Logan Paul announces 2020 boxing comeback, blames referee for KSI defeat DAZN[jwplayer ftb8P7Xy]Logan Paul is heading back to the squared circle for another pro bout this year, and the YouTube maverick has already kick-started things by taking a huge swipe at the referee from his high-profile KSI showdown in late 2019. Paul, 25, made his professional debut in November last year, losing to fellow YouTuber KSI in a controversial split decision. The December grudge match was the second time the pair had met, after they fought to a standstill in 2018. The late-2019 loss has put Paul at a 0\u20131 record in his pro boxing career, though he \u2014 luckily \u2014 doesn\u2019t have a knockout to his name just yet. He has now announced he\u2019s coming back for a second go-around at the \u201csweet science.\u201d Paul announced in a press release that he would be returning with a \u201cmajor event,\u201d promising it would \u201ccapture the interest of both hardcore and casual fans.\u201d The YouTuber did not reveal any further details on his planned comeback bout, though BadLeftHook has suggested the return will be held in winter 2020. \u201cI\u2019m excited to hop back in the ring, but win this time around,\u201d he said, before delivering Jack Reese, the referee from \u2018KSI vs. Logan Paul II,\u2019 a scathing swipe for his role in Paul\u2019s 2019 loss: \u201cFuck you, Jack Reese.\u201d It will be interesting to see what Paul\u2019s boxing arch-rival KSI makes of all this too. After their 2019 duel, the British YouTube star declared Paul had \u201cruined his legacy\u201d by losing to him in two consecutive bouts in front of millions. Back then, the two-time victor also confirmed there would be no trilogy battle, even if Logan Paul came calling. KSI said, \u201cI took everything I needed from him\u2026 I\u2019m the champion. He had two chances to beat me, and he failed twice.\u201d There was also that little Logan Paul vs Antonio Brown grudge that spilled onto social media back in January. The disgraced NFL superstar demanded Paul \u201cget the papers\u201d but their fight was derailed after Brown was accused of assault in May. Paul\u2019s comeback announcement comes just a month after younger brother Jake revealed he would be facing former Knicks point guard Nate Robinson later this year as part of the blockbuster Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. undercard in November. Logan did tease his return would be a \u201cbig event,\u201d but it\u2019s looking unlikely he will be part of that same California card. Paul will likely announce his opponent, and their fight date, at a later time once his planned ring-return is set in stone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Logan Paul announces 2020 boxing comeback, blames referee for KSI defeat DAZN[jwplayer ftb8P7Xy]Logan Paul is heading back to the squared circle for another pro bout this year, and the YouTube maverick has already kick-started things by taking a huge swipe at the referee from his high-profile KSI showdown in late 2019. Paul, 25, made his […]<\/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-54274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54274","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=54274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}