All Floyd Mayweather fights are in Russian. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will have a rematch. Who is Nasukawa
Lately, MMA fighters have had little fame and money in the UFC. They want to have literally intergalactic wars with boxers. Khabib Nurmagomedov decided to follow the example of Conor McGregor and stage a “fight of the century” against legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather. Khabib himself challenged Floyd to a fight. The UFC lightweight champion hinted to Floyd that even according to boxing rules he would be stronger. Mayweather responded to Khabib with a very clear message - he suggested that sponsors and organizers prepare money.
When will the fight between Nurmagomedov and Mayweather take place?
The exact date of the fight is still unknown, but the fact is that the process has begun. This is not just someone's joke or PR for two fighters. Serious and authoritative people say that the fight will most likely take place. After all, Khabib himself more than once in social networks wrote about the confrontation with Floyd according to boxing rules. In particular, Khabib said that he met with the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation Umar Kremlev.
If such a fight does take place, then organizing it will not be a quick matter. It is logical to imagine the date around August-September 2019. By the way, it was in August that Mayweather fought with McGregor. It is possible that for Khabib, a boxing match with a legend is still a backup option in case of disqualification from the UFC. Thus, Nurmagomedov will be able to earn a lot of money, not lose shape, and even improve his striking technique - all advantages.
The fight between Khabib and Floyd before the summer of next year is almost impossible to imagine such a scenario. Firstly, it will be important for Khabib to fully prepare for his debut in a new sport, and secondly, he needs time to promote the fight. Plus Mayweather himself is unlikely to perfect shape after a year of inactivity. Accordingly, the date of the Khabib-Floyd fight is still under a veil of secrecy, but we are not expecting the fighters in the ring before August.
Under what rules will Nurmagomedov and Mayweather fight?
Mayweather, in one of his many interviews, made it clear that he would not make any concessions to his opponent when it comes to the rules. That is, it is quite likely boxing fight. The only thing is that there may be differences in the size of the gloves and other details, which will be somewhat different from a classic boxing match. On the other hand, there can be no talk of any wrestling techniques.
“Yes, I’m ready to fight him. The rules are boxing only. He called me, so he must come to my world.”
At the same time, Khabib’s father Abdulmanap admits that the confrontation between Mayweather and his son will not be pure boxing. True, it is not yet very clear what exactly Abdulmanap had in mind.
Where will the Nurmagomedov-Mayweather fight take place?
Nurmagomedov himself proposed holding the “fight of the century” in Luzhniki. His headquarters are confident that the interest will be incredible, the arena will easily attract 100 thousand spectators.
“We want the fight to take place in Moscow at the legendary Luzhniki Arena. We are confident that we will gather 100 thousand viewers, and also set a world record for the sale of paid broadcasts. And, most importantly, my father will be in the corner; you don’t need a visa to Moscow. And so the question is for my fans: do you believe in me? Or do you also think that he will knock me out in boxing?”
The arena at Luzhniki is the most likely option. Interest in the MMA industry and Nurmagomedov, in particular, allows us to count on a full house. Suffice it to remember how on September 15, on the first night of the UFC in Moscow, Olimpiyskiy easily attracted 15 thousand spectators. The boxing match between Alexander Usik and Murat Gassiev also had an enviable attendance.
Predictions for the Mayweather – Nurmagomedov fight
The boldest forecast for the fight between Khabib and Floyd was given by the Russian’s father Abdulmanap. In his opinion, the boxer will not be able to cope with the fighter’s power and Khabib will have a decisive advantage in the clinch.
“Let’s destroy this opponent. Khabib will clinch in close combat, it won’t look like pure boxing, I hope that Khabib has a better chance than McGregor.”
Most of the neutral experts, including famous boxer Kostya Tszyu believes that, on the contrary, Khabib has no chance against Floyd. Indeed, if Conor, considered a master percussion technology, I couldn’t, then where is Khabib?
