Jake Paul claims KSI fight may never happen despite years of animosity Instagram: KSI \/ Instagram: Jake PaulDespite being at each other\u2019s throats for years and largely keeping the influencer boxing scene alive, Jake Paul and KSI may never throw down in a boxing ring. Paul argued as much in a recent interview with Ariel Helwani, claiming KSI\u2019s loss to Tommy Fury may see him hang up the gloves for good. While the influencer boxing craze largely took off thanks to KSI vs Logan Paul, arguably the most anticipated matchup since has been KSI against the younger Paul brother. Jake Paul and the Sidemen star have been going back and forth constantly over the years, with countless threats, dozens of Twitter exchanges, and supposedly even multiple fight offers falling through. Ultimately, push has never quite come to shove. Despite the animosity and despite it being one of the hottest matchups in the bubble, Jake Paul is now suggesting the fight may never come to fruition. Following his loss to Tommy Fury, he argues KSI may be stepping away from the sport once and for all. When pressed on the potential fight during a November 15 appearance on Ariel Helwani\u2019s The MMA Hour, Paul pointed the finger at his British rival as to why the fight hasn\u2019t yet happened. \u201cAll of this has always depended on KSI and him actually wanting to do this,\u201d Paul claimed. \u201cHe just hasn\u2019t wanted to.\u201d For years the pair have gone back and forth, arguing over weight classes, locations, timing, and every other factor in-between. While they seemed to be on an inevitable collision course, doubt has now been cast on the fight ever happening. \u201cI think the [Tommy Fury] loss, and how badly it hurt his ego\u2026 kind of just shows, if he\u2019s that salty about that loss, if he would lose to me, it would be the end of his entire world,\u201d Paul added. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s ready for that mental burden and risk everything to fight me.\u201d Doubling down, Paul suggested KSI might be done with the sport altogether following his first loss. \u201cI just don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to come back to the boxing ring. He\u2019s playing video games, doing reaction videos, while I\u2019m sparring world champions.\u201d Jake Paul discusses the KSI fight from the 11:00 mark below. Given their animosity, however, the door may always be open for a potential blockbuster PPV, with Paul still more than eager to settle their \u201cpersonal vendetta\u201d in the ring. Though with his next opponent locked in, 10-1 boxer Andre August, his goals are now a little different. Rather than chasing the biggest payday, Paul is instead focused on climbing the ranks on the way to the title. His path forward begins on December 16 in Orland, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul claims KSI fight may never happen despite years of animosity Instagram: KSI \/ Instagram: Jake PaulDespite being at each other\u2019s throats for years and largely keeping the influencer boxing scene alive, Jake Paul and KSI may never throw down in a boxing ring. Paul argued as much in a recent interview with Ariel […]<\/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-51180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51180","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=51180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}