Mayweather: Neću se boriti u MMA, zatečen sam svim lažima

Naime, Mayweather je potpisao ugovor s Rizinom, organizacijom koja je odmah najavila veliki meč protiv Japanca Nasukawe, ali je Amerikanac sve demantovao i rekao da to nije meč za čitav svijet, već da je trebao biti samo za posebne goste.

"Sada kada sam opet u SAD-u, nakon dugog i razočaravajućeg boravka u Tokiju, našao sam vremena da se obratim svojim navijačima i medijima o nadolazećoj manifestaciji koja je najavljena za 31. decembar. Ja, Floyd Mayweather, nikada nisam pristao na zvaničnu borbu sa Tenshinom Nasukawom i uz dužno poštovanje prema njemu, nikada nisam ni čuo za njega. Dobio sam prijedlog da učestvujem u devetominutnoj egzibiciji koja traje tri runde, protiv protivnika po izboru organizacije Rizen, a prva informacija koju sam dobio je bila da će borba biti pred malo gledatelja uz veliku naknadu", kazao je Floyd Mayweather.

On se nakon toga izvinio svim svojim navijačima zbog lažnih informacija, a sada nije poznato da li će se 31. decembra uopće boriti s ovim Japancem i kakve će sankcije snositi organizacija Rizon.

"Ovaj meč je najavljen kao 'specijalni' i bio je čisto u svrhu zabave, a ne kao zvanična borba koja bi se prenosila širom svijeta. Kada smo stigli na konferenciju za medije, moj tim i ja smo bili zatečeni pravcem u kojem je sve ovo krenulo. Želim se izviniti svim svojim navijačima zbog pogrešnih informacija koje su se mogle čuti i moram vam reći da su svi dogovori napravljeni bez mog prisustva. Nisam želio praviti ispad zbog svojih navijača odmah na konferenciji za medije, ja sam bokser u penziji koji zarađuje puno novca za svoje pojavljivanje, govore i predstave", kazao je Mayweather.

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Now that I am back on U.S. soil after a long and disappointing trip to Tokyo, I now have the time to address you, my fans and the media in regard to the upcoming event on December 31st that was recently announced. First and foremost, I want it to be clear that I, Floyd Mayweather, never agreed to an official bout with Tenshin Nasukawa. In fact (with all due respect) I have never heard of him until this recent trip to Japan. Ultimately, I was asked to participate in a 9 minute exhibition of 3 rounds with an opponent selected by the "Rizen Fighting Federation". What I was originally informed of by Brent Johnson of "One Entertainment" was that this was to be an exhibition put on for a small group of wealthy spectators for a very large fee. This exhibition was previously arranged as a "Special Bout" purely for entertainment purposes with no intentions of being represented as an official fight card nor televised worldwide. 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. 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. For the sake of the several fans and attendees that flew in from all parts of the world to attend this past press conference, I was hesitant to create a huge disturbance by combating what was being said and for that I am truly sorry. I am a retired boxer that earns an unprecedented amount of money, globally, for appearances, speaking engagements and occasional small exhibitions.

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