Nurmagomedov has always been considered a fighter; he worked hard on boxing, but Mayweather is an athlete from a different league. An invulnerable boxer who has been hit only a few times in his career. Mayweather won 50 matches in his career, fighting the best in the world. It is clear that according to the rules of boxing, only a miracle can help Nurmagomedov.
On the other hand, Floyd is not getting any younger. At the time of the fight he will be over 42 years old, his peak has long passed. Nurmagomedov, on the contrary, is in the juice. Khabib’s main trump card in comparison with Conor is endurance. It was easier for Mayweather with the Irishman - to let his opponent run out and finish him off in a classic way in the last rounds, when the Irishman ran out of strength. This trick won’t work with Nurmagomedov. Khabib is capable of spending twelve rounds in a cage in the ring at a crazy pace. Isn't this the key to defeating Floyd?
Whatever the outcome of the fight, its participants will probably receive record fees. Last time, the American earned about $300 million for his fight with Conor. Now we can expect at least a repetition of these figures. This will be the main victory for each of the fighters, regardless of the result.
In Saitama he defeated a Japanese kickboxer Tenshina Nasukawa at the Rizin 14 tournament. The fight, which took place according to boxing rules, ended in the first round.
Who is Nasukawa
Tenshin Nasukawa is 20 years old. He is a famous kickboxer in Japan. He has been playing professionally since he was 15 years old. Weight category - up to 55 kilograms. Statistics: 28 fights, 28 victories - this is a very cool indicator, especially for kickboxing, where a zero in the defeat column is a very rare thing. But of those whom he beat, you probably don’t know anyone. He had four fights in MMA (in the show of the Rizin organization, of course) - he won all of them (two knockouts, one painful hold, one judge's decision). The opponents were also no-names.
Nasukawa looks like an anime or manga fan. For a fighter from Japan, this look is an absolutely normal situation. For example, Russian kickboxer Umar Paskhaev once said about the Japanese Ren Hiramoto: “The opponent is not bad, but I hope he will dress more decently, otherwise it’s not clear who I’m boxing with.”
The Nasukawa-Mayweather fight took place in the welterweight boxing weight category - up to 66.7 kilograms. So the Japanese didn’t have to lose weight. As a result, the day before the fight he weighed 62.1 kilograms. That is, almost five kilograms less than Mayweather. Moreover, in the day remaining before the fight, the American probably gained a couple more kilos.
What is Rizin
This is a Japanese organization that organizes MMA and kickboxing fights. Positions itself as the heir to Pride - the same promotion where Fedor Emelianenko was the champion in the 2000s. So far the scale is incomparable. But it must be said that Emelianenko had his first fight after returning precisely in Rizin - exactly three years ago he defeated Jaideep Singh from India. Now Fedor performs in the USA - in Bellator.
Rules of battle
Three rounds of three minutes;
8-ounce gloves (typically 10-ounce gloves are used in the welterweight division);
The fight is not official, but an exhibition, without the announcement of the judges' notes. That is, the result of the fight is not taken into account in the statistics of the fighters.
Mayweather's fee
It was reported that what kind of fight with the Japanese great boxer(50 fights, 50 wins) will receive $20 million. However, 13 hours before the fight, Mayweather, 41, wrote on Instagram: "What if I told you I would make $9 million for 9 minutes sparring in Tokyo. Would you do the same if you were me? I like to call it a 9 minute walk." .
9 million doesn't seem like an exorbitant figure for boxing. Mayweather's fee for his fight with MMA star Conor McGregor, which took place in August 2017, was $100 million. That fight, by the way, was official and involved 12 rounds (as a result, it ended in the 10th round with Floyd’s victory TKO).
Mockery
Mayweather entered the hall to rap music and wearing a medical mask - these are especially popular in the Tokyo subway. Then the hymns were sung. The difference in size was striking. Mayweather is not only heavier than Nasukawa, but also half a head taller. The painted Japanese guy also looks about 16 years old.
