May wants to expand his business interests in the Japanese market. He is undefeated at 27-0 (20 knockouts) in professional kickboxing and 4-0 (2 knockouts, 1 submission) in mixed martial arts, most recently beating former UFC title challenger and Rizin world champion Kyoji Horiguchi by decision in a kickboxing bout. He's quite a bit smaller than Floyd, at 164cm (to Mayweather's 172cm) in height, about 60kg (to Money's 65+kg) with a reach of around 170cm to Floyd's 183cm. Despite this, if kicking is allowed in this fight Floyd is dead. I've seen Nasukawa fight. He will pulverise Floyd's legs until he can barely walk, batter his abdomen, and duck him into head kicks once his movement is gone. The only way I can see 2018's ageing Floyd Mayweather surviving this fight is if they disallow leg kicks at the very least.
"Tusser, they tell me, when thou wert alive,
Thou, teaching thrift, thyselfe couldst never thrive.
So, like the whetstone, many men are wont
To sharpen others, when themselves are blunt."
Anyone who has any kind of opinion fucking disgusts me.