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| Date | 13 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, UAE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Floyd Mayweather defeats Deji in 6th round by TKO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Deji was an exhibition boxing match contested between former five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and YouTuber Deji Olatunji. The exhibition boxing bout took place on November 13, 2022 at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, UAE. Mayweather defeated Deji via 6th round TKO. [2] [3]
On 15 September 2022 it was reported by Mirror Fighting that American five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and YouTuber Deji Olatunji were in the final stages of negotiations for an exhibition bout in Dubai for the 13th of November. [4] The report revealed that Jack Fincham, Harley Benn, Anthony Taylor, and Paul Daley were approached to feature on the undercard. [4]
On 20 September, it was announced that Global Titans' next event is set for 13 November at the Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, UAE. [5] On 26 September Mayweather Jr. and Olatunji were confirmed set to face in an exhibition bout on 13 November. [3]
Four press conferences were held in the following cities: [6]
The card for the fight features Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Deji Olatunji as the main event with Tommy Fury and Rolly Lambert as the co-main. The undercard consists of Delfine Persoon vs. Ikram Kerwat, Bobby Fish vs. Boateng Prempeh, Harley Benn vs. Faizan Anwar, J'Hon Ingram vs. Kōji Tanaka, Jack Fincham vs. Anthony Taylor, and Jaider Herrera vs. Franklin Manzanilla for the WBC International super featherweight title.
| Weight class | vs | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
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| Main Card | |||||||
| Catchweight | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | def. | Deji Olatunji | TKO | 6 (8) | 1:22 | Exhibition bout |
| Cruiserweight | Tommy Fury | vs. | Rolly Lambert | — | 6 | — | Exhibition bout |
| Junior welterweight | J’Hon Ingram | vs. | Kōji Tanaka | N/A | 3 | — | Exhibition bout |
| Super featherweight | Jaider Herrera | def. | Franklin Manzanilla | TKO | 5 (10) | 3:00 | For WBC International Super Featherweight Title |
| Catchweight | Jack Fincham | vs. | Anthony Taylor | N/A | 4 | — | Exhibition bout, no winner was declared |
| Preliminary Card (Global Titans' YouTube channel) | |||||||
| Super featherweight | Delfine Persoon | vs. | Ikram Kerwat | NC | 1 (10) | 1:06 | For WBC Silver Super Featherweight Title |
| Light-heavyweight | Bobby Fish | def. | Boateng Prempeh | KO | 2 (4) | 1:02 | Fish's professional debut |
| Country/Region | Broadcasters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Cable TV | PPV | Stream | Metaverse | |
| Middle East | YouTube (Preliminary Card) | — | FITE TV | — | MetaVerseBooks FightTyme |
| United Kingdom | — | DAZN PPV | — | ||
| United States | — | — | |||
| Canada | Indemand Direct TV Dish TV Shaw Rogbers Bell | — | |||
| North America | — | ||||
| Ireland | — | — | |||
| Australia | — | — | |||
| New Zealand | — | — | |||
| Japan | ABEMA | RIZIN Stream Pass | |||
| Worldwide | — | FITE TV | — | ||
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