Logan Paul has refuted claims he was on drugs while watching business partner and close friend KSI 's fights.
KSI - real name Olajide Olatunji - won two fights in one night as he knocked out rapper Swarmz and professional boxer Luis Pineda this past weekend. Both men were an obvious mismatch for KSI as Swarmz showed no boxing ability before eventually being stopped in the second round, whilst Pineda was knocked down seven times before being finished in the third round.
Paul and KSI were once rivals and shared the ring together twice, but the pair have since become good friends and business partners by launching their Prime Energy drink. Paul laughed off claims he was on drugs at the fight and said he was exhausted at the event after attending Arsenal's football match earlier that day, as the club is the official partner of his drink.
"I walked into The O2 arena for JJ's fight, my business partner and now-friend. I had to put my sunglasses on because we'd been going all day," he said on Impaulsive .
"I couldn't walk into that arena with people seeing what I actually looked like. My mistake was I took my sunglasses off maybe 20-minutes into the fight and started doing press. I saw tweets today that were saying 'Logan's coked up, what's his deal'. I was going off a little bit, I was doing some WWE promos on the mic.
Paul will be forced to put his friendship with KSI aside next year as the Brit is hopeful of fighting Jake in a blockbuster clash at Wembley Stadium. Paul commended KSI for fighting two people in one night after his original opponent Alex Wassabi withdrew, but insisted his brother Jake is competing at a different level right now compared to the Brit.
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"This part is extremely noble and I commend JJ for it because now as the promoter and main event, you have your back against the wall. What do you do? You're going to put on this amazing event, how can I still make history in this short amount of time by finding a fighter who can still sell tickets? I'll find two," Paul said of KSI.
"Jake's on some other s*** right now, there's no ifs and buts about it. He's putting on boxing events at the highest level and getting respect from the boxing industry and challenging himself.
"Every single one of Jake's opponents at the time he's fighting them has a chance to win, KSI had one real option otherwise it would have been an L for him and it was to knock both people out, and he did."
