Floyd Mayweather vs Tenshin Nasukawa
RIZIN 14 boxing exhibition match
Saitama Super Arena
Floyd Mayweather Jnr is back in action on New Year’s Eve as he takes on kickboxing prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa.
16 months on from coming out of retirement to beat Conor McGregor in 10 rounds, Mayweather is back for another money-spinner – taking on a 20-year-old opponent in a carefully negotiated exhibition match.
Their fight, to be competed under strict boxing rules, is part of RIZIN's MMA card.
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Date, UK start time and venue
Mayweather vs Nasukawa is part of the RIZIN 14 MMA card taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan on Monday December 31.
The card is scheduled to get underway at 6am with the Mayweather fight expected to get underway at around 10am.
TV channel and live stream
While the fight will not be available to watch in the US, there is good news for UK viewers with the fight available to watch live on FITE TV.
You can order the show here for the price of $24.99.
What are the rules?
Rizin confirmed last month the exhibition fight will be contested over three, three minute rounds under straight boxing rules.
Both fighters will be wearing eight ounce Rizin gloves – no judges will be present and the result will not go on either man’s boxing or MMA records.
Undercard
Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell is also fighting on the card taking on the Rizin equivalent Kyoji Horiguchi in a champion vs champion bout. Here’s the rest of the card.
Tenshin Nasukawa vs Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Kyoji Horiguchi vs Darrion Caldwell
Kanna Asakura vs Ayaka Hamasaki
Rena Kubota vs Samantha Jean-Francois
Yusuke Yachi vs Johnny Case
Ulka Sasaki vs Manel Kape
Yuki Motoya vs Justin Scoggins
Nobumitsu Osawa vs Tofik Musaev
Jiri Prochazka vs Brandon Halsey
Justyna Haba vs Shinju Nozawa Auclair
Damien Brown vs Daron Cruickshank
Mika Nagano vs Miyuu Yamamoto
Gabi Garcia vs Barbara Nepomuceno
Kazuyuki Miyata vs Erson Yamamoto
