Floyd Mayweather fights Japanese MMA star Mikuru Asakura in an intriguing exhibition bout this weekend.
The 45-year-old boxing legend will step back into the ring against a man 15 years, His junior and will be determine to showcase the same flair and skill that led him to a perfect. Polishe 50-0 undefeate professional record.
Mayweather’s final professional fight appeared to come in 2015 before coming out of retirement to silence Conor McGregor to make it a rounded 50 wins, zero defeats.
Since then, he has travelled the word in a string of high profile exhibitions against a varied range of opponents, Asakura being the latest.
The 30-year-old Japanese fighter is highly-skilled in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and karate, but his boxing skills will be put to the test against one of the all-time greats.
RadioTimes.com rounds up everything you need to know about how to watch Mayweather vs Asakura via live stream and TV.
Floyd Mayweather and Mikuru Asakura held an open workout today in Tokyo for their pay-per-view boxing exhibition for this Saturday night’s Super RIZIN, presented by Japanese MMA company RIZIN Fighting Federation.
The event will be distribute by Integrated Sports across North America live on Cable. Satellite Pay Per View via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH, Shaw PPV, Rogers, Bell TV, and SaskTel priced at $29.99. Additionally, it will be broadcast via Digital PPV on FITE (all FITE mobile, OTT Streaming and Smart TV apps) and PPV.com.
Integrated Sports will distribute Super RIZIN, headlined by the exhibition match between Mayweather, the International Boxing Hall of Famer and former 5-division world champion, and Japanese 2-time mixed-martial-arts champion Asakura, live this Saturday night (Sept. 24), starting at 11 p.m. ET, from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The Mayweather-Asakura boxing exhibition headlines the Super RIZIN PPV, which will also feature a kickboxing match between 21-year-old Battle of Muaythai Flyweight Champion Yoshinari Nadaka (41-6-1, 26 KOs) and So Trakunpet Bandasak, as well as two MMA matches showcasing young Japanese professional fighters.
Mayweather- Asakura is scheduled for 3 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 Asakura, 30, who has a 16-3-0 MMA record.
What channel is Mayweather vs Asakura?
Fans can tune in to watch Mayweather’s latest fight on FITE.
You can pick up a PPV pass for $19.99 to watch the bout, which comes to around £17.70.
Watch Mayweather vs Asakura live stream
FITE is not a terrestrial TV channel and can only be viewed online via its streaming platform.
It can be streame through a computer or a mobile device such. As a phone or tablet, giving you full flexibility to enjoy how you wish.
However, that stream cast to your Tv. Meaning you can soak up all the action on the big screen via your chosen media player.
When is Mayweather vs Asakura?
The fight takes place on Sunday 25th September 2022, but UK fans must get up early – or go to bed extremely late on Saturday night – to catch the action.
TV coverage of Mayweather vs Asakura starts in the early hours of Sunday on FITE, with the main event set to go ahead from 4am.
For more details, including expected ring-walk times, check out our Mayweather vs Asakura fight time guide.
Where is Mayweather vs Asakura fight on?
The fight will take place at Saitama Super Arena, on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan.
A sell-out crowd of approximately 37,000 will be in the arena for the huge exhibition bout.
The arena has a long history of hosting UFC, RIZN and Bellator events, and it also hosted a WWE Smackdown event in 2005.
Mayweather vs Asakura undercard
Super RIZIN card
- Floyd Mayweather vs Mikuru Asakura – Boxing Exhibition Bout
- Nadaka Yoshinari vs Bandasak So Trakunpet – Kickboxing Bout
RIZIN 38
- Kyoji Horiguchi vs Yuto Hokamura
- Hiromasa Ogikubo vs Soo Chul Kim
- Kyohei Hagiwara vs Chihiro Suzuki
- Juri Ohara vs Luiz Gustavo
- Shoma Shibisai vs Cally Gibrainn de Oliveira