The battle began, the American began to smile. He didn't box with Nasukawa - he played with him. An adult uncle against a frightened boy. The nervously twitching Japanese hit him once, and Floyd became more serious. After a left blow to the temple, Nasukawa fell comically. Somehow stupidly, as if it wasn’t real at all. The Japanese got up (after crawling a little on the flooring) and continued the fight. He became emboldened, began to furiously rush at the American, hit him in series - but everything flew into the block. Mayweather hit even harder, this time with a right uppercut - right in the jaw. Nasukawa fell again. He stood up again.
Floyd, dancing, went to finish off the boy. It took him 10 seconds for the next knockdown. And then Nasukawa's corner signaled surrender (from the outside it looked exactly like that). It was scary to look at Tenshin - he made such a grimace, as if there was no more unhappy person in the world than him. Did you really expect something more?
Mayweather hit the jackpot, had fun and is going to the USA. Lately there has been a lot of talk that his fight with Khabib is real. The Russian Boxing Federation is already ready to organize a fight between them. If there is one, it will definitely be something more interesting than the mediocre show in Japan on December 31st. It just couldn't get any worse.
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 27, 2017
However, Khabib already has a list of very important things to do in MMA. During the possible disqualification, he will be able to fully recover and prepare for the subsequent defense against or transition to another weight. It's hard to imagine that Orel would be able to find time for a fight with Mayweather, which may only be beneficial to both sides financially, but is unlikely to be of much sporting interest.
Another problem is that it is completely unclear under what rules his fight with Floyd could take place.
Behind short term(Mayweather is unlikely to wait long - he is already 41) retraining as a boxer would be a rash decision for Orel. Considering that Khabib is primarily an outstanding wrestler, and not a striker.
In Mayweather's position, a possible fight with Khabib looks even stranger. This was best explained by a former mixed martial arts fighter.
“A boxer against a mama fighter will not last longer than 10-15 seconds. 15-20 seconds. Until the first contact,” he said on air.
We must understand that boxing and mixed martial arts- absolutely different types sports If MMA fighters master different martial arts, then in boxing everything revolves around one not very diverse sport.
Floyd has never practiced martial arts, and despite the fact that he is a great counter-puncher, this is unlikely to help him in a fight with one of the strongest sambo wrestlers.
Ex-world boxing champion Konstantin agrees with this opinion. As he stated, the talk surrounding a possible fight between Khabib and Floyd is just a show.
“This is a show, and show must go on. If this fight takes place, then we need to understand what the rules will be. 12 rounds according to boxing rules - and Khabib, no matter how much I root for him, has no chance, and in a fight according to UFC rules, Mayweather has no chance. Money talks, as they say,” Tszyu quotes.
The fact that Mayweather announced his return to the ring only for a rematch with the Filipino Manny Pacquiao prompts even greater reflection. The fight is scheduled to take place in December 2019.
Let us remind you that Mayweather has 50 fights and 50 victories in professional ring. Khabib's record is 27-0 in the Octagon.
Despite all the contradictions, Khabib’s father and coach is already seriously commenting on his son’s chances in a possible fight with Mayweather. He disagrees with most experts and believes that
Orel will have the opportunity to defeat Floyd if Khabib is trained by no less than Anatoly, the coach and father of Vasily Lomachenko.
“Khabib will have a chance according to boxing rules. He will clinch close.
I'd like to have them in our corner best specialist in the boxing world, Lomachenko and Mike Tyson,” said Nurmagomedov Sr.
As in the case of the McGregor vs. Mayweather fight, it will probably all come down to the fee. Nurmagomedov will lose a lot of money if he leaves the UFC and is not paid the prize money for his victory over Conor. And according to his father, the end of Khabib’s career is near - he plans to finish at 32. A long disqualification could seriously undermine the Eagle’s well-being.
The Mayweather-McGregor fight brought Showtime 4.3 million through pay-per-view technology (pay-per-view) - this is the second highest figure in history after the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight. And, as mentioned earlier, Floyd then earned more than $300 million, the Irishman - about $70 million.
In Bellator, where Khabib is actively invited by the rapper (50 cent), they definitely won’t pay that much.
