Former five-division world champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. once ruled the roost as the greatest boxer of all time. And now, with his stellar performances has become the king of exhibition bouts. It was recently announced that Mayweather will have another exhibition bout in Dubai against KSI’s brother, Deji.
Recent times have seen Mayweather making it big in the exhibition fight scene, after retiring from the sport in 2017. He was recently seen in an exhibition fight with his former sparring partner, Don Moore. The fight at the Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Dubai also saw multiple notable names fighting as undercards.
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Meanwhile, Mayweather also has another exhibition fight coming up on September 25, 2022. He will face MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Deji vs Floyd Mayweather – Dubai pic.twitter.com/1N7UKI1KGf
— TheBreadBatch (@TheBreadBatch) September 13, 2022
It was reported that a potential Mayweather vs Deji is in the works. And it is said that he will fight in the upcoming Misfits Boxing Cards in either October or November 2022.
If the fight takes place, Deji will enter the ring with a record of 1-3-0, which is a far cry from Mayweather’s stellar 50-0-0 record. Moreover, he was last seen in the ring on August 27, 2022, where he fought YouTuber Fousey, winning the bout by TKO.
It is also worth mentioning that Deji has previously faced notable names like Jake Paul and Alex Wassabi.
Fans were not too happy with a potential Floyd Mayweather vs Deji showdown
Boxing fans were not very excited about the prospect of Deji fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. In fact, fans shared their thoughts about the same on social media.
Bro wins one fight and thinks he’s ready for this unreal 💀💀💀
— Harreh (@Harreh66) September 13, 2022
The idea that a man can fight a youtuber like fouseytube then from there fight arguably the greatest boxer of all time is insane hahaha
— Adar Z (@adarz35) September 13, 2022
Many users were intrigued at Deji’s idea of stepping up from Fousey to face one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. Moreover, fans even felt like the fight was an insane idea, to begin with.
Deji finally got a win and decided to get baptized next
— ryan 🛸 (@OTCeIIy) September 13, 2022
Meanwhile, user @OTCelly hilariously mentioned that Deji has decided to ‘get baptized’ after the very first win of his career.
– Now that I finally won my first boxing match I have to step up on competition and face a pro boxer
– Oh cool are you gonna fight a debutant?
– Nah, Floyd Mayweather— Oscar Guzmán (@SalvareGuzmac) September 14, 2022
Don't let the win vs Fousey blind you, Deji is not even in the top 10 youtube boxers rn
— Maestro (@maestroseason) September 13, 2022
Similarly, many other users also called Deji out for wishing to fight one of the best professional boxers of all time. In fact, user @maestroseason even asked him to not let his Fousey win blind him. And that he is not even in the list of top 10 YouTube boxers.
So your telling me Deji, Jake Paul’s first opponent 5 years ago, that he lost to is a fighting a pro boxer before him 💀💀💀
— I NEED BIG BOOTY LATINA POR FAVOR (@Donnie23MUFC) September 13, 2022
On the other hand, user @Donnie23MUFC was surprised at the prospect of Deji getting his fight against a pro boxer before Jake Paul. This was despite the fact that Paul was a far more active boxer.
Deji playing with fire he’s litterally getting slept he’s not as big as Logan Paul
— Khaled Albaher (@legendarykid3) September 13, 2022
Deji bouta have another loss but this time as a “professional” 💀
— Rxj (@RXJtakesOnLife) September 13, 2022
Meanwhile, a few users were sure that Deji would lose against Mayweather.
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This is honestly embarrassing for both of them.
— Crypto Michael (@MichaelXBT) September 13, 2022
However, user @MichaelXBT felt that the potential fight was embarrassing for both Mayweather and Deji.
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