Logan Paul thanks KSI for helping him \u201cfight\u201d his way to YouTube comeback YouTube: imPaulsive, JJ OlatunjiLogan Paul is one of YouTube\u2019s biggest and most divisive icons, having made an arguably major comeback after his incident in Japan \u2014 and he\u2019s attributing is current success to one of his biggest rivals. It\u2019s no secret that Logan Paul became one of the internet\u2019s most hated influencers after filming a video in Japan\u2019s Aokigahara Forest in 2017. The footage showed the body of a recently-deceased suicide victim, and Paul saw immense backlash as a result. Paul received punishment from YouTube and even saw his content removed from Google Preferred, among being the talk of the entire world for months \u2014 but in the midst of all the backlash, he took an unexpected step forward by getting into a beef with British creator KSI, which resulted in a boxing match that changed the YouTube landscape. Paul and KSI\u2019s initial match ended in a draw, and the two faced off again in 2019, where KSI emerged victorious. Despite his loss in the split-decision bout, Paul has seen immense growth ever since, boasting a hugely popular podcast and even scoring a fight with Floyd Mayweather. In a surprising turn of events (owing to their infamous rivalry), the YouTuber attributed his current success to KSI, claiming that their boxing beef had started a new chapter in his life and kickstarted his eventual comeback. Read More: When is Jake Paul vs Ben Askren? – \u201cShoutout KSI, like for real,\u201d Paul said during an April 1 episode of his imPaulsive podcast. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful that I had the opportunity to fight, literally fight, my way back up. Literally, dude. I\u2019m fighting to try to change me and try to earn a spot back in what I \u2014 I wanted to be back with my peers in a respectable way.\u201d (Topic begins at 1 hour 29 seconds) \u201cAnd I did so through boxing,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt was a nice, career pivot that really helped me find out who I was and become a person I really love. It was a bit of a cheat code for me. Not a cheat code, but it worked!\u201d His words didn\u2019t fall on deaf ears; KSI was made aware of Paul\u2019s comments and responded in an Instagram comment, where he expressed respect for his longtime rival. \u201cNo need to thank me,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHe\u2019s done all the work and smashed it. Huge respect, for real.\u201d Despite their past beef, it seems that these two are now on good terms after sparking a huge boxing movement that has seemingly made big changes in their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Logan Paul thanks KSI for helping him \u201cfight\u201d his way to YouTube comeback YouTube: imPaulsive, JJ OlatunjiLogan Paul is one of YouTube\u2019s biggest and most divisive icons, having made an arguably major comeback after his incident in Japan \u2014 and he\u2019s attributing is current success to one of his biggest rivals. It\u2019s no secret that […]<\/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-54320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54320","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=54320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}