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What the Beef With Ksi and Logan Paul

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KSI vs. Logan Paul

The official poster for KSI vs Logan Paul.

Date 25 Baronial 2018
Venue Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Tale of the tape
Boxer KSI Logan Paul
Nickname "The Nightmare" "The Maverick"
Hometown Watford, England Westlake, Ohio, U.South.
Pre-fight record 1–0 (1 KO) 0–0
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[i] 6 ft two in (188 cm)[ii]
Weight 187.two lb (84.9 kg) 189.six lb (86 kg)
Style Orthodox[1] Orthodox
Result
Six circular bulk draw
(58–57, 57–57, 57–57)

KSI vs. Logan Paul was a white-neckband amateur boxing match betwixt British YouTuber KSI and American YouTuber Logan Paul. The undercard consisted of a number of YouTubers, including a tour betwixt the headliners' respective younger brothers, Deji Olatunji and Jake Paul.[3] The bout took place on 25 Baronial 2018 in the Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, and was streamed on YouTube's pay-per-view platform,[iv] [5] and resulted in a majority draw, with ii judges scoring it 57–57 and the other 58–57 in favour of KSI.[6]

The fight was promoted as "the biggest internet issue in history"[7] and "the biggest amateur battle friction match in history".[eight] The rematch took place on 9 November 2019 at the Staples Heart, Los Angeles, this time as a professional battle friction match.

Background [edit]

KSI (left) was going into his second boxing match while Logan Paul (right) was making his boxing debut the night of the bout.

KSI's fight with fellow British YouTuber Joe Weller, who had likewise never previously boxed as an amateur or professional person, on three February 2018 at the Copper Box Arena in London was viewed by millions/[9] After KSI won the fight and was awarded the YouTube Boxing Championship Chugalug, a not official and unrecognised belt created for this event,[ citation needed ] he called out the Paul brothers Jake and Logan. KSI initially challenged Logan Paul's younger brother Jake to face him in the ring.[10] Jake Paul was initially the one to fight KSI. However, Jake backed down, letting his older brother Logan step in to fight KSI, whilst younger blood brother Deji Olatunji (also known as ComedyShortsGamer) stepped in to fight Jake. Deji did not want to exist fighting on the undercard of the fight, therefore information technology was agreed that the fight would be advertised with Deji and Jake'due south names beingness listed in the manner of a co-main issue every bit to not provide either pair higher importance over the other. The two parties signed contracts like-minded to have two fights, one to be held on 25 August 2018 at the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom,[11] [12] and another to be held in February 2019 in the Us. Originally, Logan and Jake Paul wanted whatever fight to be held in a neutral venue, preferably Dubai, United Arab Emirates, simply Logan had decided to go with the two-fight program.[x]

In an interview with TMZ on 23 July 2018, KSI admitted his aspirations of turning professional person later on the fight saying "I wanna squeeze out every chip of relevancy from him (Logan Paul) and and then move onto my bigger goal which is to become pro".[13]

Press conferences [edit]

True Geordie commentated on the fight

Two press conferences were held to promote the fight. The beginning was held on 16 June outside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles which was hosted past two-time Heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs.[14]

The 2nd press conference was held on 18 July at York Hall in Bethnal Green, East London, this time hosted past YouTube personality True Geordie who commentated on the KSI vs. Joe Weller fight.[10] During the London press briefing, KSI and Deji mocked both Logan and Jake, Logan's girlfriend Chloe Bennet and his father Greg Paul to the indicate that both Paul brothers walked out of the press conference prematurely.

