Gallery Photos: Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa press conference view 9 images That screeching noise you hear is the sound of Floyd Mayweather slamming the breaks on fighting for Rizin FF. Three days after making an appearance at a press conference to announce a New Year’s Eve fight in Japan, Mayweather on Wednesday issued a lengthy Instagram post, claiming he “never agreed to an official bout with Tenshin Nasukawa ” and hadn’t heard of the 20-year-old kickboxing sensation before Sunday. According to Mayweather, a different plan for a private exhibition in front of a “small group of wealthy spectators” was in place – until the press conference, which Mayweather said was “misleading” in announcing the Nasukawa fight as an official bout . Related Tenshin Nasukawa responds to Conor McGregor's profane post on Floyd Mayweather fight Perplexed Conor McGregor reacts to Floyd Mayweather's Rizin FF fight “Once I arrived to the press conference, my team and I were completely derailed by the new direction this event was going and we should have put a stop to it immediately,” Mayweather wrote on Instagram. “I want to sincerely apologize to my fans for the very misleading information that was announced during this press conference and I can assure you that I too was completely blindsided by the arrangements that were being made without my consent nor approval.” Mayweather said he only went along with what was being presented during the press conference to not create a disturbance
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Floyd Mayweather walks back Rizin FF bout, ‘never agreed’ to fight Tenshin Nasukawa – MMA Junkie