Here's Why YouTubers Logan Paul And KSI Had A Boxing Match
An estimated 2 million people watched the battle end in a draw. Of course, there will be a replay.
YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI brought their beef to the ring on Saturday for a much-hyped boxing match that drew an estimated 2 million viewing audience.
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Most 800,000 populate paid $10 to watch it on pay-per-view YouTube. Leastwise 1 million Sir Thomas More people watched on Twitch, and about 20,000 cared-for in somebody at Manchester Sphere in England.
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Between pay-per-view YouTube earnings, live ticket costs, sponsors, and product, the event likely brought in millions of dollars.
Basically, this matter was mammoth. Really big.
A little background for those of you who are similar, "Who are these people???"
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Logan Paul is a super-popular YouTuber with much 18 million subscribers. You may know him Eastern Samoa the guy who vlogged a dead body in Japan. His jr. brother, Jake Paul, is besides a YouTuber with most A many subscribers.
KSI has even more subscribers — 19 million, to be exact — and is British. He besides has a younger brother, Deji (aka YouTuber ComedyShortsGamer).
Immediately, let's back down a tad and talk some why this fight happened originally.
TL;DR: YouTubers publicly feud with each other day in and day out thus they bottom arrest Sir Thomas More famed. It's rather their thing.
The Logan Paul/KSI feud kicked off in February, when KSI boxed another British YouTuber, Joe Weller. After winning, KSI challenged the Paul brothers to a fight.
"If any YouTuber wants it, you can come pay off it. Jake Paul, Logan Paul, whatever of the Pauls. I don't care," KSI said.
The St. Paul brothers and KSI/Deji then started trading insults and diss tracks in their videos.
Originally, Jake Apostle of the Gentiles agreed to fight KSI, but it was later decided Jake would fight off Deji, and Logan would fight KSI.
In an interview with YouTuber Casey Neistat in July, Mount Logan Paul framed the boxing match as part of his "redemption chronicle" afterward the backlash from his suicide woods video.
"It's about being able to amaze hit in the face, whether they're a event of your own actions or not — in my pillow slip they are. I'm the one who fucked leading," said Paul.
If you want the full timeline on the feud, the Daily Dot has a goodness one.
Anyway, cut to Sat, and Logan Paul and KSI really did finally end up in the ring, where they really did trade punches.
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"The plot line continues!" Logan Paul loud (which is exactly what you say when a feud is 100% real and not fictional).
Also in the fray? Jake Paul and Deji, the headliners' brothers and fellow YouTubers.
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Jake Apostle of the Gentiles beat Deji in a knockout after five rounds, but was bloodied in the march.
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Upon attractive the fight, Jake Paul plugged his revolutionary clothing crease...so challenged Chris Brown to a fight, as well as the ACE Family (also YouTubers) to a basketball gimpy.
Jake Paul... If someone onymous ComedyShortsGamer did this to you... what you imagine Chris Brown is gonan do..........yea https://t.co/TllWNzBOQR
Anyway, see you back hither for the replay!
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Logan Paul Vs. Ksi and Jake Paul Vs. Deji Fight (Fan Event Watch)
Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/logan-paul-ksi-youtube-fight-boxing-match-manchester