Post-obit the press briefing, fans of KSI and Deji attacked Logan and Jake'south cars which were rented by their friend and Las Vegas nightclub promoter Arman Izadi. Izadi threatened Deji with a lawsuit confronting him, claiming that Deji incited the fans to assault the Pauls and challenged Izadi to a bare-knuckle fight.[ citation needed ] Deji denied these claims and said, "the attack resulted from other factors, including the fact that Greg Paul really assaulted a fan first."[15] Associates of Izadi would subsequently vandalise the gym that Deji trained in. Izadi would admit to being responsible, which prompted Deji to accept officials for the consequence ban Izadi from attending.[16]

Weigh-in [edit]

KSI and Logan Paul facing off during the weigh-in

The counterbalance-in was held on 24 August 2018 and was co-hosted by the same host as the London printing conference Truthful Geordie equally well as professional boxing master of ceremonies Michael Buffer. KSI weighed in at 187.2 lb (84.9 kg), 1.9 kg heavier than his previous fight with Joe Weller.[ commendation needed ] Meanwhile, Logan Paul came in at 189.6 lb (86 kg). KSI took function in the weigh-in wearing a mask of the confront of Chloe Bennet, Logan's girlfriend at the time, in an try to taunt Logan and use psychological warfare.[17] For the co-main event, Deji weighed in at 174.iv lb (79.1 kg) with Jake Paul weighing in at 181.9 lb (82.5 kg).[xviii]

Card [edit]

On the fight's undercard, JMX was expected to fight TGFbro's Romell Henry, only Henry after pulled out due to injury and was replaced by HalalHam. It was later on revealed that JMX would instead be fighting YouTuber and athlete Coach Richard; HalalHam faced off against Jrizzy Jeremy.[three]

AnEsonGib fought TGFbro's Jay Swingler on the event's undercard. Michael from rackaracka besides boxed Scarce and won a knockout.[3]

Fight details [edit]

Ticket information [edit]

The fight was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.[nineteen] Tickets for the fight went on sale on 22 June later on an announcement by KSI on his YouTube aqueduct.[twenty] General access tickets started at a price of £30 with the highest level parcel pricing at £495.[21] They had elected to go with Eventim UK for distribution of sales. Tickets fabricated bachelor priced from £thirty, £twoscore, £50, £60, £fourscore, £100, £150 and VIP £495. Although the effect was jointly promoted by Upload Events, Maverick Media and OP Talent, Upload Events were the atomic number 82 promoter of the fight.

Broadcasting [edit]

The fight was streamed on pay-per-view on YouTube, via a YouTube channel defended to the fight.[5] The pay-per-view cost $10 in the United States.[22] The pay-per-view prices received negative responses from a number of fans, as KSI's past fight with Joe Weller was streamed on YouTube for complimentary. YouTube personalities True Geordie, Joe Weller and Laurence McKenna commentated on the fight.[ citation needed ] Iconic band announcer Michael Buffer appear the fighters.[ citation needed ]

Piracy concerns [edit]

Due to the high profile of the event in the social and online world, and the use of pay-per-view instead of the usual costless YouTube streaming, pirate streams of the fight became a concern for promoters.[23] In a video past Jake Paul,[24] he stated that "anyone who is planning on illegally streaming or torrenting the fight won't exist able to as employees from Google and YouTube will be taking down and disabling streams all through the night." However, this did non discourage fans from advertising illegal streams in protest against the utilize of pay-per-view.[25] KSI tried to accost the use of pay-per-view via Twitter stating, "The cost of the event itself is on another level to last time (the KSI vs Joe Weller fight). Plus the press conferences, weigh-in and making other content for the new channel, all adds up."[26] Later on the fight, it emerged that over 1.2 million people watched the fight over pirated Twitch streams, meaning over $12 million in potential pay-per-view revenue was non realized.[ commendation needed ]

Purses [edit]

The purse for the fight is split l/50. Although official details for it haven't been revealed, there accept been estimates of their potential earnings. According to ane estimate, the total revenue is believed to exist £150million, including lucrative sponsorship deals that the pair signed, with KSI and Logan Paul each receiving up to £75one thousand thousand.[27] Some other estimate gives the potential earnings of KSI and Logan Paul at £xxxmillion to £fortymeg each, from ticket sales, online views, sponsorship deals, and trade sales.[28]

However, both KSI and Logan Paul have dismissed these estimates. KSI stated that his earnings are "a high amount, but information technology'south nowhere virtually £40m" or £20million.[29] [30]

Belt [edit]

With the effect being a draw, KSI retained the YouTube World Championship belt, a not-official and unrecognised belt created for this event.[31] [32] The belt is of ruddy color with aureate motifs. Its blueprint features an hawkeye with its wings fully spread atop a golden globe with a crown at its centre.

