KSI vs. Logan Paul

KSI vs. Logan Paul

KSI vs. Logan Paul was a white-collar amateur boxing match. The bout took place on 25 August 2018 at 8:30 PM BST in the Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, and was streamed on YouTube’s pay-per-view platform. It resulted in a majority draw, with two judges scoring it 57–57 and the other 58–57 in favour of KSI. The rematch was scheduled for 9 November 2019 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles.

About KSI vs. Logan Paul in brief

Summary KSI vs. Logan PaulKSI vs. Logan Paul was a white-collar amateur boxing match between the British YouTuber Olajide \”JJ\” Olatunji and American YouTuber Logan Paul. The bout took place on 25 August 2018 at 8: 30 PM BST in the Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, and was streamed on YouTube’s pay-per-view platform. It resulted in a majority draw, with two judges scoring it 57–57 and the other 58–57 in favour of KSI. The rematch was scheduled for 9 November 2019 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, this time as a professional boxing match. The fight was promoted as \”the biggest internet event in history\” and ‘the biggest amateur Boxing match in history’ KSI has admitted his aspirations of turning professional after the fight saying ‘I wanna squeeze out every bit of relevancy from him and then move onto my bigger goal which is to go pro’ The two parties signed contracts agreeing to have two fights, one to be held in the United Kingdom, and another in February 2019 in the U.S. The first fight was held on 3 February 2018 at the Copper Box Arena in London, drawing 1. 6 million live viewers, 21 million views within a day, and over 25 million over the next several days.

KSI won the fight and was awarded the YouTube Boxing Championship Belt. He initially challenged Logan Paul’s younger brother Jake to fight. However, Jake backed down, letting his older brother Logan step in to fight KSI whilst KSI’s brother Deji stepped in to fights Jake. The second fight was advertised with Deji and Jake’s names being listed in the manner of a co-main event. Two press conferences were held to promote the fight, the first on 16 June outside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles which was hosted by two-time Heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs and the second on 18 July at York Hall in Bethnal Green, East London. During the London press conference, KSI and Deji mocked both Logan and Jake, Logan’s girlfriend Chloe Bennet and their father Greg Paul to the point that both Paul brothers walked out of the press conference prematurely. After speaking over the situation, the situation was resolved and it was confirmed True Geordie would be commentating on the fight. For the co-hosting of the London weigh-in, Deji weighed in at 187 lb, 2kg heavier than his previous fight with Joe Weller with Logan came in 189lb.