{"id":295796,"date":"2023-10-10T18:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295796"},"modified":"2023-10-10T18:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:06:34","slug":"ksi-says-he-could-give-it-a-fg-go-against-three-boxing-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/ksi-says-he-could-give-it-a-fg-go-against-three-boxing-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"KSI says he could\u00a0&apos;give it a f*****g go&apos; against three boxing icons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>KSI expresses confidence ahead of Tommy Fury fight with YouTube star turned boxer claiming he could &#8216;give it a good f*****g go&#8217; against World Champions Canelo Alvarez, Dimitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KSI claims he could &#8216;give it a good f*****g go&#8217; against three boxing icons\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Those three stars are Canelo Alvarez, Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;The Nightmare&#8217; is set to face Tommy Fury in an epic clash this weekend\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YouTube star turned boxer KSI claims he could &#8216;give it a good f*****g go&#8217; against Canelo Alvarez, Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev.<\/p>\n<p>KSI, real name Olajide &#8216;JJ&#8217; Olatunji, made the stunning claim when speaking to\u00a0Vivid Ink Tattoos ahead of his influencer showdown with Tommy Fury this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Olatunji saw his TKO victory over Joe Fournier\u00a0overturned, with the result changed to a &#8216;no decision&#8217; following a post-fight review in his last fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Nightmare&#8217; appeared to have ended the contest in the second round. However, Replays showed the knockout blow had come from a forearm &#8211; with\u00a0PBA deciding that the elbow was accidental, therefore\u00a0changing the result to a &#8216;no decision.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With preparations for his bout with Fury coming to an end, &#8216;The Nightmare&#8217; revealed that training for the bout went that well, he could go toe-to-toe with the likes of\u00a0Canelo, Bivol and Beterbiev.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/13\/76377407-12614565-image-a-1_1696939725171.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>KSI has made a bold claim that he could &#8216;give it a f*****g go&#8217; against three boxing stars<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/13\/76377443-12614565-image-a-2_1696939757069.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The three boxers named by the YouTuber turned boxer were Canelo Alvarez, Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev<\/p>\n<p>KSI also claimed he is on a &#8216;different level&#8217; ahead of his fight with Tyson Fury&#8217;s younger brother in Manchester.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s kind of weird, but I honestly feel like at the end of camp I could fight anyone and give it a good f*****g go,&#8217; said KSI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Whether it&#8217;s Canelo, whether it&#8217;s [Dmitry] Bivol, whether it&#8217;s [Artur] Beterbiev, anyone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I just feel like I&#8217;m on a different level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But, that&#8217;s just the training, obviously I know in reality if I fight these guys, technically they&#8217;re way better than me and they know how to beat me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>To put it into context, Canelo is the current undisputed super middleweight world champion and is considered as one of the greatest boxers of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Bivol became only the second man to beat Canelo &#8211; defeating the Mexican in a one-sided showdown last year.<\/p>\n<p>As for\u00a0Beterbiev, he is dubbed as one of the toughest boxers on the planet today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/13\/76377471-12614565-image-a-3_1696939811859.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Bivol became only the second man to beat Canelo after their epic showdown last year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/13\/76377485-12614565-image-a-4_1696939815331.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile\u00a0Artur Beterbiev is considered to be one of the toughest boxers in the sport today<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/13\/76377355-12614565-image-a-5_1696939818426.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>KSI is scheduled to go head-to-head with Tyson Fury&#8217;s younger brother Tommy this weekend<\/p>\n<p>Beterbiev is one of the most dominant boxers in the sport at the moment. He currently holds the unified WBC, WBO and IBF light heavyweight world titles.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old, with a record of 19-0, has knocked out every opponent he has faced in the ring so far. He secured an epic win against\u00a0Anthony Yarde\u00a0in his last bout back in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>KSI&#8217;s claim that he could go in there with these three boxing icons may be a bit too far, but it shows his confidence is through the roof as he looks to hand Fury his first defeat of his professional career on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12614565\/KSI-Canelo-Alvarez-Dmitry-Bivol-Artur-Beterbiev-Tommy-Fury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KSI expresses confidence ahead of Tommy Fury fight with YouTube star turned boxer claiming he could &#8216;give it a good <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KSI says he could\u00a0&amp;apos;give it a f*****g go&amp;apos; 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