KSI. The executive director of the California State Athletic Commission (the fight's sanctioning body), Andy Foster, defended the accusation that the YouTubers weren't fit to fight professionally, saying in an interview that "If they weren’t YouTube stars, this fight is still approvable in every commission in this country as debut athletes".
[63] In addition, the promotional diss track music videos from KSI, Logan Paul, Jake Paul and Deji have received about 60 million views. [16] Paul stepped on the scales first, weighing in at 199.4lbs, just under the 200lbs cruiserweight limit, while KSI weighed in at 193.4lbs, just over 6lbs lighter, before the pair shared a brief head to head. [62] In the month leading up to the fight, the channel's pre-fight promotional videos drew 28 million views, generating earnings up to $112,000. I’d love to have Jake (Paul). Paul eventually accepted the challenge via a YouTube video and the pair began training in earnest, trading insults and barbs. That means that will ditch the headguards and pull on 10oz gloves at the Staples Center next month. KSI and Logan Paul during the press conference, The pair will meet on November 9 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Subscribe to Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror newspapers, Neymar responds after Lionel Messi blasts Barcelona board for treatment of Luis Suarez, Suarez's departure from Camp Nou was confirmed on Wednesday and former teammate Neymar has made known his thoughts about the club's treatment of the iconic striker, Liverpool let cat out of the bag as "massive talent" added to first-team picture, Curtis Jones showed all of his abilities in Thursday's thumping Carabao Cup win over Lincoln City, and the time to consider him as an extra to the first-team squad is over, Man Utd vs Liverpool under-23s descends into chaos as two sent off in eight-goal thriller, The double dismissal was sparked by a challenge that wouldn't have been out of a place in a Premier League clash between the two great rivals, with Liverpool going on to win 5-3, Transfer news LIVE: Done deals and latest gossip including Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. [11], Three press conferences were held in the following cities:[12], Paul's main coach for the fight was two-time heavyweight champion, Shannon Briggs, while KSI trained under up-and-coming professional boxer, Viddal Riley, and Jeff Mayweather, uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr.[13] As a professional event, only fighters with professional boxing licences, and no other YouTubers, were allowed to participate; this decision was met with contention from some in the YouTube community who were hoping to see others participate in what was originally a 'YouTube' event. What was originally unanimously scored as a 10–8 round in favour of Paul for scoring a knockdown was negated by a two-point deduction from Paul's card for the illegal back-of-the-head blows. [7] On 28 August 2018, it was announced that the fight would take place in May 2019 in an undetermined United States venue, provided neither KSI nor Paul opted out, though a date in May was never agreed. [19][20], After six rounds, the fight resulted in a split decision victory for KSI, with two judges scoring the bout 57–54 and 56–55 in favour of KSI, and a third scoring it 56–55 in favour of Paul.