Los Angeles, November 9th, 2019- In a spectacle that heard statements like “Your breath smells like herpes” and an unfettered slew of other adolescent commentary; KSI and Logan Paul finally met in front of 12,137 rabid fans in a professional boxing match.
The event was highly anticipated and the crowd was electric as the two exchanged blows and traded knockdowns that weren’t counted.
Early in the fight Paul was dropped by a punch that was ruled a slip by referee Jack Reiss. With a bewildered look on his face Paul looked as though he didn’t know he was supposed to get up.
Boxing off of a jab it appeared Paul was trying to wear KSI down and come on late in the fight. KSI would shows signs of fatigue but was able to push through it and fire punches at the slower Paul.
KSI threw big looping right hands and appeared to have the speed advantage as he connected with multiple shots.
In the fourth round Paul landed a right uppercut that dropped KSI, but hit him while he was on the ground prompting referee Jack Reiss to take a point.
At the end KSI picked up a split decision win on scores of 56-55 Logan Paul, 57-54 KSI, 56-55 KSI.
After the fight both fighters squashed their longstanding beef “That was the hardest thing of my life and you bring out the best in me man respect” Logan Paul said.
“I worked so hard for this” “We’re cool” KSI told Radio Raheem in his post-fight interview.
