KSI responds to backlash over Alex Wassabi fight replacement YouTube: JJ OlatunjiYouTube star KSI has responded to criticism from fans after announcing Alex Wassabi\u2019s replacement for his August 27 bout after Alex picked up an injury in training. After almost three years on from beating Logan Paul in his pro debut, KSI was set to make his return to the boxing ring on August 27. However, his opponent Alex Wassabi pulled out of the fight due to a concussion injury. Luckily, KSI\u2019s rival Jake Paul offered to step up to the plate, and fans desperately want to see the fight to happen. Despite Jake claiming he\u2019s been \u201craging 24\/7 for the past 6 days\u201d the 25-year-old agreed to meet any terms, including fighting for free on August 27. Instead, however, KSI announced that Swarmz would be the replacement fighter for the night \u2014 a rapper and collaborator who\u2019s previously featured on one of his songs \u2014 and fans aren\u2019t too happy. KSI responds to backlash over fight replacement Previously, Swarmz called out the British YouTube star, claiming he would knock him out if the two ever got in the ring. Now, he\u2019ll have the chance to put his money where his mouth is on August 27. With fans criticizing him and Jake claiming it\u2019s the \u201cbiggest duck of all time\u201d, the Sidemen star took to social media to explain the situation. \u201cJust wanna say that at the end of the day, the one of the main goals of this first fight was to get rid of ring rust,\u201d KSI wrote on Twitter. \u201cI wanted to prove to myself that I\u2019m a better boxer than I\u2019ve portrayed in the past. If you wanna see, fine. If not, fine. I\u2019m still doing it anyway.\u201d Just wanna say that at the end of the day, the one of the main goals of this first fight was to get rid of ring rust. I wanted to prove to myself that I\u2019m a better boxer than I\u2019ve portrayed in the past. \u2014 ksi (@KSI) August 7, 2022 If you wanna see, fine. If not, fine. I\u2019m still doing it anyway. He continued: \u201cThere are still many good fights on this card that I\u2019m excited to see. We are the only YouTube boxing event happening this summer. We\u2019ve had many things try to disrupt this event but still we stand. This is a long term play, and I\u2019ll happily take a small L now for a Big W later.\u201d There are still many good fights on this card that I\u2019m excited to see. We are the only YouTube boxing event happening this summer. We\u2019ve had many things try to disrupt this event but still we stand. This is a long term play, and I\u2019ll happily take a small L now for a Big W later. \u2014 ksi (@KSI) August 7, 2022 Despite the backlash, it looks like we won\u2019t be seeing KSI and Jake Paul stepping in the ring anytime soon, as it seems he\u2019s set on fighting Swarmz. Hopefully we won\u2019t be waiting too long till we finally see the two of them settling the score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KSI responds to backlash over Alex Wassabi fight replacement YouTube: JJ OlatunjiYouTube star KSI has responded to criticism from fans after announcing Alex Wassabi\u2019s replacement for his August 27 bout after Alex picked up an injury in training. After almost three years on from beating Logan Paul in his pro debut, KSI was set to […]<\/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-53260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53260","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=53260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}