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    KSI calls out Joe Weller for THIRD fight in one night after security broke pair up during clash in fiery face-off

    KSI has offered to fight Joe Weller in what would be his THIRD bout in one night – after the rivals clashed on stage. The YouTuber returns to the ring tonight at the O2 after three years out.
    KSI is ready to fight Joe Weller in what would be his third bout on the same night
    Joe Weller with a statue of YouTube rival KSICredit: Anthony Devlin
    And he makes up for lost time by facing TWO opponents in one night.
    KSI starts the night facing rapper Swarmz and ends it against 2-5 Mexican professional boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda.
    At the weigh in yesterday the Londoner clashed with old rival Weller who he beat in a 2018 white collar bout.
    But the bad blood has continued to grow since KSI’s third-round win in Manchester.
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    Weller offered to fight the social media star-turned musician and boxer on the streets.
    But KSI fancies settling the score in the ring, after fighting his first two opponents.
    He told DAZN: “I’d actually have him for the third fight, why not?
    “Why not? After I knock out Pineda and Swarmz I’ll fight him as well. Literally in the ring, I’ll be like, ‘Alright, get your gloves on. Let’s go’.”
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    KSI, 29, beat Weller, 26, in his first ever boxing match, and then drew against Logan Paul, 27, in the same year.
    He then beat Paul in their rematch a year later after the pair turned professional.
    KSI now returns against Swarmz, 25, and Pineda, 23, after Alex Wassabi, 32, pulled out amid a concussion scare.
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    KSI wins TWO fights on same night after KOing pro-boxer Pineda and rapper Swarmz with YouTuber battering both opponents

    YOUTUBE boxing star KSI gave fans two wins for the price of one on his return to the ring. The influencer-turned musician and fighter made up for lost time after three years out by facing TWO opponents in one night.
    Luis Alcaraz Pineda was beaten in three rounds by KSICredit: Reuters
    KSI won both his fights on the same nightCredit: Reuters
    Firstly, he beat rapper Swarmz in two rounds and then later Mexican professional boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda in three.
    It meant he extraordinarily won twice in the space of a few hours.
    He said: “Ladies and gentleman, are you not entertained?
    “It’s good to be back, two fights in one night, two KOs, yeah buddy. I said it. I talk the talk and I walk the walk.”
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    KSI, 29, dropped Pineda, 23, in every round while the journeyman bizarrely complained about non-existent punches to the back of the head.
    In the final round, he dropped Pineda with a right hand and then later an uppercut – by which point the ref had seen enough.
    Earlier on in the night, he dispatched of Swarmz in equally as easy and uncompetitive fashion.
    But the recording artist did go out swinging – quite literally – throwing wild haymaker right hands from all sorts of angles.
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    Swarmz, 25, did only have a fortnight to prepare for the bout, while also needing to lose almost two stone after replacing Alex Wassabi, 31.
    And his inexperience showed, having been left off balance, spinning around in a fashion which drew parallels to a teacup ride.
    Somehow, by virtue of running around the ring, three minutes proved enough time for Swarmz to survive despite being floored.
    But KSI wasted no time in putting Swarmz out of his misery in round two after a body shot and left hook signalled the end of the fight.
    KSI plans to return in January and called out Tommy Fury, 23, Andrew Tate, 35, Austin McBroom, 30, and Sulieman “Slim” Albaher, 26.
    KSI bear rapper Swarmz in two roundsCredit: Getty
    Swarmz was beaten in two roundsCredit: Reuters
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    Conor Benn’s coach reveals why he wants welterweight star to weigh UNDER 157lb catchweight for Chris Eubank Jr fight

    CONOR BENN will be instructed to weigh UNDER the 157lb catchweight agreement for his super-fight with Chris Eubank Jr. Benn and Eubank are set for a DAZN pay-per-view blockbuster on October 8 at the O2 Arena, almost 30 years after their dads’ famous rematch.
    Conor Benn will be instructed to weigh under 157lb for his fight with Chris Eubank JrCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
    Chris Eubank Jr will fight Conor Benn on October 8Credit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
    Due to their size disparity, the born rivals have agreed to meet between weights.
    Eubank Jr, 32, will come down from the 160lb middleweight division, while Benn, 25, jumps up 10lb from his usual welterweight limit.
    But his coach Tony Sims revealed he wants the unbeaten contender to actually hit the scales 2lb shy of the catchweight maximum.
    Sims told SunSport: “You’d like to have done it at 154 in an ideal world but there’s no such thing as an ideal world.

