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KSI is currently in training camp, preparing intensely for his fight against Joe Fournier. KSI is pursuing a lot of things at the same time. He’s engaged in the business of Prime, with Logan Paul. The popular Youtuber is also involved in making music and even organizing some concerts. He is also the founder of ‘Misfits Boxing’ where he manages his own boxing events. Currently, KSI’s end goal in boxing is fighting Jake Paul as he wants to have his last boxing fight against the Youtuber. Recently, a famous streamer, IShowSpeed disclosed an interesting fact about KSI ducking a boxing bout against him.

Now, IShowSpeed is a YouTube streamer, who has one of the fastest-growing channels on the platform. He’s well known for his funny clips that go viral instantly on the internet. Speed used to stream on Twitch, but he got banned from the platform and then made a switch to YouTube, which turned out to be a more fruitful venture for him as it skyrocketed his fame and made him an Internet sensation.

IShowSpeed on JJ making ‘excuses’ for the fight

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In one of his YouTube streams, IShowSpeed talked about how a couple of months ago he talked to KSI in a private conversation, but KSI’s response was unexpected as he ducked a boxing fight. IShowSpeed explained how he laid down the gauntlet and challenged JJ to a boxing fight. He expressed his deep desire to fight KSI and the clip of this segment went viral on YouTube Shorts.

Speed said, “I’m like bro like box me, like seriously box me. Like, come on bro, like let’s get it right.

But according to Speed, KSI refused and started making up excuses for not fighting him. Speed stated, “He’s like, ‘Nah bruv, Nah bruv. You know bruv, I can’t do that you know bruv. I can’t do that, we’re different [weight]’ Like bro, he made up every excuse, every excuse in the book, I swear on my life.

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Well, a similar conversation occurred on another stream some months ago, where Speed randomly called KSI and challenged him to a boxing fight in front of everybody.

The FaceTime conversation between KSI and IShowSpeed

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During a stream, IShowSpeed called KSI, and they had a conversation. This was before Speed visited London for the Sidemen Football Charity Match. So, they had a conversation about their individual football skills and the two got engaged in banter.

And then Speed talked about his boxing skills and how he can actually do some decent boxing. So, he stands up and shows KSI some of his boxing skills, and KSI hysterically laughed at Speed’s demonstration of his boxing techniques. Additionally, IShowSpeed also surpassed KSI on Spotify with growing monthly listeners.

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So, as of now, Speed and JJ have a very fun and playful relationship with each and a boxing match between the two is not on the horizon. But in the future, fans are still a bit hopeful about seeing the duo clash against each other inside the boxing ring. Would you want to watch Speed go against KSI in a boxing fight? What did you make of Speed’s story? Let us know in the comments section.

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