Deji has been backed by fellow British YouTube star King Kenny to knockout boxing legend Floyd Mayweather in their upcoming exhibition fight.
Former five-weight world champion Mayweather's latest exhibition against Deji for November 12 at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai was confirmed earlier this week following initial reports from Mirror Fighting. The announcement comes after 'Money' brutally knocked out Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura this past weekend, having outclassed former sparring Don Moore in their exhibition fight in May.
Deji, the brother of KSI, picked up his first boxing win last month by stopping fellow YouTuber Yusef 'Fousey' Erakat after losing three consecutive white-collar fights.
Mayweather retired from professional competition in 2017 after improving his flawless record to 50-0 by stopping UFC star Conor McGregor. The American has since took home huge paydays by entertaining several exhibition bouts that haven't gone on his professional record, earning in the range of $15-$20million for his knockout of Asakura.
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YouTube stars and social media influencers have since weighed in on the fight with Kenny boldly predicting Deji will become the first man to stop Mayweather, writing: "Deji in two rounds by KO". Jay Swingler, who headlines a Misfits Boxing event next month, also wrote: "Land a nice dirty power shot from us all".
Internet personality True Geordie weighed in by writing: "Life is a game and Deji has played it well. This is amazing."
Content creator Mike Fox took a dig at Mayweather's alleged outstanding debt to Logan Paul after their exhibition fight last June by commenting on Deji's Instagram post: "My f****ng bro, I love this man. Your mentality to keep going after the social media storm is inspiring. Congrats on this, just make sure you secure the bag unlike Logan hey haha."
Deji's brother KSI, who made his boxing return last month by knocking out two opponents in one night, also commented: "You got this fam, show him our power".
KSI also praised Deji for being booked against Mayweather given his prior losses in the ring, stating on his YouTube channel: "My man just leaped past all of them and went 'yeah, I'm fighting Mayweather now. If he pulls this off then f*** me man, what is this world? What is this world?
"If you told me ten years ago, five years ago, two years ago that Deji was going to be fighting Mayweather I'd have laughed in your face. Mate, what a f***ing W."
