Tenshin Nasukawa | Before They Were Famous | Rizin Fighting Federation

Before They Were Famous - A podcast by Michael McCrudden

Tenshin Nasukawa is a Japanese kickboxer and is currently making headlines this week as Floyd Mayweather's newest opponent. While Japanese fans will be watching their boy Tenshin do what he does best, it has been reported although not confirmed that Floyd may be exploring uncharted territory. While several experts, as well as regular joes online, doubt it, rumor has it that Floyd may be trying MMA. Whether this is true or not, this is going to be a fight for the ages. Literally, the two have an age difference of twenty-one years. But what makes that fight especially interesting is that Tenshin is a relative unknown. When the fight was first announced, many people from around the world were asking who Tenshin Nasukawa was, with several news publications referring to him in the headlines as an actual mystery man. If you're one of those people typing his name into Google for the first time, you'll be happy to know that Mr. Mayweather has his work cut out for him, Since the age of five, Tenshin has been cleaning up in martial arts, practically wiping the floor with fighters from around the world and since 2014 he has dominated the kickboxing ring. With a current record of 27 and 0, this kid has little stopped him from being one of the deadliest fighters in the history of his sport. That is if Floyd puts a hurting on him come fight night this New Year's Eve. To get into the spirit of good ol' prize fighting, we decided to do some research into this young twenty-year-olds beginnings. And to think he was kicking in the ring before he even graduated high school.

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