Floyd Mayweather drubs Mikuru Asakura in boxing exhibition match in Japan

Floyd Mayweather is still winning boxing matches, even if they won't go on his official pro record.

The legendary boxer stopped Japanese MMA fighter and YouTuber Mikuru Asakura at the end of the second round with a big right hand on a Rizin Fighting Federation card Sunday in Saitama, Japan. This was Mayweather's second exhibition match this year and his second in Japan since his retirement from pro fights.

Mayweather will reportedly make in the range of $20 million for the three-round bout. Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather's old rival, was ringside for the bout.

«I would like to thank the whole country of Japan,» Mayweather said afterward. «Unbelievable country, unbelievable people. An exciting, incredible turnout. Round of applause for this great competitor right here.»

After an uneventful first round in which Asakura landed some body shots, Asakura had some success in the second round, landing several times to Mayweather's head with lefts and rights from a southpaw stance.

But Mayweather, one of the best boxers ever and the highest-grossing combat sports athlete of all time, came back with hard shots of his own. He landed hard to the body right before the finish and then set up Asakura for the big right at the second-round bell, which ultimately ended the bout.

Asakura was slow getting up, and referee Kenny Bayless waved the fight off before either fighter got to their corners after the second.

«Thanks for having me,» Mayweather told the crowd. «I'll be back.»

Mayweather, 45, acknowledged Pacquiao in attendance in his postfight speech, calling him oddly a «future» world champion. Pacquiao addressed the fans before and then again after the exhibition bout.

Before the fight, Pacquiao said Asakura traveled to the Philippines to