Floyd Mayweather Jr. (USA, 45), former five-division world champion in professional boxing, on November 14, 2022 (13th local time), popular YouTuber Desi Oratunzi (UK, 25) in Dubai, UAE.) and 8 exhibition matches and 6 wins by TKO.
The match was dominated from the start with Mayweather Jr. chasing down Oratunji, who solidified his guard. Mayweather Jr., who returned to the corner after the second inning, demonstrated a high-speed glove hit against the second opponent, setting up an “easy win” mood.
Mayweather Jr. dances between rounds
After the third performance, they danced to the music of the venue and wowed the hall. Then, in the 6th inning, he suddenly upshifted and ran over the opponent in close quarters, and finally, when he drove the opponent into a corner and hit repeatedly, the umpire stepped between them and stopped the match.
Oratunji is a popular YouTuber with over 10 million subscribers and he just made his professional boxing debut in August this year after fighting several fights as an amateur. The difference in skill with Mayweather Jr., who won all 50 pro fights and is a former five-division world champion, is clear, and most of the punches he threw cut through the sky.
Boxing Scene (web version), an American boxing media outlet that reported the exhibition bout, claimed that Oratunji was serious about the extravagant exhibition bout, but that Oratunji, who was inexperienced, was not Mayweather Jr’s enemy. .
Mayweather Jr. also danced between rounds, smiled and joked for most of the round and said he toyed with Oratunji until he decided the game in the sixth inning. On the other hand, most of the punches thrown by Oratunzi were weak and slid easily through Mayweather Jr’s body.
He also mentioned the exhibition match with martial artist Mirai Asakura (30) held at Saitama Super Arena in September this year. The article compares the contents of the fight with Oratunji and analyzes that Mayweather Jr. was clearly serious in the exhibition match with Asakura. In the same exhibition game, Mayweather Jr. struck out with a right counter just before the bottom of the second inning and the umpire stood as he was.
After retiring from professional boxing, Mayweather Jr. had an exhibition match with Tenshin Nasukawa (24) at the “RIZIN.14” martial arts event in December 2018, and was knocked down three times by Nasukawa, stealing a win for TKO. In 2021, he played against popular YouTuber Logan Paul (USA, 27) and became a hot topic.