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Last Saturday, when the entire boxing world was in anticipation of a repeat fight between the Kazakh Gennady Golovkin and Mexican Saul Alvarez, the media were stunned by a sensational report that at the end of this year another rematch of superstar boxers – a 41-year-old American – could take place Floyd Mayweather Jr.(50-0-0, 27 KO) and .
The war is over. Golovkin lost to Alvarez in Las Vegas
The judges this time also refused to give the victory to GGG in an equal fight. Another scandal?
Moreover, the authors of this news were the boxers themselves. 12-time world champion in five weight categories Mayweather wrote on Instagram that he would return to the ring for a rematch with Pacquiao: “I'm coming back to fight this year. Another check for nine figures.” And almost immediately after this, a message with the same content was posted on his Instagram by the former world champion in eight weight categories, and now the regular WBA world welterweight champion Pacquiao's champion, who promised to inflict the first defeat of Mayweather in his professional career: “50-1, no excuses.”
Old scores
The boxing community had been waiting for the organization of the first fight between these rivals for seven or eight years. But when this fight took place in May 2015, it did not turn out to be the mega-fight desired by many, but a frankly boring and insipid confrontation. The expectations of boxing fans were not at all justified at that time. Many of them called that battle dull and boring, and some considered themselves deceived. Although such a scenario for the development of events in the ring initially seemed quite likely.
Knowing Mayweather’s cautiously defensive, rational fighting style, it was hardly worth hoping too much that in such an important fight, and even against such a serious opponent, he would suddenly decide to radically change it and get into the wheelhouse. As for Pacquiao, it would be wrong to reproach him, because he was the only one that aggravated things in the ring that evening, trying to force an exchange of blows on Floyd. However, Manny simply failed to do this, was unable to implement such tactics due to the skill, speed and mobility of his opponent.
Mayweather also made excellent use of his advantage over his opponent in linear dimensions in this fight, not allowing his opponent to reach a dangerous distance in most episodes of the fight. The American mainly tried to “dry” the fight, often clinching and leaning on his opponent at the slightest danger. Floyd also made full use of his trademark agility on his feet, acting clearly and rationally in order to control the development of events in the ring. Pacquiao, in most episodes, did not reach the target; his blows either flew past or landed casually.
As a result, all three side judges unanimously gave the victory to Mayweather - 118-110, 116-112, 116-112. According to computer counting of blows, 148 of Mayweather's 435 attempts were successful, while only 81 of Pacquiao's 429 shots landed on target.
In post-match interviews, the American paid tribute to his opponent, saying that he managed to outbox Pacquiao, first of all, due to competent defense. And even Mayweather’s father and trainer Floyd Sr. could not get him to fight more actively. Then Floyd did not utter a word about the possibility of a rematch, and even stated that he did not want to break the legendary record of Rocky Marciano, who left the ring as a world champion, having 49 victories without a single defeat, and noting that a repetition was enough for him this record (after defeating Pacquiao, Mayweather's record was 48-0-0, 26 KOs).
Pacquiao then said that he did not consider himself a loser in the fight, since he was more active in the ring, and Mayweather only avoided the fight. The Filipino also noted that although the opponent’s blows were quite strong, they did not shake him at all. Pacquiao saw the main reason for this development of events in the ring in Mayweather’s superiority over him in linear dimensions. The Filipino's then-trainer Freddie Roach said he wanted Mayweather to give his protégé an immediate rematch. A little later, Pacquiao himself began to talk about this.
Further events
However, subsequently it never seemed that the rivals were close to organizing a repeat fight. Pacquiao began to heal his injured right shoulder, which, according to his team, was one of the main factors in his unsuccessful performance in that fight. Manny returned to the ring almost a year later, defeating American Timothy Bradley on points in their third fight. After that, Pacquiao fought three more fights. First, he confidently dealt with Mexican-American Jesse Vargas. Then in July last year he traveled to Australia, where he suffered a controversial defeat to local boxer Jeff Horn. And finally, in July of this year, Manny won his first early victory since 2009, stopping Argentine Lucas Matthysse in the 7th round.
