KSI\u2019s ex-coach explains why Jake Paul fight won\u2019t happen in 2023 despite agreement KSI\u2019s trainer Leon Willis and former coach Viddal Riley have explained why the Jake Paul fight won\u2019t happen in 2023, despite both parties agreeing. KSI vs Jake Paul is arguably one of the most anticipated fights right now. Since 2018, the two YouTube sensations have nonstop went back and forth. Throwing virtual jabs at one another through social media, fans expect them to eventually touch gloves sometime in 2023 after both agreed to a massive \u201cwinner takes all\u201d fight. However, according to KSI\u2019s fitness trainer and his former boxing coach, the bout is unlikely to go ahead in this year. Ex-KSI coach explains why Jake fight won\u2019t happen in 2023 In a January 7 video, Leon Willis and Viddal Riley laid out exactly why the anticipated fight may not come in 2023, despite both sides already agreeing. According to KSI\u2019s trainer, Jake Paul\u2019s recent MMA deal as well as weight disputes will make the fight hard to negotiate. \u201cHim and JJ\u2019s not fighting this year man, it\u2019s not happening,\u201d said Willis. \u201cIt\u2019s not happening, bro he\u2019s just signed a deal here, you know how many millions? \u201cYeah it\u2019s not happening, and you got to think about the weights as well. JJ\u2019s what, 175, he\u2019s 185, and Mams put out a tweet saying JJ\u2019s 171,\u201d he explained. Leon continued: \u201cHow are they going to come to negotiations? Because they want Jake to come here, he\u2019s going to say if I\u2019m coming here why do I have to drop to 175? He\u2019s going to want some leeway, some leverage. So it\u2019s going to be a tough one to negotiate.\u201d \u201cHe won\u2019t be able to A-side the thing like he used to,\u201d Viddal added. \u201cSomeone\u2019s going to have to lower their end of the deal and look at the bigger picture.\u201d Fans are eager to see the two finally step in the wrong, but it looks like we may have to wait a little longer than expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KSI\u2019s ex-coach explains why Jake Paul fight won\u2019t happen in 2023 despite agreement KSI\u2019s trainer Leon Willis and former coach Viddal Riley have explained why the Jake Paul fight won\u2019t happen in 2023, despite both parties agreeing. KSI vs Jake Paul is arguably one of the most anticipated fights right now. Since 2018, the two […]<\/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-53422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53422","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=53422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}