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Ben Davies

KSI willing to fight Alex Wassabi in bid to avenge brother Deji's defeat

YouTube star KSI has confirmed he would be willing to face Alex Wassabi in a bid to avenge his brother Deji's recent defeat.

The 28-year-old has made his name in the sport for two hugely successful clashes with fellow YouTube star Logan Paul, but has not fought since after shifting focus to his music career.

He watched on as his younger brother lost to Wassabi in a Showstar boxing clash at the OVO Wembley Arena last weekend by split decision.

However KSI has since claimed he would abandon his music and boxing career if he was to suffer defeat to Wassabi.

"Alright as a warm up fight to get rid of the cobwebs I will fight Alex Wassabi," he said during an episode of SideCast. "Go in and f*** him up, I'll redeem Deji and say 'this is how you do it'.

KSI is looking to face Alex Wassabi on his return to the boxing ring (Getty Images)

"I'll lose the weight. If I lose to Alex Wassabi I'll never do boxing or music again in my life. I would just stop. I wouldn't even make people pay for it, I'll make it for free.

"I'll show everyone a sick event and make it free."

Deji fought in his third professional boxing match against Wassabi as he looked to avenge previous defeats against Jake Paul and TikTok star Vinnie Hacker.

However he fell short in the fight and was seemingly gun shy failing to convince more than one judge that he was worthy of having his hand raised, losing to split decision defeat.

The younger Olatunji sibling claimed that he had a heavily disrupted camp and even battled against coronavirus during the build-up to the event.

During his own admissions, he made a retirement u-turn after previously claiming that he would never return to the ring again.

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However his brother KSI delivered a tough verdict on his performance on the night admitting he was disappointed with the outcome.

"I'm sorry if this isn't what you want to hear," KSI told his brother in a candid YouTube video. "But it's the truth, I'm not going to lie to you, I expected more from you.

"First of all, tactic-wise, how did you think you were ever going to win this fight, like what was the game plan? You're the shorter fighter with a smaller reach, so why were you slipping out of range?

"This is how I know you don't even watch boxing in general, I was watching you fight and you didn't use your brain at all, how are you going to win a fight against a taller fight on the outside?

"This was meant to be your easy fight, and you lost. Now notice in the title, I didn't even say 'my thoughts on the Deji vs Alex Wassabi fight' because he's so irrelevant.

"I just don't understand, how are you going to lose your redemption fight to Alex Wassabi, man? This guy is literally a child in a grown man's body."

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