KSI reveals new opponent after Ivan Nikolov tattoo controversy After Ivan Nikolov faced backlash for a \u201cwhite power\u201d tattoo on his abdomen, KSI announced his replacement opponent for the \u20182 fights in 1 night\u2019 PPV event. KSI was set to fight up-and-coming influencer boxer Alex Wassabi during a pay-per-view event on August 27. However, after Wassabi reportedly suffered a concussion, he was forced to find a new opponent. Dodging a challenge from Jake Paul, KSI announced he would take on UK-based rapper Swarmz. Fans expected an underwhelming bout, but that was before he announced he would be competing in two fights on the same night. Following his face-off with Swarmz, KSI was slated to fight pro boxer Ivan Nikolov. However, when fans discovered a large \u201cwhite power\u201d tattoo stretching across Nikolov\u2019s stomach, a wave of backlash resulted in KSI dropping the pro boxer from his card. KSI announced Nikolov\u2019s replacement fighter Although Nikolov was no longer a part of the event, KSI wasn\u2019t going to back down from the \u2018two fights in one night\u2019 challenge. On August 20, he announced on Twitter that his new second opponent will be Luis Alcaraz Pineda. Pineda is a boxer from Mexico who fights in the Super Lightweight division. He\u2019s participated in seven bouts since 2017 with a record of 2-5. Coming off of four straight losses \u2013 the last being in March of this year \u2013 and weighing considerably less makes him quite the underdog. KSI\u2019s card has undergone some substantial changes since the event was announced earlier this year. But with a week to go before the fights, he is locked in to fight two opponents on the same night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KSI reveals new opponent after Ivan Nikolov tattoo controversy After Ivan Nikolov faced backlash for a \u201cwhite power\u201d tattoo on his abdomen, KSI announced his replacement opponent for the \u20182 fights in 1 night\u2019 PPV event. KSI was set to fight up-and-coming influencer boxer Alex Wassabi during a pay-per-view event on August 27. However, after […]<\/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-53290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53290","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=53290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}