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Boxing: Mayweather at exhibition bout in Japan

Legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather (L) throws a punch against mixed martial artist Mikuru Asakura during a Rizin Fighting Federation boxing exhibition match at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, eastern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2022.

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Baruto gearing up for MMA debut on New Year's Eve

Former sumo ozeki Baruto is photographed in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2015. The Estonian giant will make his professional debut as a mixed martial artist in the Rizin Fighting Federation's event at Saitama Super Arena on Dec. 31. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-ozeki Baruto to make debut in mixed martial arts event

Former Estonia-born sumo ozeki Baruto, who has become a professional mixed martial artist, holds on Dec. 11, 2015, an image of his French opponent in the "Rizin" fighting event on Dec. 31 in Saitama near Tokyo. Baruto, whose real name is Kaido Hoovelson, said to reporters that he is getting stronger, displaying a confident attitude. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-ozeki Baruto to make mixed martial arts debut

Former sumo ozeki Baruto of Estonia tells reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015, that he will turn professional as a mixed martial artist and join the Rizin Fighting Federation. Baruto, whose real name is Kaido Hoovelson, lost his ozeki rank at the end of 2012 after injury problems and retired from sumo in September 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filipino boxing icon Pacquiao

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao raises the hand of Japanese mixed martial artist Tenshin Nasukawa who won a match at a Rizin Fighting Federation event in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on April 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filipino boxing icon Pacquiao

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao attends a Rizin Fighting Federation event in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on April 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa poses for a photo at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018. He is scheduled to fight undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather in Japan's Rizin Fighting Federation on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018. He is scheduled to take on Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in the Rizin Fighting Federation on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018. He is scheduled to take on Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in the Rizin Fighting Federation on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018. He is scheduled to take on Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in the Rizin Fighting Federation on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa poses for a photo at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018. He is scheduled to fight retired undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (R) in Japan's Rizin Fighting Federation on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

Retired undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018. He is scheduled to fight Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in the country's Rizin Fighting Federation on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floyd Mayweather set for New Year's Eve fight in Japan

Retired undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) and Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2018. The two are scheduled to square off in Japan's Rizin Fighting Federation on Dec. 31 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo