Logan Paul and KSI headline the boxing occasion in October

Logan Paul and KSI will headline the October boxing occasion in Manchester, England. Titled “PRIME CARD” after the pair’s vitality drink, the YouTubers will probably be joint headliners. Nevertheless, they won’t combat one another. That is doubtless the “subsequent combat” that Paul was referring to throughout his current outing with fellow YouTuber Bradley Martin. Paul at present trains from Puerto Rico, the place he lives alongside his brother.

Paul has not fought since a 2021 exhibition match in opposition to Floyd Mayweather. His solely skilled combat was a loss to KSI in 2019. Since then Paul has been a rookie in WWE. In the meantime, KSI comes from the no-contest resolution in opposition to Joe Fournier earlier this 12 months. Whereas the YouTuber appeared to have gained by a knockout, a later assessment confirmed that KSI had thrown an unintentional elbow. Nevertheless, KSI is 3-0 in exhibition fights.

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Paul and KSI for the title combat card

“I am stunned, man,” stated Paul. ESPN. “It has been a very long time since I’ve had a boxing combat, and I really feel like I have been form of overlooked of the dialog. However I do not practice for wrestling. I practice for boxing. I practice for matches a couple of instances, however it’s not like I practice for WWE. I have been I’ve solely been behind the scenes in boxing for the previous two years, so I am actually excited to lastly get again within the ring and present folks how good I actually am on the sport.” Furthermore, Paul stated that he had already organized his opponent for the match. Nevertheless, he stated it might be “untimely” to announce it at the moment.

Neither fighter’s opponent is introduced together with the announcement of the occasion. Furthermore, no unofficial fights have been introduced both. Nevertheless, the announcement stated that the opponents could be introduced quickly. Beforehand, Paul stated he want to combat UFC’s Buddy Pemblitt as a part of the Musk-Zuckerberg combat rumours. On the time of writing, it was not recognized if the contestants on the occasion could be exhibition fights or would go skilled.

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