Resurfaced Clip Shows Floyd Mayweather Claims He Got $1M Just for a Phone Call to Set Up Exhibition Fight Against YouTuber

When the bell rings, retired professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. gets paid for his exhibition matches — and apparently when his phone rings, too. In 2022, Mayweather accepted a call from promoters to discuss a potential fight with YouTuber Deji Olatunji. The bout took place on Nov. 13, 2022, in Dubai, where Mayweather won by TKO in the sixth round. HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK – AUGUST 15: Floyd Mayweather hosts Celebrity Summer Showdown at Oheka Castle on August 15, 2021 in Huntington, New York. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) One Expensive Phone Call Mayweather would claim he was paid $1 million just to take the initial phone call. “A lot of times these guys have to focus on who I am,” Mayweather said in an In an interview with Ben’s FightHype in October 2022. “I made my mark in the sport of boxing. ‘Hey yo, we got this guy’ … they pay, I’ll play.” The two-year-old interview has recently resurfaced in various online sports outlets. When asked if Mayweather is exclusively fighting YouTube personalities after fighting Logan Paul and then Deji, “I’m not going to say that, but they reached out to me, saying, ‘Floyd, we would like you in Dubai, again…’...