KSI is throwing his hat into the Conor McGregor-Logan Paul circus.
In latest weeks, McGregor has pushed the declare that he’s in talks to field Paul in a bout that will probably be sponsored by India’s billionaire Ambani household and happen in Mumbai. Neither the Ambanis nor Paul have responded publicly to this rumor, however that hasn’t stopped hypothesis as to the viability of the battle and the large payday McGregor may obtain ought to it come to fruition.
With Paul seemingly targeted on his profession as a WWE Famous person, his pal, enterprise companion, and previous boxing rival KSI has stepped as much as the plate to problem McGregor.
“Not rumored,” KSI wrote in response to a fan account tweeting a mock poster that includes him and McGregor. “I’m very down.”
McGregor later retweeted KSI’s feedback on his personal Twitter account.
The 2 are not any strangers to at least one one other, having beforehand completed promotional work for the UFC 2 online game again in 2016, effectively earlier than KSI kicked off the influencer boxing craze when he boxed Paul two years later. McGregor has additionally publicly mocked KSI’s preventing profession, clips of which may be seen in a compilation from Joyful Punch under.
“KSI is within the crowd and he couldn’t field eggs if he labored in an egg-boxing manufacturing facility,” McGregor shouted throughout an in-ring promo on the Anthony Joshua vs. Robert Helenius boxing occasion in London in August 2023.
KSI is 4-1 (1 NC) as an expert boxer. He has not competed since October 2023, when he suffered his first skilled loss to Tommy Fury through unanimous determination.
McGregor has additionally been out of motion for a substantial period of time, having misplaced fought at UFC 264 in July 2021. In a trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, McGregor suffered a nasty leg break that compelled him to the sidelines. He was to return to motion this previous June at UFC 303 towards Michael Chandler, however withdrew from that bout on account of a toe harm.
