Alex Wassabi reveals biggest concern about fighting iDubbbz DexertoYouTube star Alex Wassabi is gearing up for his second-ever boxing match against iDubbbz as Creator Clash 2 approaches \u2014 but he\u2019s got one big concern about his opponent. Creator Clash 2 is on the horizon, marking the second iteration of the charity-based influencer-boxing event that won fans\u2019 hearts and raised over $1.3 million in 2022. Last year, Creator Clash organizer and YouTube star iDubbbz faced off with board-certified family medicine physician and YouTuber Dr. Mike. Both influencers fought hard to the finish, but Dr. Mike ended up coming out on top by unanimous decision from the judges. This year, things are looking a bit different. For Creator Clash 2, iDubbbz has chosen none other than Alex Wassabi as his opponent for the main event. Wassabi has shown off his skills in the boxing ring once before, having defeated Deji back in March 2022 by split-decision. This marks both Wassabi and iDubbbz\u2019s second-ever boxing match \u2014 and although Wassabi is confident in his training, he admitted he\u2019s got one big concern about his opponent as he preps for fight night. Alex Wassabi reveals biggest concern about Creator Clash fight Dexerto got the chance to speak with Wassabi at a media workout two weeks ahead of the bout, where he made mention of iDubbbz\u2019s admirable resilience in his last fight against Dr. Mike, citing how many hits his opponent was able to take without hitting the canvas. \u201cI am confident, nervous, and excited, and ready,\u201d he told us in an exclusive interview. \u201cI have not taken him lightly. I\u2019ve been putting everything I could into training.\u201d \u201cThe man has a chin. Everybody knows that. He went up against Dr. Mike, who was obviously a lot bigger than him. He was more familiar with the weight they were fighting at, and he was beating iDubbbz down, and he never went down. He didn\u2019t get knocked down. He didn\u2019t give up. He made it through all the rounds.\u201d Despite this size differential, Wassabi is focused on his goal: Taking home the W, no matter how. \u201cI know he has a chin, but the main goal is to win,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how I win. I\u2019m hoping I get him out of there early, but, uh, we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d Alex Wassabi says he \u201cgot lucky\u201d against Deji Wassabi also let us in on a surprising fact about his previous match with Deji last year. According to the YouTuber, he \u201cgot lucky\u201d in his fight against KSI\u2019s little bro, and even says he only sparred about eight times in preparation for the bout. \u201cI\u2019ve never said this before, but I got lucky in that fight,\u201d he revealed. \u201cI was not as prepared as I should have been, but luckily, my opponent was even less prepared than that. I only sparred about eight times in that training camp.\u201d \u201cI have a different coach now, but my coach at the time was like, \u2018You need to focus on boxing.\u2019 And I wanted to do strength stuff. I wanted to lift, I wanted to do everything I could. And he\u2019s like, \u2018No, if you wanna get better at boxing, you gotta box. You gotta box. \u2026It doesn\u2019t matter if you have more muscle if you don\u2019t know how to throw punches, if you are not accurate.\u2019 Which now, looking back, I\u2019m like, \u2018He was correct.\u2019 If I didn\u2019t know how to punch, why does it matter how fast or how strong I was?\u201d This time around, Wassabi\u2019s feeling far more confident in his skills \u2014 and he\u2019s \u201cexcited\u201d to see what he can do against iDubbbz. \u201cThis time, I\u2019ve done a lot of sparring. I\u2019ve probably had, since my camp, I\u2019ve probably had five times as much sparring as I did then. I\u2019ve done strength [training], I do strength like two to three times a week for the last month. I get to work with a lot more pros. I have a home gym at Brick House now. I\u2019m not just bouncing around from gym to gym. So I just feel a lot more prepared and I\u2019m excited to see what I can do. Because you don\u2019t really know until you get in the ring.\u201d Alex Wassabi talks Creator Clash\u2019s charity-driven goals Creator Clash is all about giving back to charity, having raised over a million dollars last year to organizations like the American Heart Association and the Alzheimer\u2019s Association of America. For Wassabi, the ASPCA is where he\u2019s hoping to donate his dough when all is said and done\u2026 and he even wants to break 2022\u2019s record. \u201cI like the Humane Society, just to help the animals,\u201d he said. \u201cCharity is like a big thing because\u2026 we\u2019re doing this for charity, so we\u2019re not getting paid that much. It\u2019s a very little amount, because we all wanna raise as much as we can.\u201d \u201cLast year they raised, I think, I believe 1.3 million, and the arena was 13,000 people. Now, it\u2019s like 20,000 people. I looked it up to see how much that is. And it\u2019s the same size as the Crypto Arena. So, it\u2019s the same size and it\u2019s almost sold out I think. It\u2019s gonna be crazy. It\u2019s gonna be way bigger. I\u2019m hoping we raise a lot more money and help a lot more people.\u201d iDubbbz says he \u201cbelongs\u201d in Creator Clash For iDubbbz, Creator Clash is the perfect fit for his influencer-boxing career. Rather than orchestrating highly-publicized beefs with other content creators, he\u2019s found that he loves the close-knit community of fighters involved in this charity-boxing event, saying he feels like this is where he \u201cbelongs.\u201d \u201cI just love the atmosphere,\u201d he said of the event. \u201cI think [Creator Clash is] one of the only positive environments in influencer-boxing. Everything else is all about beef and drama. This one is about positivity, raising money for charity.\u201d \u201cAll the fighters are staying in contact. We\u2019re all encouraging each other. \u2018Keep going, let\u2019s train. Don\u2019t give up.\u2019 Even with the countdown, we\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s three weeks left. There\u2019s four weeks left. You guys keep it up. Keep it up. And I just feel like this is where I belong in boxing.\u201d Fans can tune into Creator Clash 2 via Moment House on Saturday, April 15. 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