Youtuber-turned- boxer KSI is set to make a return to boxing as he faces Dillon Danis on March 29.
The two were originally set to battle in 2023, but the fight never occurred as Danis dropped out before the set date. Although the fight has been rescheduled for this year, KSI revealed Danis was not his first choice. He said his team reached out to several UFC fighters but all his requests were rejected.
“You guys always say that my opponents have been terrible but how many people pull out? I don’t think you understand how many people pull out of fighting me,” KSI said on his YouTube channel.
“Even with this fight, I know I’m not even allowed to say it but f*ck it. Dillon Danis wasn’t even my fourth choice. We went to Nate Diaz. He said no. We went to Donald Cerrone. He said no. We went to Tony Ferguson. He said no. These guys said no to me. Even [Jorge] Masvidal — we went to Masvidal to fight. He can’t do it because of the UFC. Guys, we’ve been trying to find people to fight.”
Most of the fighters like Nate Diaz, Donald Cerrone, and Tony Ferguson are yet to respond but some like Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, and Ferguson are under other promotion contracts so they would have been unavailable. Although many of these fighters are unavailable, fans have suggested the fighter face UFC Darren Till who transitioned to boxing and destroyed Anthony Taylor in his latest bout.
“I know you guys are going to be like ‘what about Darren Till?’ Darren Till probably isn’t going to want to fight at my fight weight and then if he does, he’s not going to want to do the rehydration clause,” KSI explained. “Because brother is huge compared to me.
“I walk around at what 190, 195 [pounds]. Darren Till walks around at 220. I’m not going to allow him to do what Tommy Fury did. Just kill himself to get to a certain weight, go on the scale and then balloon right back up to his natural weight. So guess what ladies and gentlemen? It’s Dillon Danis.”
Despite the past disappointment, KSI is sure Danis will turn up for the fight and is quite elated to battle the fighter even though there is no backup fighter if there is a withdrawal.
“Obviously, Misfits 3 I was meant to fight him and then he pulled out and I had to fight [Faze] Temper instead,” KSI explained. “Now ladies and gentlemen, I get my hands on him for real. That brother ain’t pulling out this time because that boy is getting sued by Logan Paul and obviously he needs to pay for the court proceedings.
“So he needs all the money he can get and you know what? I’m quite excited to get to be the first person to knock out Dillon Danis. I think it’s going to be a fantastic day when it happens.”
