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Kickboxer liable to Sh500m fine for aiming kick to Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather (left) and kickboxer Nasukawa (right) are undefeated. [Photo: AFP]

US boxing superstar Floyd "Money" Mayweather fights undefeated Japanese kickboxing prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa on Monday, a New Year's Eve multi-million-dollar rumble outside Tokyo to be held under boxing rules.

At 41, Mayweather is more than twice the age of his Japanese opponent, the 20-year-old known as "Ninja Boy" but will carry a more than 4kg (9lb) weight advantage into the ring.

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