    “Eubank’s people came to us with 157, and when I summarised it, he’s got to get down to 157.
    “But that only evens it up as Conor’s got to go up to 157. He probably won’t even go up to 157 on the weigh in, he’ll probably be 155.
    “So the fight evens out a little bit like that.”
    Eubank, who has campaigned as high as 168lb at super-middleweight, will use every last ounce at his disposal.
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    But Sims wants Benn to focus on his lightning speed and movement.
    He said: “I think at 155, his speed and his agility will come into play, especially in this fight. 
    “I want him to be bang on the money and I feel if he comes in too heavy then it will slow him down a little bit. 
    “So 155 I feel is a good weight for him. He’s still got to work to get down to 155 as well, he’s probably weighing 170 right now anyway.” 
    The fighting sons will renew the family feud almost three decades after their dads’ 1993 rematch.
    Eubank had won a brutal affair three years earlier but the rematch ended in a controversial draw.
    Sims was a sparring partner and close friend of Benn’s at the time and the pair have remained close ever since.

    He revealed: “Nigel’s been a friend to me for a long time since them days. 
    “Not just only training alongside each other, we used to go out clubbing with each other as well. 
    “He’s been a friend for a long time and he put me in charge of his son and I feel like I’ve done a good job looking after him. 
    “And if I didn’t feel Conor could win this fight, I wouldn’t be putting him in there.” 
    Sims insisted the time was right for Benn to fight Eubank Jr, who could be entering the backend of his career.
    He said: “I don’t believe that Chris Eubank Jr is the fighter that he was four or five years ago. 
    “I just don’t think he is and I believe Conor’s coming into his prime within the next year or two, so I think it’s a good fight for him to take at this stage in his career. 
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    “And financially, obviously it’s a hard fight to turn down.
    “The British public want to see this fight and you wouldn’t want to see it right at the end of Chris Eubank Jr’s career. 
    “He’s approaching 33, so you wouldn’t want to see this right at the end of his career. I feel like this is the right time do this fight.”   
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    KSI vs Swarmz: Latest YouTube fight that’s surrounded in controversy with two bouts in one night and ‘neo-Nazi’ tattoo

