Former multi-division world champion Floyd Mayweather will face Japanese mixed martial artist Mikuru Asakura, 30, who will make his boxing debut in an exhibition fight, on Saturday, September 24th, (Sunday the 25th in Japan). Mayweather retired from boxing in 2017 with a record of 50 wins with no losses and 27 knockouts. But he has not abandoned the sport, and this weekend he will return to the ring, the second time he has been paid by the MMA promotional group Rizin. In 2018, he participated in a lucrative exhibition fight when he defeated then-20-year-old kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa in the first round.

 

Mayweather also participated in an exhibition fight earlier this spring in Dubai, when he outpointed Don Moore over eight rounds... In 2017, he beat UFC superstar Conor McGregor, and since then, he has stepped into the ring three times for exhibition fights.The fight will be the Rizin 38 main event, and will be broadcast on PPV.