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CONOR MCGREGOR could only laugh when he was asked to pick a winner of Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming exhibition bout with Deji.Boxing legend Mayweather, 45, returns to the ring on November 13 in a shock fight against Deji, 25, commonly known as KSI’s brother.
Conor McGregor could only laugh when asked to pick a winner out of Floyd Mayweather and DejiCredit: Reuters
Money recently boxed in his fourth exhibition bout since retiring from the professional game in 2017, where he beat McGregor in ten rounds in Las Vegas.
He knocked out Japanese MMA star Mikuru Asakura, 30, in two rounds after receiving some punishment himself.
Prior to that, Mayweather has had three exhibition bouts, not officially sanctioned or affecting his historic 50-0 record.
SunSport first revealed talks for a blockbuster rematch with McGregor and how the rivals were negotiating the terms of a deal.
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Mayweather has confirmed that talks are ongoing, however, he is now concentrating on Deji.
But McGregor does not seem impressed by it in the slightest after he was asked to predict the outcome.
A fan tweeted him to ask: “Floyd or Deji?”
And he replied with a simple: “Hahaa”
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Deji, 25, most recently beat American Fousey, 32, which followed on a run of THREE losses for the YouTube boxer.
McGregor is currently overseas on the Caribbean island of Dominican Republic filming Jake Gyllenhaal’s remake of ‘Road House’.
The former UFC double champion hasn’t fought since breaking his leg in the trilogy loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in 2021.
UFC’s Pay-Per-View king McGregor suffered a broken tibia in his lower left leg and was taken out of T-Mobile Arena on a stretcher in a second-straight defeat to the American and had extensive surgery the next day.
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FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S bodyguard wants a rematch with the kickboxer who knocked him out. Security man Ray Sadeghi – known as Jizzy Mack – faced Koji ‘Kouzi’ Tanaka on Mayweather’s recent undercard.
Floyd Mayweather’s bodyguard was knocked out on his undercard
Jizzy Mack pictured with Floyd Mayweather
Tanaka fights in the 9st 9lb lightweight division, whereas Sadeghi usually weighs over 14 STONE.
That means he had a FIVE STONE weight disadvantage, but it mattered little.
Tanaka knocked out Sadeghi in the third round with a brutal left hook, but Mayweather’s right hand man now wants a rematch.
Sadeghi  told World Boxing News: “I want to thank RIZIN and my boss Floyd Mayweather for giving me this opportunity to be in [an event of] this kind of magnitude and to fight.
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“It was a great match. I want to run it back. Because I felt like I had him. But I got tired in the third round, and my hands dropped.
“He caught me with a good shot, and we can run it back.”
Later that night, Mayweather, 45, knocked out Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura, 30, in two rounds of his latest exhibition.
Days later he announced another exhibition with YouTuber Deji, 25, on November 13 in Dubai.
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Mayweather has had four non-sanctioned bouts since retiring in 2017 after beating UFC superstar Conor McGregor, 34.
He first returned in 2018, against featherweight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, 24, in Tokyo.
Mayweather then went eight-round with both YouTuber Logan Paul, 27, and ex-sparring partner Don Moore.
Floyd Mayweather knocked out Mikuru AsakuraCredit: AFP More

JAKE PAUL says Floyd Mayweather “can’t function” without his luxury lifestyle as he revealed his terms to fight the boxing legend. Mayweather has had four non-sanctioned bouts since retiring in 2017 after beating UFC superstar Conor McGregor, 34.
Floyd Mayweather ‘can’t function’ without his luxury lifestyle, said Jake PaulCredit: Rex
Jake Paul called out Floyd MayweatherCredit: Getty Images – Getty
One involved Jake’s brother Logan, 27, who took the boxing legend the eight-round distance in July 2021.
Mayweather, 45, last weekend knocked out Japanese MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura, 30, in two rounds.
And days later he announced another exhibition with YouTuber Deji, 25, on November 13 in Dubai.
Paul, 25, slammed Mayweather for the cash-grab boxing cameos which he said are only in place to fund his spending habits.
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He said: “I think he needs money. I legitimately think he needs money. There is no way that you can keep up that lifestyle.
“Think about this, guys. He kept up the same lifestyle that he had while he was fighting – the cars, the jewellery, the rolling around with thirty people, private jets everywhere, vacations, spending millions of dollars on one watch. He’s a f****** dumbass.
“You can’t keep up that same lifestyle after you’re retired. And I think he realises that and then had to get back in shape and started doing these exhibitions.
“Because he can’t function without that lifestyle, that is who he is. That’s his identity.
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“It’s Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather. Floyd ‘Needs Money’ Mayweather.”
Paul wants to fight Mayweather at a catchweight between 165lb and 175lb and claimed Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza is on board.
But he demanded the American icon settle his financial dispute with brother Logan, who claimed he was not fully paid following their fight.
Paul said: “If he is going to fight then why not fight me?
“I’ll make 175 you make 165, we’ll have a 10lb weight difference we can get that sanctioned.
“He didn’t care about the 35lb difference with Logan and he says once I fight a real fighter it will be bad for me.
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“So really he has no excuse to why this fight shouldn’t happen. Espinoza’s down at Showtime and it makes a ton of sense.
“But I will say, if we do fight part of the contract will say that he has to pay my brother. I got you Logan.”
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