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KSI: I Can Definitely Fight Other Pro Boxers - And Beat Them
By Manouk Akopyan

Published On Thu Nov 7, 2019, 10:36 AM EST

YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul will settle a yearslong personal beef when they headline Matchroom Boxing’s fight card Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

KSI said he’s fully committed himself to the sport while preparing for his rematch against Paul.

“I’m putting in 110% into training and sparring. I’m not taking this lightly. It’s hard, it hurts, but I know in the future it will help me win this fight. It’s given me a whole new level of respect. I knew before, respecting the whole boxing scene, and how much work you have to put in,” KSI told BoxingScene.com in an interview.

“This is something I want to continue doing in the future. I wouldn’t stop here. What’s the point of that? I have not gotten this far just to stop. That’s stupid. There are more people I want to fight, and I will call them out after I win this fight.”

KSI later went on to say, "I feel like I can definitely fight other pro boxers—and beat them."

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Challenging professional boxers is a shrewd statement for the 26-year-old novice who may be a master at creating clickable content, but a newbie in the ring. However, training under cruiserweight fighter Viddal Riley, who is 3-0 in his young career and fresh off signing a deal with Mayweather Promotions, has given KSI newfound confidence.

KSI’s match against Paul will be his pro debut. In addition to his amateur match with Paul last year, KSI has also faced fellow socialite Joe Weller with headgear.

Depending on how he fares in the ring, KSI could further test the waters and try his hand in the sport.

“I was thinking to myself, ‘could I do this?’ I would never give up,” said KSI. “Just train, train, train. I started to understand boxing, love it, and respect the sport.”
 

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Hearn: KSI, Paul Are Not Very Good, They Think They Are Now
By Boxing Clever

Published On Fri Nov 8, 2019, 03:12 PM EST

Promoter Eddie Hearn admits that he has not been pleased with some of the pre-fight antics from KSI and Logan Paul.

Hearn is staging a DAZN streamed card on Saturday night from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where the two Youtube stars are going to collide in a six-round pro boxing match.

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In the lead-up, both men have threatened to "kill" each other - which doesn't sit well with a lot of people, including Hearn. Several boxers have passed away in 2019, due to in-ring related injuries.

"They don’t know enough about boxing, they don’t really respect the game enough to think about what they are saying," Hearn told Boxing Social.

"Fighters say stuff like that all the time, no one ever means it, but I didn’t like it when that was said multiple times. But I’ve heard it this week, last week, the week before. I don’t think they know enough about the game to know they shouldn’t really be saying that, in my opinion."

There have been many critics of the contest, because it's being positioned in a headline spot while world champions Devin Haney and Billy Joe Saunders are slotted on the undercard.

It doesn't help matters that both KSI and Paul have respectively voiced their belief of being capable of beating actual pro boxers.

Hearn doesn't hold back when stating that both social media celebs are "not very good."

"I just think don’t take it too seriously, it is what it is," said Hearn. "I’m excited to see what’s going to happen because I don’t know what’s going to happen.

"I know they both really badly want to win, and they are both probably going to crack under the pressure. They’re both not very good - they think they are now. But the reality is when someone gets hit the world is going to change for them."

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