Tokyo (AFP)
Retired boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather, 43, will return to the ring in Tokyo next February, event organizers said on Monday, but without specifying who his opponent would be.
This fight promises to be the highlight of the spectacle of an event dubbed "Mega 2021" to be held on February 28 in the giant enclosure of the Tokyo Dome, in the heart of the Japanese capital, announced its promoters in a press release. hurry.
They promised top-notch boxers, including Mayweather, but without giving further details.
Last week, Floyd Mayweather himself announced his return via a video posted to Instagram.
"Tokyo, Japan, I will be back in 2021 (...). Me and my team are going to do something big at the Tokyo Dome", he assured.
Unbeaten during his professional career (50 wins) which he ended in 2017, Mayweather had faced on December 31, 2018 in Japan a young Japanese kickboxer, Tenshin Nasukawa, whom he had defeated in two minutes flat.
The American, nicknamed "Money", explained a posteriori having accepted this fight-exhibition for "entertainment", not without having pocketed $ 9 million for his performance, or even ten times more according to the press.
In April of this year he declared his intention to become "one of the best coaches in the world" shortly after the death of his uncle Roger, who had coached him for much of his career.
A world champion in six different categories, Mayweather also made an impact with hyper-publicized (and won) fights against mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor in 2017 and fellow boxing legend, Filipino Manny Pacquiao, in 2015. .
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