KSI’s brother set to face Floyd Mayweather in exhibition boxing bout this year
Floyd Mayweather is set to go one-on-one with KSI’s brother Deji in a big-money bout in Dubai this November.
The 50-0 boxing legend, who officially retired in 2017 following his win over UFC icon Conor McGregor, has spent the past few years raking in tens of millions of dollars through exhibition fights, stepping toe-to-toe with the likes of Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa and YouTube sensation Logan Paul.
Mayweather is facing another Japanese fighter later this month, MMA star Mikuru Asakura, and his clash with Deji will be his fifth exhibition bout in four years.
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Rumours of the bout began circulating on social media this week, but it’s not a done deal just yet according to Mirror Fighting.
Both parties are understood to have come to terms last week, with Mayweather’s team keen to draw some of Deji and KSI’s sizeable UK audience to his newly launched Global Titan Fight Series, though there are still some minor details to iron out before the fight is officially confirmed.
Deji posted that he has a “fight announcement soon” on Tuesday night, suggesting it’s only a matter of time before we get confirmation.
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Deji lost his first three boxing matches at the white-collar level, being stopped by Jake Paul in 2018 as well as TikTok star Vinnie Hacker in 2021.
He also lost a split-decision to fellow YouTuber Alex Wassabi earlier this year, but came back with an emphatic stoppage win over Yusef ‘Fousey’ Erakat at The O2 arena on the undercard of his brother’s boxing return last month – a stunning double victory over rapper Swarmz and, later on in the night, Luis Alcaraz Pineda.
While Deji vs Mayweather might feel like a bit of mismatch, the American has shown a willingness to allow his exhibition fights to ‘go the distance’, though this tactic made a mockery of his latest fight against former sparring partner Don Moore, with Mayweather turning to chat to the commentators and ringside fans at various stages during the contest.
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