Tenshin Nasukawa extended his unbeaten kickboxing record with a glorious third-round TKO of Fritz Aldin Biagtan at RIZIN 15. Those who only know of Tenshin because of his in some ways farcical New Year’s Eve showdown with Floyd Mayweather at RIZIN 13 will have no doubt gotten the wrong impression of this young man’s talents. At 20-years-old, the tougher challenges …
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Tenshin Nasukawa is well and truly putting memories of his first-round TKO loss to boxing legend Floyd Mayweather behind, scoring another massive KO win. Say what you want about that somewhat farcical contest, Tenshin remains one of the most promising young talents in the game – something he proved once again with a highlight-reel finish in his RISE World Series …
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The famed UFC commentator and podcast host has given his take on exactly how lucrative a showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Khabib Nurmagomedov would be. Joe Rogan addressed the frankly ridiculous notion that Mayweather would once again leave his state of semi-retirement to face the UFC lightweight champ – predicting that if it were hastily set up for a date …
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Khabib Nurmagomedov has laid out his ideal plan for the coming years before eventually hanging up his gloves and retiring from mixed martial arts. For years, Khabib was seen by many as the uncrowned champion of the lightweight division, a looming shadow within the top-10 whose destructive rise into the rankings had only been hindered by a string of injuries …
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Anything Floyd Mayweather can do, Conor McGregor can do better. That seems to be the sentiment of the Notorious One, following Floyd’s New Years Eve victory over Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa. The 50-0 fighter challenged Nasukawa to an exhibition bout at the Rizin 14 show in Japan last week and handily dispatched of the hometown hero inside two minutes of …
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Legendary boxing coach, Freddie Roach is sure that Floyd Mayweather will return to the boxing ring in 2019 to take on the winner of Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner. “Money” Mayweather returned to the ring on New Year’s Eve for a three-round exhibition bout with Tenshin Nasukawa under the Rizin banner. Mayweather ended the fight inside the first round, knocking down …
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Floyd Mayweather made it look easy in today’s RIZIN 14 headliner against Tenshin Nasukawa, getting his man out of there in the first-round. In a lot of ways, this fight went exactly as we should have expected. The far more experienced, bigger, and technical fighter that is the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather made easy work of his 20-year-old opponent Tenshin Nasukawa …
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US boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather said Saturday his focus was on entertaining the fans during his New Year’s Eve fight with Japanese kickboxing prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa near Tokyo. The 41-year-old unbeaten champion has been tempted out of retirement – again – for a one-off “exhibition” in Saitama, north of Tokyo, against “Ninja Boy” Nasukawa, a fighter more than half …
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Japanese kickboxing superstar Tenshin Nasukawa has admitted that he wouldn’t mind kicking Floyd Mayweather after what he described as ‘provocative’ comments made by the boxer. It’s the fight that nobody saw coming, the fight that nobody asked for and after a rather hilarious public fallout that saw it briefly shelved, the fight that – like it or not – will …
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Japanese kickboxer Tenshin “Ninja Boy” Nasukawa said Tuesday he wants to use the element of surprise to defeat boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr in their bout later this month. “I want to kick his ass,” the 20-year-old baby-faced southpaw told reporters after a training session in the city of Matsudo near Tokyo. The New Year’s Eve bout, first announced in …
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It’s easy to slip into the opinion that Tyson Fury lost out after this month’s heavyweight classic but when you actually think about, things couldn’t have gone any better. Ok sure, had he knocked out Deontay in the first-round and escaped the ring without feeling The Bronze Bomber’s infamous power it would have been good for the ol’ noggin, but …
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Tenshin Nasukawa has spoken directly to Floyd Mayweather, telling him that his speed will the perfect tool to negate the semi-retired boxer’s experience. Tenshin was able to come out on top with a polished win over Taiko Naito at RISE 129 last weekend – one that would have stood as many fans’ first exposure to his talents since the announcement …
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Chael Sonnen believes that exterior forces will be working against Floyd Mayweather’s perfect record as soon as he steps into the ring with Tenshin Nasukawa. The fight that absolutely no-one saw coming is once again confirmed to take place on New Year’s Eve it seems after a bizarre week or so where we attempted to better understand why the retired …
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Tenshin Nasukawa prepared for his mammoth upcoming clash with Floyd Mayweather in perfect fashion. After an extraordinary press conference which saw the talented kickboxer matched up with the boxing great who subsequently backed out, the New Year’s Eve fight was remade with kicking banned. While that puts the young Tenshin at a major disadvantage, Mayweather cannot afford to be complacent. …
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Floyd Mayweather has announced that his fight with RIZIN FF superstar Tenshin Nasukawa is off. Floyd took to his official Instagram to explain how he felt he was blindsided by the negotiations for what he believed to be an exhibition bout featuring himself and Nasukawa. His full statement can be read below: As one of the oddest stories of the fighting …
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Floyd Mayweather has deleted every social media post relating to his recently announced showdown with RIZIN superstar Tenshin Nasukawa. It really did seem like a winning deal for all parties – with reports from Japan estimating that Floyd would come away with $88 million from the New Years Eve date. Robbie Fox of Barstool Sports noted that Mayweather has effectively erased every …
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Floyd Mayweather’s RIZIN 14 opponent Tenshin Nasukawa’s last in-ring outing was one of the year’s most entertaining fights, a kickboxing super-fight showdown with the elite MMA star, Kyoji Horiguchi. The announcement that Nasukawa will be fighting the legendary undefeated boxer was perhaps the most surprising news story of the year to date. For those of you who are (understandably) confused by …
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Tenshin Nasukawa has responded to Conor McGregor’s recent Instagram post with a promise that he will avenge his 2017 loss to Floyd Mayweather. If you thought that this week couldn’t get any stranger, stay tuned. After yesterday’s shock announcement that Floyd Mayweather will be returning to the ring to fight Japanese kickboxing/MMA prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa in December. For those of you …
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