KSI was left hanging by Dillon Danis in 2023, making him swear to never book a fight with the former Bellator fighter. And yet, now in 2025 the two are scheduled to box once again.
“No, it’s done,” KSI told Ariel Helwani in 2023 when asked if he’d try to book another fight with Danis. “F*ck him. F*ck Dillon. I hope everyone forgets about him, and he disappears into irrelevancy.”
KSI and Danis are scheduled to box in a 185-pound fight that will headline Misfits Boxing 21 on March 29 in Manchester, England. They were originally supposed to fight on Jan. 14, 2023, but Danis withdrew from the fight 10 days prior to the event.
This time around, KSI is confident that Danis will show up as the circumstances around Danis have changed.
“Well, I mean, he has to show up,” KSI said Tuesday at a press conference in London. “He’s getting sued by Logan Paul, so he needs all the money he can get. That’s one reason. And yeah, I mean, this guy is absolutely nothing. I already mentioned he was the fourth, fifth choice. I just don’t see him (pulling out).”
Danis fought YouTube and WWE star Logan Paul in October 2023. In the lead up to the fight, Danis posted dozens of photos of Paul’s wife, Nina Agdal, in an attempt to hype up the fight by criticizing Agdal’s past relationships.
In response, Agdal filed a lawsuit against Danis for “revenge porn” in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The lawsuit is still ongoing.
On Danis’ side, he showed excitement for wanting to fight KSI but didn’t make any promises on showing up to the fight.
“You’ll just have to wait and see,” Danis said. “This is going to be an easy fight. You see the forehead on him, I’m going to be landing big shots on him. First time he’s taking off his bandana, he’s turning 32. I don’t know, I’m happy. I’m excited to punch on the head. I already hit him with a coffee. We were just doing the face to face, and he was quiet, scared sh*tless. I’m not worried at all. I can’t wait.”
KSI concluded their press conference by slapping Danis in the face with a pancake during the faceoff.
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