Jake Paul believes KSI's decision to fight two boxers on one night could "p*** off" fans.
British star KSI - real name JJ Olatunji - was set to fight Alex Wassabi at London's O2 arena on August 27 but his rival pulled out after suffering a concussion in training. Olatunji then found a replacement opponent in the shape of musician Swarmz - real name Brendan Scott - which attracted huge criticism from fans and also his rival Paul.
In a bid to up the stakes Olatun ji announced he would fight both Swarmz and professional boxer Ivan Nikolov, who has a record of three wins in his 21 professional outings, on the same night. However Paul has compared KSI's "stunt" to boxing legend George Foreman who once defeated five men within an hour back in 1975.
He tweeted: "George Foreman fought [sic] four people in one night and it was an awful showing. At first it seemed like a good idea but eventually it actually p***ed the fans off because they realised all the opponents were put in to lose. It was was basically a stunt, not worth the price of admission."
Foreman had just lost to boxing legend Muhammad Ali at ‘The Rumble In The Jungle’, and was keen to prove he was still boxing's top dog by fighting five men in one night. Each fighter was sent out for three rounds but were all 30 and 40 pounds lighter than the heavyweight star.
Fans became quickly annoyed with the quality of opponent clearly being levels below Foreman, and began booing and leaving the event as he put down the five fighters without drawing breath. Even the former heavyweight champion's trainer refused to turn up to the event, with none of the fights making it on Foreman's professional record.
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Despite Paul's example of how it could go drastically wrong for his YouTube rival, KSI has hit back by pointing out that he is fighting a professional boxer before him. "Its never been done before in YouTube boxing," he said. "So we decided to fight someone who would beat all of the people I mentioned before.
"I am fighting a pro boxer for my second fight, on the same night. I am fighting Swarmz and a Bulgarian boxer on the same night. Am I insane? Probably? Am I crazy? Probably? Is this ridiculous? Probably. Believe it or not I'm fighting a professional fighter before Jake Paul and he had a three-year head start. Let me talk about the pro boxer I am facing; his name is Ivan Nikolov and he can bang.
"This guy is a big boy and I don't really want to stay on the inside too much with him. I know you're wondering what his boxing record is; he's 3-16-2, so yes that's three wins and 16 losses but that's still more wins than any of Jake Paul's opponents combined."