    KSI returns to the ring tonight in a bid to prove he’s the ruler in the YouTube boxing space – but the event has not been without its twists and turns. The British social media, rap and prizefighting star faces TWO opponents on the night of his comeback, this Saturday.
    KSI ahead of his boxing comebackCredit: Rex
    KSI – real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji – last boxed in November 2019 against Logan Paul.
    They had drawn in a white collar bout a year earlier and then raised eyebrows when Eddie Hearn turned them professional for their rematch.
    KSI, 28, ran out a winner by scrappy split-decision after Paul, 27, hit him on the deck and got a two point dedication.
    A lot has happened since then, for example KSI and Paul are now friends and even own an energy drink together called Prime.
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    And KSI took a break from boxing to focus on music, releasing two albums and headlining at Wembley.
    This is all while Paul’s brother Jake went 5-0 as a boxer and emerged as the most accomplished celebrity fighter.
    It also provided KSI’s main motivation for returning to boxing, eyeing a grudge match with his American nemesis.
    He told talkSPORT: “Jake Paul – that’s the main goal, that’s the only reason I came back.”
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    KSI’s plan appears simple; return to boxing after three years out, brush off some cobwebs and return for a mega-fight with Jake.
    And he was not short of rivals offering their services to welcome KSI back to the squared circle.
    But, after such a long period out, and a blockbuster bout with Jake on the cards, picking his return fight was a delicate operation.
    Initially, KSI was matched with Alex Wassabi, a bout which had legs and made sense.
    Wassabi had beaten KSI’s brother Deji in March and he’s advised by Jake, creating a sellable narrative.
    But disaster struck just weeks out from the DAZN pay-per-view as Wassabi withdrew, leaving KSI without an opponent.
    What followed was an online back-and-forth between KSI and Jake, who had offered to step in on late notice.
    Logan Paul was beaten by KSI in 2019Credit: Getty
    Jake Paul is top of the YouTube boxing hierarchyCredit: Getty Images – Getty
    Several insults later and KSI appeared to snub the deal and claimed he would fight his arch rival next year at Wembley.
    The Brit then announced rapper Swarmz – who in 2020 he collaborated on a song with – would be his shock replacement opponent.
    That was baring in mind Swarmz – real name Brandon Scott – has never laced up a pair of gloves.
    Although he did once say on Instagram: “I’m going to smoke this guy – watch, I’m a mad man.”
    Despite Swarmz’s promise, the backlash from fans was so intense KSI reacted by organising another opponent to fight on the same night.
    He announced Bulgarian boxer Ivan Nikolov would fight him later on after Swarmz, an unprecedented move to say the least.
    But Nikolov then had to be withdrawn after it emerged he had neo-Nazi tattoos, forcing KSI to even sack his matchmaker.
    Rapper Swarmz will fight KSI
    Luis Alcarez Pineda will be KSI’s second opponent of the night
    He said: “He’s a white supremacist Ivan isn’t my opponent anymore. He has been removed.
    “The matchmaker also got fired for allowing this to happen in the first place. But yes, my new opponent is Luis Alcarez Pineda.”
    So out with Nikolov and in with 2-5 Pineda, a Mexican who was in March beaten on points and made his debut at welterweight.
    But Pineda will have to jump up in weight to fight KSI at 185lb, which is 10lb off the light-heavyweight limit.
    KSI revealed he has spent the last three years training in secret under the guidance of the London Shootfighters team.
    A glimpse at his open workout is evidence that his hand speed, punch technique and footwork has improved.
    And KSI has also vowed to ditch his wild, erratic style for a more reformed and traditional form of boxing.
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    So all that has come before, leading up to his return fight, will be put into practise as KSI offers fans two fights for the price of one.
    And it is the first step in his mission to overthrow Jake Paul at the top of the YouTube boxing hierarchy.
    KSI training for his boxing comebackCredit: Getty
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    Meet KSI opponent Luis Alcaraz Pineda, the Mexican who’s lost his last four, three by KO and wants to face Jake Paul

    MEXICAN Luis Alcaraz Pineda is set to be the second of KSI’s two boxing opponents on Saturday night. YouTube star KSI – real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji – returns to the ring after three years out.
    Luis Alcaraz Pineda is the Mexican boxer fighting KSICredit: Misfits Boxing
    Luis Alcaraz Pineda training for the fightCredit: Misfits Boxing
    Luis Alcaraz Pineda will be KSI’s second opponent of the nightCredit: Misfits Boxing
    And he plans to make up for lost time by extraordinarily fighting TWICE in one night.
    He is set to open the DAZN pay-per-view event at the O2 against rapper Swarmz, real name Brandon Scott, 25.
    And then he will close the card against little-known Pineda, 23, who was only drafted in on late notice.
    Pineda is 2-5 and made his professional debut in 2017, losing but then winning twice after.
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    Although his form of late has been poor, losing his last four with three coming by knockout.
    KSI was initially due to fight Alex Wassabi, 32, the American who beat his brother Deji in March.

