Deji has had a crazy boxing journey, especially considering the fact that he has only had six fights to date.

In such a short time, the YouTube sensation has given Jake Paul a bloody nose, Floyd Mayweather a black eye and scored two victories that he will cherish for years to come.

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The victories, however, did not come easy for Deji.

At the start of his YouTube boxing career, he was 0-3, with losses to Paul, Vinnie Hacker and Alex Wassabi.

When he faced Paul, few could have known what would happen in the fight.

The two men met at a white-collar competition in Manchester in anticipation of their brothers’ long-awaited showdown.

KSI and Logan Paul performed in the main event, while Deji and Jake Paul encountered in addition to this scenario.

Ultimately though, it could be argued that much bigger things happened as a result of the co-feature fight.

“The Jake Paul fight was strange,” Deji told talkSPORT.com in Doha ahead of his return on the Misfits Qatar Super Card this Thursday.

“Obviously I was calling him and everything while I was in the UK and then by chance I took a trip to LA.

“Jake Paul was living in Los Angeles at the time, but I didn’t really think I’d run into him.

“And then I remember the people I was chilling with, one of them said to me, ‘Oh, Jake Paul wants to meet you.’

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“I was like, ‘Oh, he just wants to meet me? Okay, that’s cool.’

“So we met in a park and he had gloves with him and he said to me, ‘Let’s fight in this park now.’ “

“And I’m standing there saying, ‘I’m not going to do that.’

“But that’s kind of how it started because he kind of hit me. I looked like a little wimp. So that’s kind of how the fight started. “

Few gave Deji much hope heading into this fight, but he surprised many by putting up a strong effort and bloodying his foe’s nose before being stopped in the penultimate fifth round.

Paul has since become a controversial boxing star, most recently sharing the ring with a 58-year-old. Mike Tyson and win on points.

“I mean, with me, I have no regrets,” Deji insisted.

“Because I feel like if you live with regrets, you will always have doubt in your mind.

“But yeah, obviously, if I had beaten Jake Paul, none of this would have happened. All Mike Tyson, all that, but it is what it is.

“Looking back on it, I still think I was Jake’s hardest fight. I bloodied his nose.”

After losing his first three fights, Deji picked up a heartwarming and long-awaited victory against Fousey.

He then received an unexpected call for the most bizarre crossover fight boxing has ever seen: an exhibition with Floyd Mayweather.

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Deji flew to Dubai to share the ring with Mayweather, who seemingly had the sole purpose of bossing him around, humiliating him, and hurting him, all while collecting an eight-figure paycheck.

Although Deji couldn’t do much to stop Mayweather’s showboating or his world-class boxing abilities, he managed to land a big punch that left the American with a black eye and went viral.

“It was cool,” he said, reflecting on the whole experience. “The only thing I didn’t like was the fact that we were supposed to fight with 14 ounce gloves.

“My contract said 14 ounce gloves, but all of a sudden, at the last minute, it was changed to 10 ounce gloves.

“That’s the only thing. Other than that, yeah. It was an amazing event.”

Oddly enough, a fight between Mayweather and Jake was once a topic of serious discussion as Floyd previously faced Logan.

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When asked who would win if his two old enemies ever met, Deji smiled and replied, “Oh, Floyd. Floyd, comfortably.”

Deji has since returned with the second victory of his boxing career against Swarmz.

Now he trains at the same Farm Gym that is home to the IBF heavyweight world champion. Daniel Dubois and is expected to return against Dawood Savage on the Misfits Qatar Super Card this Thursday.

“Yeah, I love it. It’s amazing. I love the gym so much. It’s all I need,” he explained.

“I was definitely going to come back to boxing. I was just enjoying my time.”

For someone who has already experienced so much in just six fights and is already a multi-millionaire thanks to his other ventures, Deji could happily walk away from the sport.

However, he gave a one-word response explaining the motivations for his return.

When asked what his goal was for the future of boxing, Deji simply replied: “Win.”

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