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“You Just Keep Playing Make Pretend in Your Mind”: Ryan Garcia Slams KSI for Clapping Back at Him Over Potential Jake Paul Fight Prediction

Published 03/30/2023, 3:21 AM EDT

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Ryan Garcia ran into a brief banter with KSI ahead of his upcoming fight against Gervonta Davis. Recently, Garcia appeared on the IMPAULSIVE podcast and predicted the outcome of KSI fighting Jake Paul in boxing. According to Garcia’s belief, Jake Paul would actually “sleep” KSI if the duo ever locked horns inside the boxing ring. “As of right now, Jake Paul. Knocks him [KSI] out. Yes, Sleeps him. I just think he jumps in too crazy, times him coming in, and knocks him out cold,” declared Garcia on IMPAULSIVE.

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After KSI noticed the brief clip, the CEO of Misfits Boxing announced that Garcia’s words meant nothing. Following KSI’s announcement, Ryan Garcia replied via a tweet. The former WBC interim lightweight title-holder accused the YouTuber of having nothing to do with actual boxing.

Ryan Garcia castigates KSI of having nothing to do with “actual boxing”

After Garcia verbalized his belief and rooted for Jake Paul against KSI in boxing, the CEO of Misfits Boxing ridiculed Garcia’s perspective while hinting how his words meant nothing to him. “This is the same man that ranked Faze Temper over me…His words mean nothing lmao“, declared KSI via a tweet. Following KSI’s reply to IMPAULSIVE, Garcia responded to the YouTuber who added insult to Jake Paul’s injury. “You just keep playing make pretend in your mind“, stated Garcia, addressing KSI in his tweet.

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In addition, Garcia claimed that KSI had nothing to do with “actual boxing”. However, in a follow-up tweet, Garcia clarified that he did not condemn the events organized by KSI in boxing. However, Garcia looked forward to exposing KSI’s actual intentions concerning his appearances inside the ring. “The point is directed at him not if those events are bad. It a highlight on what his actual intentions are for his “Boxing career,” stressed Garcia in his tweet.

On April 22nd, in one of the biggest fights of his life, Garcia will face ‘Tank’ Davis. What do you make of Ryan Garcia bantering with KSI ahead of his fight with Gervonta Davis?

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Do you agree with Garcia’s statements? In your opinion, if Jake Paul squared off against KSI, who would win? Share your valuable thoughts with us in the comments below.

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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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