During this time, Pacquiao repeatedly considered ending his boxing career. However, he did not make statements that he was hanging up his gloves, although he was elected to the Philippine Senate and devoted quite a lot of time to legislative work. Also during this period, Manny made dramatic changes in his team, refusing further cooperation with promoter Bob Arum and coach Freddie Roach, with whom he walked shoulder to shoulder long years and in partnership with whom he achieved his greatest successes in the ring. Now he manages his own sports career, and his longtime friend and assistant Buboy Fernandez became his coach.
As for Mayweather, four months after the fight with the Filipino, he had the last of his six fights previously planned under a grandiose contract with the Showtime television channel, easily dealing with compatriot Andre Berto. After this, repeating the iconic performance of Rocky Marciano, Floyd, as promised, announced the end of his boxing career.
However, despite repeated confirmations of his reluctance to return to the ring, after two years of inactivity, Mayweather lived up to his nickname “Money”, tempted by the prospect of a very money fight with MMA superstar Irishman Conor McGregor, which took place in August last year. In it, Floyd, in a pressing style atypical for himself, defeated his opponent by technical knockout in the 10th round and deposited a huge check into his bank account. After that fight, Mayweather's total fees for his entire sports career exceeded the fantastic mark of $1 billion.
Who needs (or benefits) this rematch?
And now, after such unexpected information about the possibility of a re-fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao, many are asking the question: does the boxing world need a re-fight between them? And the boxing public’s opinions on this matter were divided. Many believe that this idea is already quite outdated and is last years no one really expected it. Indeed, a fight between a retired 41-year-old and a semi-retired 39-year-old boxer does not seem to be in demand for the boxing community.
However, on the other hand, there are opinions that Floyd and Manny still have superstar status and their meeting in the ring has not yet completely lost its relevance. And many Pacquiao fans would like to receive satisfaction for the lost first fight, in which their idol was prevented from boxing with full dedication by injury and which, in their opinion, the then nimble Mayweather simply “dried up.”
Nevertheless, holding this fight is most beneficial for the boxers themselves. Earned for his professional career several hundred million dollars, Pacquiao, according to some sources, was unable to manage them wisely. And for a figure (including a political one) of such magnitude as him, several dozen millions of dollars earned at the end of his career will be by no means out of place. There is nothing to say about Mayweather, since, by his own admission, he loves money more than anything else.
And if we just think rationally and sometimes even cynically, then why don’t people who spent so many years and efforts on promoting and popularizing their names take advantage of their fame to make money on it at the end of their lives? sports careers. There is clearly no point in condemning them for this, since almost everyone would have acted this way in their place.
We can also note one more factor that will attract the attention of a certain part of boxing fans to this rematch. The fact is that a considerable number of them would like to see the first defeat of Mayweather, who has an undefeated status. It’s no secret that Floyd built his enormous popularity and box office success thanks to many years of creating a negative image for viewers. A decent portion of the public bought paid broadcasts of his fights, wanting to finally see how he would be beaten.
Even returning to the first fight with Pacquiao, one can remember that immediately after its end, the spectators sitting in the arena of Floyd’s native city of Las Vegas greeted the winner with disapproving roars and hisses, and Mayweather himself willingly teased them, climbing onto the ropes and demonstrating in every possible way that no matter how anyone dislikes it, he is the best. Therefore, there will probably be many boxing fans who will want to buy a PPV broadcast of this rematch just because of the hope of seeing Floyd’s first defeat.
In addition, almost any outcome of this battle will no longer significantly affect overall rating achievements that these two world boxing superstars have achieved over many years in the ring. In fact, this will really be a fight between two opponents of pre-retirement or even retirement age for boxing. In this regard, of course, there can be no talk of any “dream fight” in this case.
If this fight happens, it will largely be just a money-making show. Although, most likely, the organizers of the rematch will not be able to collect such huge revenues as were received as a result of their first fight (a total of more than $550 million), which became (and still holds) the box office record holder in the entire history of boxing. And therefore, Floyd and Manny’s fees this time will be significantly less than in their first confrontation (then Mayweather received $210 million, and Pacquiao – about $140 million).
