Anthony Joshua explains why he\u2019s a \u201cmassive fan\u201d of KSI YouTube: DAZN Boxing, JJ OlatunjiHeavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua has explained why he\u2019s such a big fan of UK YouTuber KSI, commending the creator for his efforts in so many different avenues. Anthony Joshua became one of the biggest stars in boxing in recent years, a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, losing his accolades to Andy Ruiz Jr II before earning them back from him, then losing them once again to Ukrainian star Oleksander Usyk. He\u2019s been heralded as one of the top fighters to emerge from the UK in some time, despite struggling for any real dominance as champion, and a boxing match between himself and Tyson Fury is something fans have wanted to see for a long time now. On the other end of the spectrum, KSI was a YouTuber who seemed to fall into the sport of boxing, taking on the likes of Joe Weller and Logan Paul in influencer matches before slowing down and taking the music world by storm instead. Despite this step away from the ring, and perhaps even in support of it, Joshua has expressed his support for KSI, explaining why people need to let the star \u201cflourish.\u201d He said: \u201cI\u2019m a massive fan of his. Well done to everything he\u2019s doing and he\u2019s working hard. I know we look at the final product like when he goes to his fight, or his music, or entertainment, but there\u2019s a lot of planning and execution and time and energy that goes into what he\u2019s doing, so credit to him, because I like the hustle. \u201cI\u2019m not saying he\u2019s the next Floyd Mayweather, that\u2019s hard to become for any of us, but let\u2019s give the man a chance to be great. Whether it\u2019s music, boxing, acting, football, he\u2019s doing it all and trying to find his greatness. So I\u2019m supporting him on his quest.\u201d Joshua went on to add that he\u2019s a big fan of how KSI markets himself, saying it\u2019s something other fighters who don\u2019t get the same big boxing paydays could learn from, rather than be angry about. KSI revealed in September that his next fight will be in the United States, though his opponent has not yet been announced. He is clearly working towards a fight against Jake Paul, claiming that a plan is in place for a 2023 date, but his only confirmation in the meantime is that he won\u2019t be facing off against Andrew Tate or Tommy Fury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Anthony Joshua explains why he\u2019s a \u201cmassive fan\u201d of KSI YouTube: DAZN Boxing, JJ OlatunjiHeavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua has explained why he\u2019s such a big fan of UK YouTuber KSI, commending the creator for his efforts in so many different avenues. Anthony Joshua became one of the biggest stars in boxing in recent years, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}