    But Wassabi was withdrawn amid a concussion scare and later controversially replaced by musician Swarmz.
    The backlash was so fierce, due to Swarmz’s inexperience, that KSI made the bold decision to recruit a second opponent.
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    That was meant to be Ivan Nikolov – although the Bulgarian was seen to be a white supremacist with neo-Nazi tattoos.
    So KSI went back to the drawing board, replaced Nikolov with Pineda and the show goes on.
    KSI’s comeback has been centred around building up to a grudge match with Jake Paul, 25, who is 5-0 as a prizefighter.
    But Paul is yet to face a recognised boxer, something KSI is set to beat his arch rival to.
    His manager Mams Taylor said: “I was like, ‘Bro, what if you fight a pro boxer before Jake Paul does’.”
    But if Pineda, who is said to have had 50 amateur boxing bouts, gets it his way, he will be the one fighting Paul.
    He told Viddal Riley: “If they give me the opportunity, I’m willing to fight Jake Paul.”
    KSI and Luis Alcaraz Pineda at the pre-fight press conferenceCredit: Misfits Boxing
    KSI comes face to face with Luis Alcaraz PinedaCredit: Misfits Boxing More

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    Meet YouTuber Fousey, who fights Deji, suffered a broken nose in boxing debut and dramatically transformed his body

    YOUTUBER Fousey returns to the boxing ring as a changed man – having transformed his body and recovered from a broken nose. The American – real name Yousef Saleh Erakat – faces online rival Deji on Saturday.
    Fousey is the YouTube star who fights KSI’s younger brother DejiCredit: Misfits Boxing
    Fousey has dramatically transformed his body
    Fousey was left with a broken nose in his first boxing bout
    They co-headline the DAZN pay-per-view event topped by Deji’s famous older brother KSI, who fights twice in one night.
    Deji and KSI are two of the most recognisable characters on YouTube in Britain, with over 50MILLION subscribers combined.
    But Fousey is a star in his own right, with almost 11m subscribers to his name having been a prankster pioneer on the social media app.
    He first boxed in 2019 against fellow content creator Slim Albaher, losing decisively in round four of a scheduled six.

    Fousey was left visibly exhausted and suffered a broken nose due to the sustained damage he took in the exhibition bout.
    The injury was so severe, he had to undergo surgery but it has not stopped him from pursuing boxing.

    He signed to fight Deji after the two went back-and-forth at a boxing event last year.
    Deji was coming off a loss to Jake Paul in 2018 and before facing Vinnie Hacker, he called Fousey an “easy fight”.
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    He later lost to Hacker and recently Alex Wassabi, leaving him winless in his three boxing bouts.
    And even brother KSI has backed Fousey to leave another damning defeat on Deji’s record.
    He said: “I think he’s going to lose.
    “Fousey is going to keep going forward, and Deji is going to keep going back, and before you know it, the fight’s over.
    “Then, Deji’s just there like ‘Oh, s***’. “I think it’s going to go to decision, and I think Fousey is going to win.”
    I don’t think Deji’s ever been touched in the way I’ve touched him. As soon as he walks into it, and he feels what I bring to the tableFousey
    Fousey believes he has the power to stop Deji in his tracks.
    He predicted: “I think Deji’s very skilled, and very good in this sport despite the losses he’s taken.
    “I think he’s going to come out and let his hands go, and that’s fine. That’s fine, everyone has a plan to let their hands go.
    “But, I don’t think Deji’s ever been touched in the way I’ve touched him.
    “As soon as he walks into it, and he feels what I bring to the table, I think that plan is going to go out the window.”
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    Fousey had to undergo a dramatic body transformation to get himself fighting fit.
    He uploaded a video on social media of his eight month transition, which left him with hulking abs and pecks.
    KSI with his younger brother Deji
    Deji has lost all three of his boxing bouts
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    Chris Eubank Jr has ‘beaten up HEAVYWEIGHTS’ in sparring as his mentor says ref must be ‘protective’ of Conor Benn

