Floyd Mayweathers bodyguard who was knocked out by Japanese kickboxer branded juice head turke

May 08, 2024

Floyd Mayweather may be looking for a new bodyguard after one of his team suffered an embarrassing faceplant knockout loss over the weekend.

The 50-0 boxing legend headlined an exhibition event at the Saitama Arena in Japan against 16-3 MMA fighter, Mikuru Asakura, who was game but ultimately outmatched.

Mayweather picked up a second-round knockout win over the Japanese kickboxer to set up a November clash with KSI’s YouTuber brother, Deji, in Dubai.

In the co-main event, one of his long-time security guards, Jizzy Mack – real name Ray Sadegh – took to the ring against 135lb kickboxing veteran Koji ‘Kouzi’ Tanaka.

The 186lb bodyguard, who has no real fighting experience, was called out after he shoved Asakura during his face-off with Mayweather for no apparent reason, which caused offence in Japan.

Mack was made to pay for his disrespect after gassing in round three of his fight with Kouzi who, despite being undersized, was vastly more experienced having won 31 of his 50 kickboxing bouts.

The 33-year-old dropped Jizzy with a huge left hook, and right-hand combination, but the bodyguard was able to rise to his feet and fight on.

Kouzi conclusively ended the fight soon after with another big hook that left his opponent face down on the floor, forcing the referee to wave off the bout.

One man who will have been glad to see one of Mayweather's henchmen get his comeuppance is UFC superstar Conor McGregor who had a run-in with the Iranian back in 2017.

‘Money’ and ‘Notorious’ famously squared off in an epic boxing event that remains one of the most successful of all time. Partially due to the riveting world tour the two men embarked on before squaring off in the ring.

During the New York leg of the tour, Mayweather asked his team to 'form Voltron' and he, Jizzy, and several members of the team began to circle around McGregor, almost causing a riot.

The following day, McGregor and Mayweather touched down in London for another verbal sparring session where the former dual-weight UFC champion responded to the aggression he faced from his rivals’ goons.

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McGregor asked: "What’s with these two juice heads you’ve got?

“What the f*** was that yesterday? He jumped up and he shouted, ‘Voltron Power Rangers!’ And these f***ing juice heads come walking and are standing before me."

The Irishman then made his way over to Mack and his accomplice to insult them personally as they stood amongst the crowd after seemingly getting into trouble for their antics the previous day.

“You juice head turkey. And you juice head turkey. Look where you are standing now, you two f***ing b****es. You’ll do f*** all! Juice head monkey. Juice head monkey,” McGregor said as he pointed at the two men.

Team Mayweather ultimately got the last laugh as their man stopped McGregor inside 10 rounds after he started well before badly gassing out in his professional boxing debut.

Five years later, ‘The Best Ever’ is retired but still picking up big pay cheques for exhibition bouts against the likes of YouTuber Logan Paul and is showing no signs of slowing down.

Mayweather recently claimed that after his fight with Deji later this year, he will begin preparing for a rematch with McGregor which he claims is on the table for 2023.

Right now, McGregor is in the Dominican Republic filming a remake of the 1980s classic Road House alongside Hollywood A-lister, Jake Gyllenhaal.

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