Mayweather swapped gloves before fight despite agreeing to wear same pair as Nasukawa

FLOYD MAYWEATHER wore different gloves to those he had agreed to wear for his demolition of Tenshin Nasukawa.

Mayweather wore his traditional Grant gloves as he beat Nasukawa inside one round in their exhibition fight in Tokyo, Japan.

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The gloves he wore mattered little as Mayweather dropped the 20-year-old kickboxer three times before American referee Kenny Bayliss stopped the fight.

Nasukawa, a Japanese kickboxer, had to move up from featherweight (122lbs) to the welterweight limit of 147lbs to take on Mayweather.

Prior to the fight it was reported both fighters had agreed to wear Rizin gloves, as the bout was also scheduled as a three round exhibition.

After the the official fight announcement in early November, Mayweather posted a photo on Instagram wearing Rizin gloves - the same tools he was supposed to wear today.

However, before the fight Mayweather posted on his Instagram story a photo of Grant gloves as he captioned the post: "The best gloves to fight in."

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Pre-fight Mayweather was captured on his own Instagram live stream arguing with officials as he decided to wear the Grant gloves.

It should perhaps come as little surprise that Mayweather insisted on using the gloves as the American has not fought in any other brand since his 2007 win over Oscar De La Hoya.

That night Mayweather was contractually obliged to wear the Mexican Cleto Reyes gloves, as he outpointed De La Hoya in Las Vegas.

In 2014 before Mayweather fought Marcos Maidana for the first time, the American refused to fight his opponent due to his choice of Everlast MX gloves.

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Mayweather forced his opponent to wear new gloves as he and his team believed Maidana's initial choice had a too thin layer of protection.

Before Mayweather's last official boxing match, against UFC star Conor McGregor in August 2017, The Notorious made it very vocal he was limited to what gloves he was allowed to wear for the fight.

McGregor claimed horse haired gloves' such as Cleto Reyes' were banned as the Irishman teased that Mayweather was afraid of the thinner gloves having more knockout affect.

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Despite Mayweather's ban of certain glove, the American pushed the Nevada State Athletic Commission to allow him and McGregor to fight in 8oz gloves for their boxing match.

This was significant because the fight was at the super-welterweight 154lbs limit - meaning the rules stated they had to fight in 10oz gloves.

However, McGregor and Mayweather had the rules change therefore meaning for the first time a super-welterweight bout in Las Vegas would be competed in 8oz gloves. 

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