Eddie Hearn warns KSI against fighting \u201creal boxer\u201d Jake Paul INSTAGRAM: KSI\/EDDIE HEARN\/Jake PaulSports promoter Eddie Hearn has warned KSI against fighting his long-time rival Jake Paul, claiming the YouTuber is on a different level. Hearn recently appeared on the DAZN Boxing Show, addressing a potential fight between KSI and Jake Paul, warning KSI that a fight between the two could be \u201cdangerous.\u201d \u201cJake is a different category\u201d Hearn said. \u201cI don\u2019t even class Jake as YouTube boxer anymore, I class him as a real boxer.\u201d He concluded that \u201cKSI\u2019s probably not [on Paul\u2019s level] because of the training. He\u2019s taken a couple of years out, he\u2019s come back, whereas Jake Paul trains like a proper fighter. That would be a very dangerous fight for KSI.\u201d KSI and Jake Paul have both boxed as amateurs and professionals. KSI had his first amateur bout in 2018, when he drew with Logan Paul before defeating him in a professional match a year later. He has not stepped in the ring since then. Paul, however, remains undefeated with a professional record of 5-0, knocking out every opponent he has faced. Three weeks ago, KSI took to Twitter offering to step in for Tommy Fury, after he dropped out of his scheduled boxing match against Paul. The match was canceled due to Fury being denied entry to the US. Paul responded to the tweet by claiming that KSI is \u201cnot on my level in boxing or the boxing biz\u201d. Eventually, Fury was replaced by Hasim Rahman Jr, who will take on Paul on August 6. Who is Hasim Rahman Jr? Jake Paul\u2019s new opponent Hasim Rahman Jr is the son of former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman. He is also a former sparring partner of Paul. The 31-year-old amateur boxer is currently ranked 53rd in the pound-for-pound rankings in the USA, having won 12 and lost only one of his fights so far. He recently accused Paul of \u201crunning away\u201d from him, and he warned him: \u201cI\u2019m going to f**k you up.\u201d Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jr bout starts on August 6 at around 11.00pm ET, while KSI will return to the ring after almost three years out to face Alex Wassabi on August 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eddie Hearn warns KSI against fighting \u201creal boxer\u201d Jake Paul INSTAGRAM: KSI\/EDDIE HEARN\/Jake PaulSports promoter Eddie Hearn has warned KSI against fighting his long-time rival Jake Paul, claiming the YouTuber is on a different level. Hearn recently appeared on the DAZN Boxing Show, addressing a potential fight between KSI and Jake Paul, warning KSI that […]<\/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-47960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47960","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=47960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}