Floyd Mayweather After Dominant Win vs. Tenshin Nasukawa: 'I'm Still Retired'

Floyd Mayweather's exhibition against Tenshin Nasukawa was a laughably one-sided affair, as the undefeated boxer destroyed Nasukawa in about two minutes before the fight was called.

After the match, Mayweather reiterated he wasn't planning on coming out of retirement, per Dan Rafael of ESPN.com:

"I'm still retired. I don't look forward to coming back to boxing. But, you know, I did this just to entertain the fans in Japan. They wanted this to happen over here in Japan, so I said why not? So, once again, I'm still retired. I'm still 50-0. Tenshin is still undefeated. He's still a true champion. Tenshin is a hell of a fighter and he's a great champion. ... I want the fans all around the world to support Tenshin. He's a great guy. ... He's a great champion."

So why take the fight?

For the money, of course. It was an easy day at the office for a 50-0 boxer fighting against a 20-year-old, overmatched kickboxer. As Rafael wrote:

"In reality the whole thing was downright embarrassing and at times looked almost staged. That said, nobody should blame Mayweather for getting paid for essentially doing nothing. He has had much more grueling workouts in the gym, yet he wrote on social media that he would be paid $9 million for the scheduled nine-minute fight that wound up lasting only a fraction of that."

For Mayweather, it was just a bit of fun.

"I want to say thank you to Tenshin. It's all about entertainment," he said. "This don't go on my record. This don't go on Tenshin's record. Tenshin is still undefeated. I'm still undefeated. This was just entertainment for the people."

Nasukawa probably found the bout less enjoyable. He was knocked down three times by Mayweather, barely scratched him in reply and, according to Rafael, "was left in tears in the ring after the fight as Mayweather raised his hand and paraded him around the ring."

Mayweather's comments also suggest any potential rematch with Manny Pacquiao, the possibility of which has been bandied about, may be on ice. Pacquiao is set to face Adrien Broner on Jan. 19 and would certainly present more of a challenge than Nasukawa did.

For now, Mayweather is sticking to his retirement story. But if the money is right, anything is possible.