Logan Paul explains why he barely made weight for KSI rematch Internet stars KSI and Logan Paul met for the final time before their November 9 rematch at the pre-fight weigh-in \u2013 but one of the two YouTube sensations barely managed to make weight. As boxing fans know, cutting weight is one of the most brutal elements of the sport, with fighters often undergoing strict diets and even dehydrating themselves to fit within a lower weight class to score a potential size advantage over their opponent. Of the many weight classes within professional boxing, YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul are classified as Cruiserweights \u2013 a class that is currently capped at 200 pounds. 600While KSI weighed in at 193.2 pounds, Logan Paul stood at 199.4 pounds, which he acknowledged during a subsequent interview following his post-weigh-in banter with his rival. Read More: Joe Weller confronts Jake Paul face-to-face – Noting that both fighters have put on significant muscle, DAZN\u2019s hostess asked Paul about the difficulties of remaining agile after packing on the pounds \u2013 but Paul didn\u2019t seem bothered by the issue. \u201cI perform the best at my natural weight,\u201d Paul answered. \u201cI walk around like 205 and I weighed in at 199. Just sheer athletic power. Last year, I was cutting a little too much weight.\u201d (Timestamp: 49:10 for mobile viewers) While not insane, a .5 pound difference is certainly cutting it close. If Paul hadn\u2019t managed to shave off that half pound, KSI may have gotten the opportunity to snag a percentage of the Maverick mogul\u2019s payout in a \u201cCatchweight\u201d agreement \u2013 that is, if Paul couldn\u2019t hypothetically shave off the weight after being given extra time. At a professional level, it\u2019s normal for fighters to weigh in within a pound or on the limit itself \u2013 but the fact KSI is 7 pounds under suggests that it isn\u2019t his natural weight class. 600https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6QlH7ZXXpR8As it happens, both boxers have successfully made weight, and are set to face off in just one day to settle their long-running beef once and for all. With the rematch undercard featuring such pros as Billy Joe Saunders (defending his title for the very first time in America) and young boxing sensation Devin Heney (just 20 years old), it\u2019s not just the YouTube grudge viewers are excited for \u2013 and with mere hours ahead of the main event, tensions are higher than ever for one of the net\u2019s biggest bouts to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Logan Paul explains why he barely made weight for KSI rematch Internet stars KSI and Logan Paul met for the final time before their November 9 rematch at the pre-fight weigh-in \u2013 but one of the two YouTube sensations barely managed to make weight. As boxing fans know, cutting weight is one of the most […]<\/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-53912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53912","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=53912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}