Showstar face backlash over racism accusations and \u201crigged\u201d FaZe Temperrr fight Showstar BoxingMarch 5\u2019s Showstar boxing event featuring big YouTubers like Deji, Alex Wassabi, and more has been widely criticized by fans. Fighters have been accused of racism, while fans claimed the organizers \u201crigged\u201d the FaZe Temperrr fight \u2014 and that\u2019s not all. Showstar\u2019s UK vs USA bout was meant to be on the scale of some of the previous influencer boxing fights featuring big names like Jake Paul, Logan Paul, and KSI. However, viewers on social media have widely condemned the event. While people online praised some fights \u2014 like Stromedy\u2019s win over Austin Sprinz \u2014 others have been marred in controversy. Ryan Taylor was disqualified in his bout with DK Money for throwing a headbutt, which caught the ire of referees and fans alike. However, some claimed that it wasn\u2019t as shambolic as some of the other fights. Three headbutts were thrown in the Kristen Hanby vs Vitaly fight, which ended in a draw. Deji vs Alex Wassabi was interrupted by a TikToker jumping into the ring and stopping a round prematurely. The clip was originally tweeted out by Showstar who called it \u201cchaos in the ring,\u201d but it was quickly deleted and the fight was resumed. A random guy claiming to be a TikToker just jumped in the ring during the Deji vs Wassabi fight \ud83d\ude02https:\/\/t.co\/jBQo9HfLkb \u2014 Dexerto (@Dexerto) March 5, 2022 Another big controversy came in the FaZe Temperrr fight. Representing the US, he looked like he had the upper hand on King Kenny outside of one flurry in Round 4. However, the judges gave the win to the UK representative. After the fight, Temperrr called the result \u201cf**king bullsh*t\u201d and said he \u201cgave that boy a boxing lesson\u201d. Temperrr\u2019s disdain was echoed by others on social media who called the fight \u201crigged,\u201d and even FaZe Clan were getting in on the action. King Kenny denied the claims though, stating: \u201cEveryone in the arena saw I won that. I don\u2019t know why people online are saying it\u2019s rigged. Gonna review the whole fight shortly on a video and show why I won.\u201d However, one comment before the fights even began started the social media furor. Halal Ham and his team were called out for racist comments made on stream. Big J, who was battle rapping before the start of the Salt Papi fight, said the boxer had \u201cChinese eyes.\u201d This caught the ire of many online. Big J defended himself on Twitter, saying \u201cjust like that, man\u2019s the villain. People don\u2019t understand battle rap I\u2019m telling you.\u201d At the same time, Halal Ham apologized for Big J\u2019s comments: \u201cApologies I didn\u2019t know how [far] he was going to go, I\u2019m sure you could see from my face I wasn\u2019t impressed. I did say to him roast him on whatever, I should have been more clear.\u201d Racist UK rapper cancelled himself in front of live crowd at @showstarboxing event! \u2013 Salt Papi the person be targeted won his fight vs Ham! #DramaAlert pic.twitter.com\/DGd8b4gQrq \u2014 KEEM \ud83c\udf7f (@KEEMSTAR) March 5, 2022 Showstar are yet to address any of the controversies that happened on March 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Showstar face backlash over racism accusations and \u201crigged\u201d FaZe Temperrr fight Showstar BoxingMarch 5\u2019s Showstar boxing event featuring big YouTubers like Deji, Alex Wassabi, and more has been widely criticized by fans. Fighters have been accused of racism, while fans claimed the organizers \u201crigged\u201d the FaZe Temperrr fight \u2014 and that\u2019s not all. Showstar\u2019s UK […]<\/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-58730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58730","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=58730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}