Officials and rules [edit]

  • Referee: Gareth Morris
  • Judges: Delilah Ponce, Gino Piccinino and Gareth Morris

The primary result was contested over 6 rounds iii minutes each.

Betting odds [edit]

Result Bet365 SkyBet Ladbrokes William Hill
KSI 11/10 1 6/5 half-dozen/5
Logan Paul 4/half-dozen four/5 8/13 8/fourteen
Depict N/A 18 16 sixteen

Odds every bit of 24 August 2018.[33]

Fight menu [edit]

vs. Method Round Notes
United Kingdom KSI vs. United States Logan Paul Physician 6/six YouTube World Championship Title [n i]
United States Jake Paul def. United Kingdom Deji Olatunji TKO v/half dozen WBC YouTube Title Championship
United Kingdom AnEsonGib def. United Kingdom Jay Swingler UD four/four
Togo Momo def. United Kingdom RossiHD UD 3/3
United Kingdom JMX def. United Kingdom Coach Richard UD four/four
United States FaZe Sensei def. United States Overtflow TKO 3/3
Australia Michael Philippou def. United States Scarce TKO three/iii
Pakistan Halal Ham def. United Kingdom Jrizzy Jeremy UD 3/three
  1. ^ For YouTube World Championship championship, an unofficial and unrecognised title created specifically for this event

Recap and aftermath [edit]

Afterwards Jake Paul defeated Deji by technical knockout, he called out American singer-songwriter Chris Brownish,[34] saying "I know you were supposed to fight Soulja Boy. But I call up it is fourth dimension you got in the ring with someone your own size."[35] The fight was attended by multiple celebrities such as Jimi Manuwa.[36]

Scorecard [edit]

Gareth Morris Gino Piccinino Delilah Ponce
KSI Paul KSI Paul KSI Paul
58 57 57 57 57 57

Source:[37]

Reception [edit]

Pre-match [edit]

The fight and the pb-up to it caught the attention of mainstream media as well as professional battle promoter Eddie Hearn, and boxers such equally Floyd Mayweather, Tyson Fury, Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton.[38] [39]

Viewership and revenue [edit]

The pre-fight promotional videos uploaded to the official KSI vs Logan Youtube channel have received over 631000000 views, including over 30million views on the official fight trailers.[twoscore] In addition, the promotional diss track music videos from KSI, Logan Paul, Jake Paul and Deji have received about 110one thousand thousand views.[41] [42] [43] [44]

The fight sold-out 21,000 tickets for Manchester Arena, in comparison to the 8,000 tickets sold at the Copper Box Arena for the previous KSI vs. Joe Weller fight.[45] The fight generated an estimated live gate revenue of over £ii.7million ($3.v million) from ticket sales.[46]

The fight was watched by over ii.25one thousand thousand live viewers, including over 1.05million watching pay-per-view[29] and 1.2 million watching illegal streams on Twitch.[22] [47] The official KSI vs Logan YouTube channel has received over 119million views equally of 15 June 2021.[48]

Pay-per-view numbers [edit]

The fight generated a total of one.iiimillion pay-per-view buys worldwide,[49] on YouTube and the KSI vs Logan Paul official website combined,[l] including over 800,000live purchases.[29] This makes it the largest not-professional battle match of all time.[a]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Meet Pay-per-view § Listing of pay-per-view bouts.

See also [edit]

  • On Point (song)

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Official site
  • KSI VS. LOGAN PAUL (OFFICIAL Alive STREAM) on YouTube

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSI_vs._Logan_Paul

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