Jake Paul believes KSI will easily dispatch of Swarmz and Luis Alcaraz Pineda tonight.
YouTube star KSI - JJ Olatunji - will return to the ring for the first time in over 1000 days when he takes on two opponents in one night including rapper Swarmz - real name Brendan Scott and professional boxer Pineda. It will be his first outing since facing Paul's brother Logan in a high-profile rematch back in 2019.
A win for Olatunji could see him edge closer to his long-awaited clash with Paul after more activity later this year. And Paul believes he will easily progress beyond Swarmz. “Swarmz doesn’t know how to fight,” Paul said on the BS with Jake Paul podcast. “He’s never been in the ring, so it’s going to be an easy fight for KSI.
“It should be a one-round fight, I think KSI wins, probably a TKO. It’s just going to look like some dogs ***. Paul later renewed his rivalry with Olatunji on social media yesterday criticising him for fighting Pineda. He tweeted: "You are fighting a nice young man from Mexico in a 3 round exhibition. Be real. No such thing as a 3 round pro fight."
Olatunji quickly replied: "Was wondering when you were gonna pipe up. You must be so sad and bored on your arse, having no event happening. Still fighting a pro boxer before you, and you had 3 year head start. Plus how you gonna talk when you ain’t fought 2 people in one night?"
Paul ended the social media debate: "Same as you will after this weekend. What you doing isn’t fighting. It’s an exhibition against a nice young man and your mate you make music with. KSI will never fight me. That is obvious and I’m ok with it. He is trying to hype his exhibition fights."
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Olatunji was set to face Paul's charge Alex Wassabi but the YouTube star was forced to pull out after suffering a "serious injury" in the build-up. The British star has now elected to face two fighters with one at the start and one at the end of the event in London tonight.
He is excited for the challenge and believes it will lead to the pinnacle of a fight against Paul. "I haven't fought in three years, this is supposed to be a warm-up fight," he said. Nobody is supposed to care who I fight because I'm going to beat them anyway. Even if they try their hardest, they are not going to beat me.
"Like I said before whether it's Alex or it's Swarmz, I'm fighting so I can get rid of the cobwebs and be active again in the boxing scene. After Swarmz, do you think I'm just going to be fighting nobodies? Of course not, I'm going to be upping the levels. There's a long-term goal in all of this, it's not just beating Jake Paul."
