KSI is one of the most famous internet celebrities of the last decade - and MMA star Simeon Powell has hilariously revealed he is often mistaken for YouTuber-turned-boxer.
Powell, 23, has the chance to win $100,000 when he competes in the inaugural season of PFL Europe later this year. Standing at 6'5" with seven wins already under his belt, Powell is back in action on March 25 as he headlines PFL's upcoming event in Newcastle. The Brit possess a crafty stand-up game and has stopped all but one of his professional opponents.
'Smooth' was in attendance to watch KSI brutally knockout fellow content creator FaZe Temperrr at Wembley Arena earlier this month. Powell admitted that fans often mistake him for KSI, although in his opinion he is far better looking than the popular YouTuber.
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"When KSI came out back in 2012, when I was probably around 13, since then times in the school playground people were calling me KSI," Powell told Mirror Fighting. "It's kind have carried on to now, but I'm way better looking than that guy. It was mad to me, I was laughing to myself. All of the people who used to joke around about it, but now look where I am now."
Despite not being too the biggest fan of the fights themselves, Powell was impressed by the production of KSI's Misfits Boxing event. The PFL star thinks that KSI and Jake Paul are at the top of the YouTube boxing scene and insist they both have legitimate skills in the ring, although he isn't sure if that would be the case if they competed against some top professionals.
"The production was amazing, the actual set-up was amazing," Powell added. "The fights were the fights, some of them I was quite impressed with but I was mainly impressed by the production. I think [KSI and Jake] have actually got some skills, they are knocking people out and destroying them. We still don't know how well that translates on a higher level, but I can acknowledge there is skill there.
PFL Europe will operate the same way as the promotion's regular league season format does, in which fighters across six weight classes compete for the chance to win $1million. The International league will launch with four weight classes, with a champion crowned in each division as the promotion hands out $400,000 in prize money.
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