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The boxing great will partake in one more show occasion in Japan
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is set to get back to Japan for one more presentation session to take on MMA contender Mikuru Asakura.
The occasion was declared at a question and answer session on Monday, and will happen in September under the Rizin pennant where Asakura has spent most of his profession.
Asakura has battled his beyond 12 expert sessions for Rizin while storing up a 16-3 record which contains eight knockouts.
Matured 29, he has not contended in that frame of mind far however made three trips in 2021 where he beat Kyohei Hagiwara and Yutaka Saito by consistent choice and finished Satoshi Yamasu in the primary round.
Mayweather resigned from proficient boxing with an immaculate 50-0 record in 2017 after a hybrid session with UFC symbol Conor McGregor.
From that point forward, while not advancing cutting edge hotshot fighters, for example, WBA lightweight hero Gervonta Davis by means of his Mayweather Promotions organization, Mayweather has remained occupied by partaking in display sessions.
The first of these came in Japan in 2018 when Mayweather thumped down kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa multiple times in the primary round which provoked Nasukawa's corner to toss the towel in.
In summer last year, Mayweather battled his second presentation session against Logan Paul, who has charged Forbes' previous most generously compensated competitor, said to have a total assets going between $450-560 million, of not paying him for his administrations.
Then this year, in May, Mayweather took on previous competing accomplice Don Moore in Dubai. However, under a month after that battle, the 45-year-old is as of now anticipating his next appearance in the squared circle.
As a previous undefeated, five-weight champion, Mayweather was drafted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday which carried him to tears.
"I done a ton in my vocation, however this is by a long shot awesome," Mayweather guaranteed in front of an audience while giving a discourse, which saw him thank his mom, father, and sister for his prosperity.
"I need to thank the International Boxing Hall of Fame for giving me this. This here is going to my father since he merits it. Bernard Hopkins said all that needed to be said, 'You must acquire it,' and my father procured this ring," Mayweather went on.
Additionally accepted to the Hall of Fame as a component of its 2022 class were Roy Jones Jr., Miguel Cotto, James Toney in addition to female contenders Regina Halmich and Holly Holm.
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