Lately, influencer boxing has entered the favorite category of the community. Moreover, it facilitates diverse communities by cherishing the amalgamation of two diverse categories. On November 13, 2022, the world saw the magnificent bout between YouTuber and brother of influencer-turned-boxer KSI, Deji, and American boxer Floyd Mayweather. Surprisingly, Deji has revealed some behind-the-scenes happenings.

Oladeji Daniel “Deji” Olatunji is better known as Deji to millions across the world. Moreover, he is also the younger brother of YouTuber and boxing star KSI. Undoubtedly, both brothers have put on amazing shows inside and outside the boxing ring. And Deji recalls what it was his first impression of knowing Floyd Mayweather and their fight.

To give a brief, an exhibition boxing bout took place between Deji and Floyd Mayweather. Held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, UAE, the two showed great prowess inside the ring. Moreover, Mayweather defeated Deji by a TKO in the sixth round while receiving a black eye from the YouTuber. Nevertheless, let’s see what Deji had to say about fighting against Mayweather.

Deji surfaces the details of meeting Floyd Mayweather before their bout

Recently, Deji appeared on the What’s Good podcast, hosted by Miniminter and Randolph. All in all, the podcast raised topics about Deji’s boxing improvements, his features in Sidemen videos, his future, and many more. An interesting segment came when Randolph asked Deji, “What was your like first reaction when you got the news [Deji vs Floyd Mayweather fight]?”

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To this, Deji replied, “I think I ran around being like what the hell, then I called Jane, and then yeah that’s that’s it really.” Furthermore, Miniminter asked, “When did it finally hit you that it was real?” Deji replied by saying, “Definitely the first press conference because when he was next to me then I was like, ‘okay, I am fighting this man’.”

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Miniminter then further asked about how Floyd Mayweather was. To this, Deji replied, “Oh, he’s fake as hell. Oh my God, he’s so fake and he’s insecure as hell. I think I don’t even care about saying all this stuff yeah. [Looking to the camera he said] You’re not gonna fight me, are you?”

Furthermore, Deji continued the thought by saying, “So this was the Dubai podcast, for some reason he’s just making these noises to his whole team. He’s making some weird noises it made no sense. And then, one of my fans said, ‘hey yo Deji, I flew all the way from the UK for this.’ And he was, you don’t have to respond to that, but he responds being like [impersonating Mayweahter] it don’t matter man, you in Dubai now.”

Thus, with that, the world got to know what went on behind the scenes before the fight commenced. Undoubtedly, the fight was a spectacular show. Notably, efforts came from both sides and the community got to enjoy a mind-blowing fixture.

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