YouTube star Deji is about to face Floyd Mayweather, after overcoming his self-admitted laziness to earn a massive showdown with the boxing legend.
As recently as this March, Deji was unable to beat fellow influencers such as Alex Wassabi, Vinnie Hacker and a young, debuting Jake Paul. He was stopped by Paul in 2018 and male model Hacker in 2021, before facing Wassabi this year and looking improved, if not quite ready for main event action.
But he appeared to be a new man when he squared off with Yusef 'Fousey' Erakat, a hard-hitting American who had gotten in the shape of his life for a fight in August on the undercard of his brother KSI's boxing comeback. Deji landed a brutal stoppage that included putting down Erakat with a jab, and is now set to face Mayweather in a big money exhibition in Dubai.
