KSI's next boxing opponent 'confirmed' as he guarantees the YouTuber is 'going to get hurt'
YouTuber turned boxer KSI's next fight has been 'confirmed' and it's going to be a tough one.
KSI - best known for being a member YouTube group Sidemen - first dipped his toe into the world of boxing back in 2017, when he fought fellow YouTuber Joe Weller in an amateur match after months of feuding online.
After beating Weller he went on to pursue a professional boxing career, fighting the likes of Logan Paul and Tommy Fury.
He currently holds a record of 5-1-1, with his only loss coming from his October 2023 match against Fury.
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Over six months on from his loss against Fury, KSI is ready to don his gloves once again - and it could be one hell of a comeback fight for him.
It appears that KSI has taken inspiration from Logan's younger brother, Jake Paul, and has decided to prove his worth by taking on a boxing legend. Jake had been gearing up to fight Mike Tyson until the bout was called off due to the 59-year-old being declared medically unfit.
However, while we wait for that clash to be rescheduled, we've now got another fight to look forward to in the meantime, with former champion Amir Khan volunteering himself to be KSI's next opponent.
Khan last fought in 2022 and later retired as a professional boxer after losing the match against Kell Brook.
While the fight is yet to be confirmed officially, it would appear the pair are in advanced negotiations - with talkSPORT's Michael Benson sharing Khan's response from an interview with Offshore Poker Sites on X.
He wrote: "Amir Khan has now confirmed that he's deep in negotiations to fight KSI."
Benson went on to post quotes from Khan himself, which were as follows: "They want to get lawyers involved and everything, the negotiations have got that far. I'm a prizefighter and if it makes sense financially then 100%. When the contract is signed, he's going to get hurt… KSI insulted the Pakistanis on one of his videos and the whole Pakistani community is rooting for me to give him a good beating.'"
The comments in the tweet are referring to an incident where KSI was accused of racism towards the South Asian community in 2023. The controversy occurred after he appeared to use a slur - which had later been beeped out during editing - in one of the Sidemen's videos.
Following the backlash the 30-year-old made a public apology before visiting a mosque in order to learn more derogatory connotations associated with the word.
TalkSPORT's report of the bout isn't the first time the fight has been hinted at, with Paul previously teasing the match on his X account. "KSI vs Amir Khan I f***
with. Good entertainment," he wrote on 1 June.
Khan later responded to Paul's leak with a quote from Rocky IV, writing: "If he dies, he dies. Then f*** Jake Paul up."
Time to place your bets.
Brenna Cooper