    CHRIS EUBANK JR’s mentor has warned that Conor Benn must be protected in their super-fight as his man has beaten up HEAVYWEIGHTS in sparring. Benn and Eubank are set for a DAZN pay-per-view blockbuster on October 8 at the O2 Arena, almost 30 years after their dads’ famous rematch.
    Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn ahead of their catchweight clashCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
    Due to their size disparity, the born rivals have agreed to meet between weights at a catchweight of 157lb.
    It will see Eubank Jr, 32, come down from the 160lb middleweight division while Benn, 25, jumps up 10lb from the welterweight limit.
    His coach Tony Sims claimed even in usual fight camps, they bring in sparring partners no smaller than middleweight.
    But Ronnie Davies – who led Eubank Sr in those two classics with Nigel Benn – argued sparring means little having seen Jr do damage of his own in the gym.
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    Davies told SunSport: “They go one about how good he looks in sparring against the bigger boys, it doesn’t mean nothing. 
    “I’ve see Eubank Jr beating up heavyweights in the gym and that’s with big gloves and head guards on.”
    Davies admitted he never wanted Eubank to fight Benn again, such was the brutality of their first fight, which he won in round nine.
    Although the rivals were evenly matched at middleweight and then super-middle for their 1993 rematch which ended a draw.
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    Whereas Nigel’s son is having to step up in weight and in experience, a task Eubank Jr’s boxing mentor reckons is too great.
    Davies said: “I think Eubank Jr is too big and too battle hardened for him. 
    “Eubank and Benn were the same weight, I can’t see young Conor Benn putting the same power on Eubank to what his father did to his father. 
    “I think the ref will have to be protective of him. But, who knows? In boxing, he might pull it off.” 
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    Meet KSI’s boxing comeback opponent Swarmz, who made a song with YouTuber and once had promising football career

    RAPPER Swarmz is set to be the first of TWO men KSI will fight on his return to boxing. YouTube star KSI – real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji – will fight for the first time in three years on Saturday at the O2 Arena.
    Swarmz and KSI have a song togetherCredit: Kelvin Jones
    Swarmz makes his boxing debut against KSICredit: Misfits Boxing
    And he plans to make up for lost time by facing two opponents on the same night.
    The first of the double act will be musician Swarmz, who KSI knows very well.
    Alongside Tion Wayne, the pair recorded Houdini in 2020, but supposedly they did not see eye to eye.
    That became evident when Swarmz – real name Brandon Scott – called out KSI on TikTok Live.
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    He said: “I will smoke him. I want KSI, I’ll win bro, I’ll smoke him.”
    The bad blood was apparently strong enough for Swarmz to be contacted as a replacement opponent for KSI’s return.
    Alex Wassabi, 32, was the initial man in the opposite corner, until the American withdrew amid a concussion scare.
    Swarmz, 25, was then surprisingly announced as Wassabi’s substitute, but it did not go down well.
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    The backlash was so fierce KSI decided to recruit another opponent to fight after Swarmz.
    That was initially journeyman Ivan Nikolov – but the Bulgarian later emerged to be am alleged white supremacist with neo-Nazi tattoos.
    So 2-5 Mexican Luis Alcarez Pineda, 23, was instead drafted in as yet another replacement.
    Despite his losing record, he is at least an experienced boxer, something Swarmz certainly is not.
    But he is at least a sportsman, having had at one point a promising football career.
    Swarmz was on the books at Fulham, Charlton Athletic and Southend United at youth level.
    And he later played for Southend but dropped to non-league afterwards, before quitting football in 2018 to focus solely on music.
    When I get in this ring, I’m going to smoke this guy – watch, I’m a mad man.Swarmz on fighting KSI
    He told Amarudontv: “I could have gone far in football, but it was a thing with my attitude. I was was just silly, I had a lot of potential.”
    Swarmz was still making music while playing football but got his big break after releasing Lyca, which went viral.
    He was then signed by Virgin Records and has collaborated with the likes of Bugzy Malone, Krept and Konan and Dappy of N-Dubz.
    Swarmz is a heavy underdog against friend-turned-foe KSI but vowed to upset the odds.
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    He said: “When I get in this ring, I’m going to smoke this guy – watch, I’m a mad man.
    “I’ve got a question for all of you KSI fans; do you really think that this doughnut, who never takes his bandana off his fat head, is going to beat me?
    “Swarmz is the guy to know you out August 27, mate.”
    Swarmz was a talented footballerCredit: www.cray-wanderers.com
    Swarmz will be the first of two men KSI fights
    KSI ahead of his boxing returnCredit: Reuters More