Jake Paul has taken to Twitter to voice his outrage over the announcement of KSI’s new fight against rapper Swarmz as ‘The Problem Child’ claims the fight should be shown for ‘free’ due to the artist being KSI’s friend and having no previous fight experience.
The news of KSI’s latest fight comes after reports broke yesterday that his previous opponent, Alex Wassabi, had been forced to pull out of their August 27 showdown after sustaining a concussion in training. Paul quickly responded to the development, by offering his services to his long-time rival.
In a video posted to Twitter, ‘The Problem Child’ sent a message to KSI — whose real name is Olajide Olatunji — saying: “Oh KSI’s fight man I heard the news, it sucks for Alex obviously he has a concussion he can’t fight but now this puts KSI in a corner. If he doesn’t accept the fight with me we all just know that he’s scared. KSI I will come to London I will weigh 180lb for the fight, you can be the A-side, what’s your excuse? Do you accept?”
Paul, then went on to claim that KSI had been in contact with his manager and had stated that he would only sign the contract if he was able to keep all of the revenue from the contest and didn’t have to pay the American a fight purse. ‘The Problem Child’ accepted the terms only for KSI to reveal that he had already picked his opponent which is now revealed to be Swarmz.
Paul recently had his own fight against Hasim Rahman Jr cancelled. The pair were set to square off on August 6 at Madison Square Garden, New York City but the whole event was shut down after disagreements over the proposed weight.
Both men had agreed to meet at the 200lb cruiserweight limit with Rahman Jr unable to weigh more than 216lb during a second weigh-in on the morning of the fight. On Friday, Rahman Jr submitted a weight check to the New York State Athletic Commission that revealed he was 215lb, prompting the regulatory body to declare that they would not sanction the fight below 205lb.
Following the news a press release was published by Paul’s promotional outfit, Most Valuable Promotions, claiming that he had accepted the fight at the new weight, but that Rahman Jr had revealed he intended to weigh in at 215lb leading to the bout agreement being terminated.
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