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Donagh Corby

Floyd Mayweather announces Deji fight as boxing legend takes on YouTube star

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Floyd Mayweather has confirmed he will fight YouTube star Deji in Dubai on November 13 in the latest stop on his post-retirement world tour.

After Mirror Fighting revealed talks were well underway , Mayweather has now confirmed the fight will take place later this year. He will first take on Mikuru Asakura in Japan in the main event of a Rizin show on Sunday which will feature MMA and kick-boxing, before turning his attentions to Deji in Dubai.

"I have an exhibition with a hell of a fighter from Japan," Mayweather told TMZ. "He's big in [MMA] and he's also big on YouTube. Then I have one with the guy Deji; we will be doing an exhibition in Dubai at the Coca-Cola Arena; and that's in November." The show will include a star-studded line-up including Love Island winner Jack Fincham, Nigel Benn's son Harley Benn and former Bellator star Anthony Taylor.

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