{"id":309137,"date":"2019-04-09T07:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=309137"},"modified":"2019-04-09T07:26:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T14:26:28","slug":"rizin-boss-clarifies-on-manny-pacquiao-deal-interested-in-exhibition-bout-with-takanori-gomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rizin-ff\/rizin-boss-clarifies-on-manny-pacquiao-deal-interested-in-exhibition-bout-with-takanori-gomi\/","title":{"rendered":"RIZIN boss clarifies on Manny Pacquiao deal, interested in exhibition bout with Takanori Gomi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Late last week, RIZIN Fighting Federation boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rizin-ff\/rizin-boss-hints-at-upcoming-deal-with-manny-pacquiao\/\">hinted at a deal<\/a> with Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakakibara suggested that Pacquiao&#8217;s dealings with RIZIN would be linked to the April 21 RIZIN 15 card, now less than two weeks away, so a fight seemed unlikely from the get-go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan this week, the RIZIN president clarified on the situation, explaining that Manny Pacquiao will not be fighting, but instead supporting the next opponent of Japanese kickboxing ace Tenshin Nasukawa, Fritz Biagtan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not a fight contract,\u201d Sakakibara explained (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/4\/9\/18301898\/rizin-manny-pacquiao-tenshin-nasukawas-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Fighting (opens in a new tab)\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThis agreement was made based off of Manny Pacquiao supporting the young Filipino fighter who will be fighting\u00a0Tenshin Nasukawa.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakakibara added that he would love to have Pacquiao compete in an exhibition boxing match in the RIZIN ring, much like Floyd Mayweather did in December, but that Nasukawa would not be the Filipino boxer&#8217;s opponent. Instead, he&#8217;d like to see Pacquiao fight Japanese lightweight legend Takanori Gomi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would (definitely) be interested in talking to Manny about a possible exhibition match, but we are not quite there yet,\u201d Sakakibara said. \u201cBut if it happens, I don\u2019t think it would be against Tenshin. We learned a lot from dealing with Mayweather. If anybody were to fight Manny in an exhibition, it would have to be (Takanori) Gomi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tenshin-Nasukawa-1.png\" alt=\"Tenshin Nasukawa, ONE Championship\" class=\"wp-image-308176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tenshin-Nasukawa-1.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tenshin-Nasukawa-1-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption>Image: onefc.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tenshin Nasukawa also commented on RIZIN&#8217;s affiliation with Manny Pacquiao. He assured that he plans to take care of Pacquiao&#8217;s countryman  Biagtan quickly to assure he&#8217;s able to leap right back into the RISE 59 kg kickboxing tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dMy opponent is a fighter that Manny Pacquiao will support,\u201d Nasukawa said. \u201cI know he will be an extremely tough opponent. I do not plan to take this lightly, but I am in the middle of the RISE tournament so I don\u2019t have time to be losing to anybody right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0on 4\/9\/2019.\u00a0<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last week, RIZIN Fighting Federation boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara hinted at a deal with Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. 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