11/9 DAZN: KSI vs Logan Paul 2

[patscorpio]

YouTube celebrities KSI and Logan Paul had a pretty massive event in Aug. 2018, fighting as amateur boxers in Manchester, England, with the six-round bout being declared a majority draw, no one having to lose face.

The event sold a lot of $10 pay-per-views on YouTube, kicking up a ton of discussion online even if the fight wasn’t taken particularly seriously as a sporting event by anyone who’s over the age of 14.

Now the two are officially going professional, at least for one fight, at least for a rematch with one another on Nov. 9. Matchroom Boxing will be promoting the bout at Staples Center in Los Angeles, to stream live on DAZN, which is certainly one way to get a nice one-month boost on subscriptions. If nothing else they’re going to have a big November.

The fight, which obviously will be the pro debut for both men, will be a four-round bout.

And yeah, we’ll cover it. I mean, it’s a pro boxing show. It’s promoted by a legitimate promoter. It’s on a major broadcast platform. Hopefully Big Ed will put some good fights on the card and make it worth tuning in for people who actually like boxing and not gimmicky business strategies.

One argument you’re likely to hear over and over is that this event can “grow the sport,” but that’s nonsense and everyone knows it. It’s a quick buck to make, fair enough, but it’s extremely unlikely that the vast majority of the audience that tunes in for this will be swayed into following boxing. But hey, maybe someone will, I guess.

 

[patscorpio]

Billy Joe Saunders to defend title vs. Marcelo Esteban Coceres in U.S. debut
By Dan Rafael


The United States debut of super middleweight world titlist Billy Joe Saunders will come against Marcelo Esteban Coceres.

For weeks, Saunders has been ticketed to make his first 168-pound title defense on the undercard of the six-round novelty cruiserweight fight between YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul on Nov. 9 (DAZN) at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

On Tuesday, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Saunders' opponent.

"I can't wait to see Billy Joe shine stateside, and what a huge platform to do it," said Hearn, who recently signed Saunders. "He is right in the mix for all the big fights in 2020 but he can't slip up here. And if he can make a statement against Coceres, then I truly believe he will land a monster in the first half of next year."

Former middleweight world titlist Saunders (28-0, 13 KOs), 30, of England, moved up in weight on May 18 and won a unanimous decision against Shefat Isufi to claim a vacant super middleweight title.

"I'm really looking forward to fighting in L.A. and making my professional American debut and my first fight under the Matchroom umbrella," Saunders said. "Marcelo Esteban Coceres is a tough, world-class operator, an unbeaten fighter and I certainly feel the pressure to outperform him and look good on such a massive platform. Training is going very well, I just have to stay focused and get the job done."

Saunders, a southpaw, vacated his middleweight world title last fall knowing he was going to be stripped of it following a positive test for the powerful banned stimulant oxilofrine by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. The positive test was returned during the lead-up to what was supposed to be his American debut in a mandatory defense against Demetrius Andrade last October in Boston.

Coceres (28-0-1, 15 KOs), 28, of Argentina, who has been a professional since 2012, will be boxing outside of his home country for the second time and outside of South America for the first time. He has a glossy record but has faced extremely low-level opposition.

The rest of the card has not been formally announced, but Hearn told ESPN that interim lightweight world titlist Devin Haney (23-0, 15 KOs), 20, of Las Vegas, will make his first defense. He claimed the vacant interim 135-pound belt by one-sided fourth-round knockout of Zaur Abdullaev on Sept. 13 in New York.

Also, middleweight prospect "White Chocolate" Nikita Ababiy (7-0, 6 KOs), 20, of Brooklyn, New York, will face an opponent to be determined in a six-round fight, manager Keith Connolly told ESPN.

Ababiy needed only 1 minute, 45 seconds to destroy Isiah Seldon last Saturday on the Gennadiy Golovkin-Sergiy Derevyanchenko undercard at Madison Square Garden in New York.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Wait now it's only FOUR rounds? Is that because it's professional and they have to play by Cali rules?

Salute KSI finessing the game for so many millions of dollars and taking care of his family the way he does.

 

[patscorpio]

Wait now it's only FOUR rounds? Is that because it's professional and they have to play by Cali rules?

Salute KSI finessing the game for so many millions of dollars and taking care of his family the way he does.

boxrec has it at 6 rounds

this is going to be a trainwreck that will end in a spectacular knockout

 

[Scottie Drippin]

boxrec has it at 6 rounds

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this is going to be a trainwreck that will end in a spectacular knockout

I dunno. They both got gassed in the first fight and started winging arm punches, and both ate them pretty well.

What's hilarious is this will prolly be the #1 fight on DAZN this year for subscriptions

 

[patscorpio]

I dunno. They both got gassed in the first fight and started winging arm punches, and both ate them pretty well.

but they were wearing headgear..they arent wearing headgear this time around

 

[Scottie Drippin]

but they were wearing headgear..they arent wearing headgear this time around

shyt you're right

 

[GzUp]

Deserved it’s own thread @patscorpio

Looking forward to this tbh.

I was going to make a thread on slim vs fousy a couple weeks ago that khan promoted but felt like no one would have been interested.

Fight was

 

[patscorpio]

Deserved it’s own thread @patscorpio

Looking forward to this tbh.

I was going to make a thread on slim vs fousy a couple weeks ago that khan promoted but felt like no one would have been interested.

Fight was

only because theres actual boxers on this shyt lol plus i can actually catch this shyt on DAZN

this shyt is still strange as fukk to me

 

[GzUp]

 

[krackdagawd]

Wait theres actual fighters here

 

[GzUp]

only because theres actual boxers on this shyt lol plus i can actually catch this shyt on DAZN

this shyt is still strange as fukk to me

Weigh in


Full fight




If u got time cuz

 

[shroommon]

"The business of boxing"

These two fighting twice in 11 months .. meanwhile AJ/Wilder aint happening for another 2-3 years , same goes with Bud/Spence .. same goes for Tank vs Farmer/Loma or whoelse ...

KSI 6th rd KO

 

[GzUp]

"The business of boxing"

These two fighting twice in 11 months .. meanwhile AJ/Wilder aint happening for another 2-3 years , same goes with Bud/Spence .. same goes for Tank vs Farmer/Loma or whoelse ...

KSI 6th rd KO

I got Logan within 3

 

[Splash]

Looking at their training footage in thinking KSI takes this comfortably.

The first fight was terrible technique wise and while KSI has improved quite a bit. Although in shape, Logans technique is pretty awful.