KSI made a victorious return to the ring at the O2 Arena with TWO knockout wins over Swarmz and Luis Pineda.
The YouTube star kicked the night off with a second-round KO win over rapper Swarmz before beating Pineda in the main event via third-round stoppage.
And in between both fights, KSI’s brother Deji picked up his first win as a boxer, beating Fousey in the third round.
- KSI BEATS Swarmz via KO2
- Deji BEATS Fousey via TKO2
- KSI BEATS Pineda via TKO3
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Best ring walk song.
Well, Slim absolutely blew this one out of the water.
It turns out Eminem isn’t the only Slim who knows his tunes, as the USA fighter rocked out to A Million Miles by Vanessa Carlton.
As soon as the crowd heard that little piano intro, they were excited to see what Slim had to bring to the stage.
It got even better when we realised it was a mashup with September, by Earth, Wind and Fire.
He lived up to his soundtrack with his performance too, as he got the knockout of the night against Faze Temper.
“Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass and I’m homebound…”
KSI is hungry.
The British boxer, rapper, YouTuber, and entrepreneur claimed that his boxing career was far from over tonight.
He named a list of potential next fights, and stated that we will see him fight again in January, but not against Jake Paul, who many were expecting.
“Slim looks good. I want a piece of that. Austin vs Gib, I want the winner of that. Andrew Tate, I want a piece of that. Tommy Fury, I want a piece of that.”
KSI
Fight farce
Mexican Pineda is a professional in the boxing ranks with two wins from seven bouts to his name.
But he looked skinny, weak and spent his whole night complaining.
In truth, the Mexican would have been better off paired up against KSI’s first opponent Swarmz, who he also embarrassed.
Pineda, 23, was scared to throw a punch and seemed to hit the deck every time KSI landed.
The Mexican boxer also complained he was being hit in the back of the head on multiple occasions.
Fight of the night.
There were some brilliant fights on tonight, in what was an evening packed full of big punches, great music and tough brawls.
Salt Papi knocked out Andy Warski within 30 seconds, which lead to Logan Paul recommending that the TikTok superstar fights his brother Jake for his next test.
King Kenny vs Sensei was labelled a farce by many fans, as Sensei appeared to dominate the fight, before King Kenny was awarded the win via the judges decision.
Deen the Great also put on a show in the second fight of the night, as he showed excellent boxing ability before face-planting a back flip in celebration.
But ultimately, the fight of the night has to go to Deji vs Fousey.
Deji went into the fight as a bit of an underdog, after the crowd saw how Fousey had shedded a lot of body fat in preparation for the big night.
But with the crowd behind him, we saw a different side to Deji, one that was cool, calm and collected, with a deadly left hand that dominated Fousey throughout the fight.
It was great to see Deji finally get a win, and therefore that, was the fight of the night.
Knockout of the night.
Knockout of the night from SunSport has to go to Slim, for the clean right-handed knockout on Faze Temper.
There were some other greats in there, such as Deji on Fousey, but this right hook was something really special.
KSI announces next fight date.
Well, after he gave a list of potential next fights, including Andrew Tate and Tommy Fury, KSI also announced that his next fight will be in January.
He explained his reasoning for not calling out Jake Paul just yet too, stating that there are many fights that need to happen before that one does.
The Brit clearly feels that the Jake Paul fight will happen, but, it is about timing for him.
KSI embraces his inner AJ
He came out dressed in all white, and made his opponent wait just like AJ often does.
Not only that, but he went on to use AJ’s quote in his post match interview…
Man the first time was so nice, I HAD to do it twice”
KSI
KSI calls out FIVE fighters.
KSI just called out Andrew Tate, the winner of Gib vs McBroom, Slim and Tommy Fury.
Which would you like to see most?
KSI goes two wins from two.
And the Olatunji family go three from three, as KSI beat Swarmz and Pineda BOTH by knockout, and Deji beat Fousey by knockout too.
Ladies and Gentlemen, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
KSI
Round three.
BANG.
Down Pineda goes again, and he is shaking his head, kneeling on the floor.
A good uppercut from KSI sees Pineda down again, and THAT IS IT.
KSI WINS AGAIN.
Round three.
How has Pineda made it to the third round here?
He has been on the floor FIVE times.
Somehow, he is here.
Total domination from KSI, who is going to go for the knockout for sure.
Round two.
KSI knocks Pineda down once more, but the Mexican is back up again.
It looks like JJ wants the highlight moment, and Pineda wants to get out of here.
Pineda is down AGAIN.
KSI is doing PUSHUPS in the corner of the ring.
Eubank JR enjoyed that one.
Round two.
KSI is on another level here to Pineda, the Mexican can’t even really get a shot back at the Brit here.
Pineda looks scared in the ring out there.
Round one.
“KSI. KSI. KSI.” Rings out around the O2 Arena.
KSI comes out all guns blazing, and knocks down Pineda early.
Pineda is claiming that KSI is hitting him in the back of the head.
Pineda looks like he has given up.
This is embarrassing for Pineda, he is complaining more than he is fighting.
Michael Buffer had a harder job in pronouncing Pineda’s name, than KSI had fighting Pineda”
True Geordie
Here comes KSI, again…
For the second time tonight, looking as cool as ever, here comes KSI.
He is making his opponent wait here, a tactic we have seen from Anthony Joshua in the past.
He walks out to ‘Not Over Yet’, and has UK rap superstar Headie One rapping his verse in the ring.
Luis Pineda comes out.
He comes out with a Lucha libre mask on, and he is very tall, that is for sure.
The legendary Canelo Alvarez will testament to just how brilliant Mexican fighters can be.
The main event is here!
Here we go.
KSI against Luis Alcaraz Pineda.
Michael Buffer is back.
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE.
He is THAT GUY.
Isn’t he?
Wow, so confident from the man who has conquered almost all avenues in his life.
KSI spoke before the main event vs Pineda, as he expressed how proud he was of his brother, but also how great Slim was in the co-main event.
Oh, and he had this to say on the main event:
It’s time to end this, with another KO baby, Let’s go!”
KSI
Logan Paul hypes up the big one.
Logan Paul did an interview with Ade Oladipo, and was questioned about his brothers potential fight with KSI who is up next.
We all know it’s inevitable”
Logan Paul
The big one up next!
We have the main event up next.
It is KSI vs Pineda!
Can the Olatunji brothers make it 3/3 wins on the night?
This one will no doubt be a tougher test for JJ than Swarmz was, but can he pull it off?
Wow! Slim puts Temper down and out!
Slim backed up everything he said in the pre-amble to this fight.
There was a HUGE right hand from the hit man, who watched Temper bounce off the canvas.
What a fight that was!
Round two.
Slim gets a big hit on Temper, and sticks his tongue out with eyes wide open.
Really good from Slim so far.
Big right hand, and the best punch of the night from Slim!
SLIM THE HIT MAN WINS BY KNOCKOUT.
Round one.
Big right hand from Slim early in the first round.
And it is getting wild with some big wide punches from both of these fighters.
There is blood on the face of Faze Temper already.
The first round comes to a close, and that absolutely flew by.
Action packed. This is competitive.
Faze Temper comes out the oppposite.
It is very serious from Faze Temper.
No Vanessa Carlton round here from the Brazilian.
Brilliant from Slim.
His ring walk song, is A Thousand Miles my Vanessa Carlton.
Sing it with us…
“MAKING MY WAY DOWNTOWN, WALKING FAST, FACES PASS AND I’M HOMEBOUND”
This is certainly confident from Slim, and he is putting on quite a show.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk