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Floyd Mayweather fought hard in his second exhibition fight against Mikuru Aakura on September 25 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan, and knocked out out his opponent in the second exhibition match of the year. Aakura gave his best effort. Mayweather kept rocking his opponent till referee Kenny Bayless gave Aakura a chance to recover before the latter made the right call to call out.
After the match, the 45-year-old thanked the country of Japan and RIZIN and also assured that he will be back in the country for yet another fight after exchanging pleasantries. Meanwhile, in his latest episode of the ImPaulsive Podcast, former rival Logan Paul has claimed that Mayweather's age has started to show due to which he is getting slow.
"He got hit in the face like we have never seen Floyd Mayweather get hit. By a Japanese 'nobody' MMA fighter. It is obvious. He could not finish him in round three probably because he was like, 'oh, yeahh, may I miscalculated how easy or hard I should go on this guy. Because we know Floyd, he wants to put on a show," he said.
According to the latest updates, Mayweather is set to fight another exhibition fight and reportedly 'Money' will square off with YouTuber Deji on November 13. Meanwhile, Jorge Masvidal recently took to Facebook, and wrote, “one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time.”
Speaking of Asakura, MMA fighter from Rizin had no prior experience of boxing as his record comprised 3 losses and 16 wins. Post-match, Mayweather said, "I am happy that we were able to provide some excitement to the fans tonight. Thanks for having me. I will get back. Thank you so much for this opportunity. I witnessed a good exhibition and good promotion with RIZIN. Thank you for the chance and I hope this is not the last one."
