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‘Man Thought He Could Beat Canelo and Couldn’t Even Beat Tommy Fury’: KSI Rubs Salt in Jake Paul’s Wounds With Brutal Dig

Published 03/09/2023, 8:00 AM EST

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In the recent past, Jake Paul publicly addressed his desire to square off against Canelo Alvarez inside the boxing ring. Paul, who wanted to become a world champion, said Canelo was old and that he looked “weird” against Gennady Golovkin. Now that Paul has conceded his first-ever defeat in boxing against Tommy Fury, YouTuber and the CEO of Misfits Boxing KSI reminded everyone about the American’s past desire to fight Alvarez in the ring.

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As tweeted by talkSPORT correspondent Michael Benson, KSI said, “Man thought he could beat Canelo and couldn’t even beat Tommy Fury. Just shut up man… You weren’t good enough to beat Tommy Fury. You got exposed, for being trash. When an opponent actually fights you, you s*ck.” In the latest episode of IMPAULSIVE, Jake Paul reacted to the latest comments made by KSI on him.

Jake Paul speaks about KSI not wanting to fight him

On the IMPAULSIVE podcast, Jake Paul clarified that he would not consider fighting KSI before the rematch with Tommy Fury. However, ‘The Problem Child’ simultaneously mentioned how KSI, who has been relentlessly trolling him, has avoided facing Paul in boxing. According to Jake Paul, though KSI is “hot on Twitter“, he has been absent when it came to delivering on his words and actually fighting Paul in the ring.

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He could talk all that sh*t but let’s go in the ring. 100%. He’s never fought anyone good. All things considered, I talk a lot of sh*t but I back-to-back-to-back schedule these fights and go in the ring and do them,” said Jake Paul on IMPAULSIVE. “Whoever it is, anywhere, anytime, any place. I’ve backed that up, proven it, and shown it. He’s hot on Twitter, but when it comes to actually fighting me, you have been gone, absent.” ‘The Problem Child’ added by saying.

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After Paul defeated Anderson Silva last year, reiterating his wish to fight Canelo Alvarez, he spoke about KSI not wanting to fight him. As reported by talkSport, Paul then said, “He won’t fight me, especially after this fight… I’m trying to become a world champion, I don’t know what the f**k that kid’s doing“.

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However, with the loss against Tommy Fury, a potential fight with Alvarez is quite far from Jake Paul’s reach. Anyway, do you think KSI would consider fighting Paul in boxing? Let us know in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a postgraduate student of English literature. A diligent journalist; he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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Amal Joyce