The Floyd Mayweather-Mikuru Askakura pay-per-view press conference was held in Tokyo, Japan for this Saturday night’s Super Rizin event, presented by Japanese MMA company Rizin Fighting Federation. Mayweather- Askakura is scheduled for three rounds. The 45-year-old Mayweather, who retired from professional boxing with a perfect 50-0 record, fights out of Las Vegas. This will mark the first boxing match for Asakur, 30, who has a 16-3-0 MMA record. The event will be distributed by Integrated Sports across North America live on cable and satellite pay-per-view priced at $29.99. Additionally, it will be broadcast via Digital pay-per-view on Fite. The exhibition match between Mayweather, the International Boxing Hall of Famer and former five-division champion, and Japanese two-time mixed-martial-arts champion Askakura airs live this Saturday night (Sept. 24th), starting at 11 p.m. ET, from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

 

“I’m happy to be back in Japan,” Mayweather said. “Great place, great people. An unbelievable turnout. This is what I do; I entertain people. I have so much experience doing this. I’m sure I have more experience doing this than anybody up here. I’m happy for all the competitors. I want to thank Rizin, all the sponsors, and especially the country of Japan. You guys have been unbelievable, and I look forward to going out there to entertain the people come Sunday (in Japan).”

 

The show will also feature a kickboxing match between 21-year-old Battle of muay thai flyweight champion Yoshinari Nadaka (41-6-1, 26 KOs) and So Trakunpet Bandasak, as well as two MMA matches showcasing young Japanese professional fighters.