YouTube star KSI has confirmed that he will be boxing again in England this summer as he looks to defend his YouTube boxing belt that he won earlier this month. The entertainer, who has 18 million subscribers on the platform, beat fellow YouTuber Joe Weller in a fight that attracted over 15 million worldwide viewers, with a peak viewing audience of 1.6 million viewers.
KSI has announced to his subscribers that he will be fighting again in August, somewhere in England. But who will be his opponent? We run through the top three contenders.
Logan Paul
The controversial American star rose to the mainstream media's attention when, in one of his videos he filmed a dead body in a Japanese forest famed for suicide. He took a break from YouTube after the controversial incident but upon his return caused more controversy when he tasered a dead rat. He has 17 million followers and would be KSI's biggest opponent for sure.
KSI has already stated that his team are in talks with Logan's team over a potential fight but nothing is confirmed as of yet. Logan is keen for the fight to be in the USA whereas KSI is adamant the fight will be taking place in the UK and as reigning champion, you would have thought that he would get the final say. If this fight does go ahead then it could be the biggest boxing match we have seen online, surpassing all the records broken in the KSI v Joe Weller bout and is likely to be held in a much bigger arena than the 7,500 seater CopperBox Arena.
Adam Saleh
KSI uploaded a video to his channel a week ago stating that the viewers would decide who he faces next in the boxing ring. He listed six opponents who had called him out or been interested in a fight and currently topping that poll, with 37% of the vote is Adam Saleh. He is an American vlogger, relatively small in comparison to KSI and Logan Paul, with 3.7 million subscribers. To put that into perspective, Joe Weller, who KSI fought previously, has 4.8 million.
Saleh, who is 24 years old, has been dissing KSI in his videos for the last month or so, and called him out even before he faced Joe Weller. There is clearly bad blood between the two and this opponent could generate a lot of interest, but given the size of Saleh's channel, is likely to be held at the CopperBox Arena.
FouseyTube
Second in the poll mentioned above is YouTube prankster FouseyTube. Also American, Yousef Erakat (FouseyTube's real name) has amassed over 10 million subscribers with his pranks and jokes and also does vlogs in which he is regularly seen at the gym. This could be KSI's toughest test given FouseyTube's physical fitness, however, like the other two on this list, he does not have any previous experience in a boxing match.
The 28-year-old seems keener to distance himself from this fight although the exposure for him and his channel would be huge if the fight went ahead. This fight is also likely to take place at the CopperBox Arena in London.
So KSI's next opponent is still up in the air but is likely to be between either Logan Paul or Adam Saleh. You can vote on the poll that KSI uploaded here to decide who he should box next. Whoever it is, the world of boxing and amateur sport changed forever with the Joe Weller fight. You simply cannot ignore that level of public interest and it will be interesting to see just how big KSI's next bout is.
KSI has stated that the voting on the poll would close on the 18th March and that that is the date that his opponent will have been decided by.
