KSI has admitted he was a "d***head" after doing push-ups during the referees count in his second victory of the night over Luis Alcaraz Pineda.
YouTube star KSI - real name JJ Olatunji - made his ring return for the first time in over 1000 days when he defeated novice rapper Swarmz and professional boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda at the London's O2 arena in the same night. Olatunji made light work of the pair stopping them both on the night, and was criticised for the level of his opponents after the event including by rival Jake Paul.
During the fight Olatunji showed signs of supreme confidence particularly during the second fight against Pineda, who came into the fight with two wins and five defeats as a fighter. Olatunji did press-ups during the referee's standing nine count, which was one of his seven knockdowns in his second outing of the night.
And he has now admitted that he was trying to see how many push-ups he could do in nine seconds. "I am a d***head man, I am actually a d***head," Olatunji repeated when releasing his first YouTube video since defeating both Pineda and Swarmz. "Oh my god the referee is counting and I am there like 'how many push ups can I get in here?' 'How many push-ups can I get in nine seconds?'."
Olatuni fought the pair over three rounds in both fights and secured a stoppage in both fights without hardly having to break sweat. He was originally scheduled to face YouTube rival Alex Wassabi but he was forced to pull out after suffering a "serious injury" which saw him replaced by musician Swarmz.
However after being ridiculed for fighting the rapper, who he had released hit single Houdini' with, he elected to add another fight to increase his challenge. Olatunji will now likely not return to the ring until January where he is expected to increase the level of his opposition as he continues his journey to the pinnacle fight with Paul.
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After the final result was concluded, Olatunji called out a number of high-profile names including YouTuber Slim Albaher who won on the card, Tommy Fury and Andrew Tate. Fury will likely be the toughest option, and he was even considered by Olatunji's team as a late-replacement for Wassabi.
Fury is also undefeated in the boxing ring and has claimed he would be willing to fight Olatunji after his two victories. Heavyweight star Derek Chisora believes Olatunji has the tools to "smoke" the rising professional star. “I’d like to see that, one hundred per cent, let’s make that happen,” said Chisora when discussing the possibility of Olatunji and Fury facing in an interview with Boxing Social.
"What’s Tommy Fury done in the last two years? Nothing. KSI. Smoke him. You know, Tommy Fury will not fight KSI because he knows if he loses to KSI the traveller community will never ever respect him and KSI will knock him out."
