- Mikuru Asakura is a 33-year-old Japanese boxer and mixed martial artist in the featherweight division and is the brother of another MMA fighter Kai Asakura
- His career in MMA started with a therapist’s advice and he has gone to with RINGS 65kg Championship and Rings 70kg Championship
- He has amassed a net worth of $1.5 – $7 million and his fight against Mayweather will fetch him a huge amount while the undefeated Mayweather will receive about $20 million
Mikuru Asakura is a highly established athlete with a lasting career in mixed martial arts. He is also a boxer, has a purple belt in Brazillian Jiu Jitsu, and a YouTuber. All of these and more have contributed to his estimated net worth of $1.5 – $7 million.
In his career, the 33-year-old has won 2 major championships under Fighting Network Rings and has also competed for Rod Fighting Championship and Deep. More to his fame, he is the brother of mixed martial artist Kai Asakura who fights in the Bantamweight division and has won no fewer than 3 championships, including Rizin Bantamweight Championship.
Mikuru First Exposed Himself to Fighting Through Street Fights
Mikuru Asakura was born on July 15, 1992, in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan. He is the older brother of MMA fighter Kai Asakura with whom he got himself involved in numerous fights on the streets.
They would also bring the fight home and fight each other as kids.
On reaching adolescent ages, the brothers were enrolled in boxing by their mother following advice from a therapist.
At the time he was studying at the Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi Technical High School, Mikuru and Kai were introduced to mixed martial arts.
Prior to this, the professional MMA fighter trained in karate while in elementary school.
How Mikiru Asakura Became Notable in His Career and How He Made His Sbover $1 Million Net Worth
He Started His Professional Career in 2012
Mikuru first started as an amateur in mixed martial arts alongside his brother under the Fighting Network Rings before moving to have a professional career in 2012 under DEEP promotion.
In his lightweight debut fight against Morikazu Itagaki, he won by knockout within 53 seconds.
His professional career paused only to return in 2015 in a fight against Japanese Keinosuke Yoshinaga that led to his winning the RINGS 70kg Championship. At the time, he competed with Outsider promotion.
Several other fights that contributed to his net worth came up and he won more than 50% of them.
After spending about 3 years with the Outsider, he headed to start another phase of his career with the Rizin Fighting Federation. There, he made his debut on 12th August 2018 when he won a match against Hatsu Hioki.
In his earliest career with Razin, he was selected to represent the promotion against one of Bellator’s fighters. Again, he won the match and added to his fame and fortune.
He is expected to Make Millions of Dollars From His Fight With Mayweather to Add to His Net Worth
The bout between a retired undefeated champion, Floyd Mayweather, and Asakura is one of the biggest fights of recent times as promoted by Rizin. The fight has been scheduled for September 25, 2022, at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan fetching Mayweather about $15 million to $20 million while Asakura will earn less.
Despite the difference in what the 2 men will receive, there is no doubt it will make a huge difference for the Japanese as much as it will make in his net worth.
Mikuru Asakura Earns From YouTube
The Japanese fighter earns from his career as a YouTuber. He started a channel, Mikuru Asakura in 2018. The channel which documents different aspects of his life has fetched him over 1.2 billion views and more than 2.74 million subscribers.
Converting this into monetary value, YouTube purportedly pays channel owners from $0.5 per 1000 views to about $5 million per 1000 views.
Judging based on this assertion, his 1.2 billion views, he may have earned higher than $500,000 only from YouTube.
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Quick Facts About Mikuri
- He spent about 5 years in his professional career without losing a fight; he lost his first fight after amateur MMA in 2017 against Kil Woo Lee
- He had aired his view in a nude scandal of an underaged between Japanese YouTubers Watanabe Mahoto (accused) and KoreKore (accuser)
- Asakura played volleyball while he was younger
- His fight against Mayweather will be his first exhibition boxing fight
Mikuru Asakura has recorded many wins with a few losses since the inception of his professional career. However, his slated fight with Floyd Mayweather on September 25 2022 will be his first exhibition boxing fight. If Mikuru wins, it will become his first win in exhibition boxing, while it will the first loss for Mayweather. If he loses, it will also become his first boxing loss and will add to Mayweather’s undefeated record. Whatever the outcome, the fight will put his name on the map of those who bring boxers out of retirement to compete. Even with this, both men may be at disadvantage to one another since Mikuru’s stance is Southpaw while Mayweather’s is Orthodox.
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