Mayweather to fight in Japan on New Year’s Eve
By Reuters
05 November 2018 |
9:38 am
American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced at a news conference on Monday that he had signed with Japanese mixed martial arts promotions company RIZIN Fighting Federation to fight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year's Eve in Saitama.
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