Mayweather was paid $1MILLION to have phonecall over Deji fight
Floyd Mayweather reveals that he was paid ‘$1MILLION’ just to get on the phone to discuss a fight with YouTuber Deji… as the pair meet for the first time in press conference ahead of their exhibition bout in Dubai next month
- Floyd Mayweather will fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Deji Olatunji next month
- The pair held a press conference at Mayweather’s Las Vegas gym on Thursday
- Mayweather has revealed he was paid £1million just to discuss the fight
Floyd Mayweather has revealed that he was paid $1million just to begin discussions over his fight with YouTuber Deji Olatunji next month.
The pair held a press conference in Las Vegas on Thursday ahead of their scheduled bout on November 13 in Dubai.
When asked about how the fight came about, Mayweather initially stated that he was ‘not getting on the phone’ to discuss a match.
Floyd Mayweather reveals discussions over a fight with Deji started after he was paid $1million
He said: ‘They (organisers) reached out and said ‘Floyd we’d like you in Dubai’.
‘I said, ‘I’m not getting on the phone unless we know the numbers’.
‘They wired me $1million. I got on the phone ASAP. I said ‘Let’s make it happen’.
Their press conference, held in Mayweather’s gym was cordial unlike Mayweather’s last YouTuber bout with Logan Paul, where the boxing legend was involved in an altercation with Jake Paul.
This will be Mayweather’s second outing in Dubai and his fifth exhibition bout since retiring from the sport in 2017 with a 50-0 professional record.
Mayweather is to fight YouTuber Deji (right) on November 13 in Dubai in an exhibition bout
His opponent meanwhile, has a 1-0 record after beating fellow YouTuber Fousey by knock-out in August.
Deji, the younger brother of KSI, lost his three prior exhibition bouts including one to Logan Paul’s younger brother Jake.
‘I have no words, really,’ Deji said at the press conference. ‘This is amazing, I’m truly blessed. I want to give thanks to God because honestly if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t even be here, my team as well.
‘Literally, this is surreal, all of this. I’ve seen this place on TV and now I’m here next to the champ, so I’m truly blessed. It’s amazing, this is history, isn’t it. That’s all I can really say. I’m amazed.’
While Mayweather holds a 50-0 professional record, Deji won his first pro fight in August
Mayweather has insisted his exhibition bouts shouldn’t be called ‘fights’ however admitted that he had to ‘check the temperature’ of previous opponents such as Mikuru Asakura and Tenshin Nasukawa.
‘That last exhibition I had to check the temperature. I’m seeing what the guy is really on. He shot a jab, I touched it with my glove and I said ‘oh he’s trying to kill me’ and I decided that I’d been here before since I have so much experience and I didn’t know what to do.
‘Sometimes they want me to carry the guy, I can carry a guy, but I could see this guy was upset so I gave the people what they want to see.’
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