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Martin Domin

Floyd Mayweather's bodyguard left facedown on canvas by KO from kickboxer

Floyd Mayweather's bodyguard was dropped and stopped by a Japanese kickboxer in Japan on Sunday.

Jizzy - real name Ray Sadegh - took to the ring against Koji 'Kouzi' Tanaka in the co-main event of his boss' clash with Mikuru Asakura. Jizzy had been called out after he shoved Asakura doing his face-off with Mayweather, a sign of disrespect in Japan.

Jizzy, who is believed to have scaled 186lb, agreed to an open-weight, stand-up fight against Kouzi who fights at 135lb but was announced as having weighed in at 144lb. Kouzi has won 31 of his 50 kickboxing fights while Jizzy was believed to be having his first regulated fight.

After a slow start, Jizzy landed a right hook with Kouzi replying with a left before another landed flush on the bodyguard's chin. Jizzy dropped his hands towards the end of the first round and began to swing as he loaded up with his right hand. Kouzi responded with a left-right combination as if to emphasise who the trained fighter was.

Jizzy landed a right hand early in the second session and then another which appeared to drop Kouzi but the referee refused to count it as a knockdown. And the home favourite responded with a left hook as Jizzy looked to use his size advantage to hold at every opportunity.

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With Jizzy tiring, Kouzi looked to press home his advantage in the third and final round. He dropped Jizzy with a huge left hook and follow-up right hand but the bodyguard was able to rise to his feet and continue. He was soon dropped again however when another left hook left him facedown on the canvas as the referee waved off the bout.

The winner said: "I'll be honest with you, this was predictable. Jizzy came all the way from the US for his first fight, I want to thank him for coming here. I'll be honest, my performance really wasn't that good. Floyd, I've been working my tail off to promote this fight, I want the fight next, I want $5million."

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