ayweather vs Deji – LIVE!
Floyd Mayweather is back in the ring for his latest exhibition bout tonight as he faces YouTuber Deji in Dubai. The American, 50-0 as a professional, looks to put on another show, as he did when beating Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura in September. Mayweather, who fought Logan Paul last year, takes on Deji in an eight-round bout.
Brother of KSI, Deji picked up the first win of his career earlier this year when beating Fousey, a victory that came after three previous amateur defeats to other YouTubers. The first of those came in 2018 when losing to Jake Paul, who himself is now a regular on the boxing scene and will reportedly be in attendance tonight.
On the undercard, Tommy Fury, who pulled out of a fight with Paul last year, has had a late change of opponent after confusion surrounding the weigh-in with Paul Bamba. He’ll fight Rolly Lambert in an exhibition instead. Delfine Persoon’s fight with Ikram Kerwat was ruled a no contest after a late punch from the Belgian, while Love Island star Jack Fincham fought Anthony Taylor in a four-round exhibition at the start of his career.
Boxing schedule and results
Floyd Mayweather vs Deji
Tommy Fury vs Rolly Lambert
J’Hon Ingram (Exhibition) Koji Tanaka
Jadier Herrera bt Franklin Manzanilla
Jack Fincham (Exhibition) Anthony Taylor
Delfine Persoon (No Contest) Ikram Kerwat
Bobby Fish bt Boateng Pempreh
Live updates
Lambert is in the ring, Paul on commentary. This is going to be fun.
Six two-minute rounds for this fight, as Paul asks what he’s doing. We’re off to a flyer.
Fury next to ring walk.
The announcer is in the ring, giving a big build-up to… Jake Paul.
Not sure why he’s pretty much getting his Wikipedia page read out, but there we go. And now he’s strolling towards the ring.
Doing a decent job of pretending he’s not enjoying the attention. He’ll be joining the commentary team.
It will be a six round bout for Fury, against Lambert who is 15-1-1.
With KSI and Jake Paul ringside, it’s going to be fun whatever happens. Feel like Fury has a point to prove after the issues out of the ring.
Lambert took the fight on a couple of hours notice – free hit for him.
It’s Fury time!
Next up – Tommy Fury!
Been a shambles recently over the last couple of days, with weigh-in chaos and late changes of opponents.
The result is he’ll be fighting Rolly Lambert in what is set to be an exhibition.
Fury will have Jake Paul watching on…
Both have their hands raises at the end of the fight, with it being an exhibition.
Ingram definitely had the better of it though – Kouzi will not be getting his shot at Mayweather for now it would appear.
Ingram vs Kouzi
Round 3
Final three minutes coming up – Kouzi best make them pretty special if he’s to run through The Money Team as promised.
Been a great pace to the fight, Kouzi has pushed Ingram into the corner but he’s not having too much success. Two big shots landed by Ingram!
And there’s the final bell, Ingram cut above the right eye at the end. That was a really enjoyable watch.
Ingram vs Kouzi
Round 2
Kouzi’s left eye is starting to mark up already. He looks to touch gloves at the start of the round – Ingram with no interest in that.
Ingram is going through the gears now, big uppercut landed as Kouzi pushes him onto the ropes.
There’s a lot of work being done on the inside – bit too much from Kouzi who decides to throw an elbow. Referee swiftly in to warn him.
Kouzi getting a bit ragged, that’s two from two for Ingram.
Ingram vs Kouzi
Round 1
Can Kouzi, primarily a kickboxer, enjoy any sort of success aginst Ingram? The American super-featherweight has three knockout wins in his first three fights as a pro.
Ingram lands a couple of nice right hands and there’s some good work to the body – met with a smile from Kouzi though.
It’s becoming tougher and tougher for the Japanese man, Ingram has brilliant hand speed and he’s putting together the combinations. Kouzi responds though with shots to the body of his own.
That’s an enjoyable opening three minutes – Ingram looking really good but Kouzi holding his own.
Three-round exhibition is scheduled, though judging by how they just looked at each other there is a fair bit of needle in this.
Ingram is 3-0 as a professional – can Tanaka, better known as Kouzi, cause a huge upset?
Time to find out.
J’Hon Ingram vs Koji Tanaka is next up.
Ingram a real prospect, seen by the Money Team as possibly the next Mayweather. No pressure.
Japanese kickboxer Tanaka is confident he’ll deal with Ingram them, and wants a shot at Mayweather himself. They’re on their way to the ring.