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MF & DAZN: X Series 10 – The Prime Card
Date14 October 2023
VenueManchester Arena, Manchester, England
Tale of the tape
Boxer KSI Tommy Fury
Nickname The Nightmare TNT
Hometown Watford, England Manchester, England
Pre-fight record 1–0 (0 KOs)[a] 9–0 (4 KOs)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC Diriyah champion

MF & DAZN: X Series 10 – The Prime Card will feature KSI vs Tommy Fury, billed as Judgement Day, is an upcoming cruiserweight professional crossover boxing match contested between English YouTuber KSI and English professional boxer Tommy Fury. The bout will take place at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England on 14 October 2023.[3]

American YouTuber Logan Paul and American mixed martial artist Dillon Danis will also headline the event, billed as a double main event.[4]

Background and build-up

KSI (left) and Tommy Fury (right)

In November 2019, YouTuber KSI won his professional boxing debut after defeating fellow YouTuber Logan Paul via split decision at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.[5] Professional boxer Tommy Fury decided to call out KSI to a bout, but KSI declined.[6]

In February 2023, KSI's long time rival Jake Paul lost to Fury via split decision in Saudi Arabia.[7] Paul and Fury were expected to have an immediate rematch, however plans changed after Paul announced he will be facing mixed martial artist Nate Diaz on 5 August, thus Fury exclaimed his interests in pursuing a bout with KSI or TikToker Salt Papi in the future.[8][9] On 13 May, KSI fought businessman and professional boxer Joe Fournier as the headliner to MF & DAZN: X Series 007 and originally won via a controversial knockout, but afterward this was overruled and judged a no contest, because of an elbow strike.[10] Shortly after, KSI and Fury shared a stare down after the pair verbally agreeing to face each other next.[11]

On 22 July, during the broadcast of X Series 008, it was announced that X Series 009 will take place on 14 October.[12] On 28 July, it was announced that KSI and Logan Paul would both be headlining X Series 10 – The Prime Card as a double main event, with opponents to be announced shortly after, on 14 October at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.[13] On 30 July, it was announced that KSI would be facing Fury.[3] On 8 August, it was announced that Paul would face American mixed martial artist Dillon Danis.[4]

Press conference

The launch press conference took place on 22 August at Wembley Arena in London.[14] Paul brought out a cake for Danis' 30th birthday, which depicted him knocked out while Danis made comments to Paul's fiancée Nina Agdal.[15] Fury's father, John Fury, destroyed the set by launching the tables into the crowd and nearly causing a riot.[16] After the press conference, Paul and American streamer JiDion got into an argument.[17]

Undercard

On the undercard, American YouTuber Deen the Great and Iraqi Golden Gloves champion Walid Sharks will rematch for the MFB lightweight title after Great defeated Sharks via 3rd round technical knockout on X Series 003.[18] English YouTuber King Kenny and American mixed martial artist Anthony Taylor will face each other for the vacant MFB light heavyweight title.[19] Filipino TikToker Salt Papi and American YouTuber Slim Albaher will face each other for the vacant MFB middleweight title.[20]

Also on the undercard, Brazilian comedian Whindersson Nunes and Thai YouTuber My Mate Nate will face each other.[21] A tag team bout will take place between "Wassabi Lmao," which features American and Singaporean YouTubers Alex Wassabi and NichLmao, against "Los Pineda Coladas," which features American YouTuber BDave and Mexican professional boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda.[22]

On the preliminary card, American reality television star Chase DeMoor and English graphic designer Tempo Arts will face each other for the vacant MFB heavyweight title. English OnlyFans models Astrid Wett and Alexia Grace will face each other for the MFB women's flyweight title. English singer S-X and English rapper DTG will face each other. English rapper Swarmz and English YouTuber Ryan Taylor will rematch after Swarmz defeated Taylor via 1st round technical knockout on X Series 004.[23]

Fight card

Weight class vs Method Round Time Notes
Main Card (PPV)
Cruiserweight KSI vs. Tommy Fury – (6) Note 1
Bridgerweight Logan Paul vs. Dillon Danis – (6) Note 2
Middleweight Salt Papi vs. Slim Albaher – (5) Note 3
Lightweight Deen the Great (c) vs. Walid Sharks – (5) Note 4
Light heavyweight King Kenny vs. Anthony Taylor – (5) Note 5
Light heavyweight Whindersson Nunes vs. My Mate Nate – (4) Note 6
Light heavyweight Wassabi Lmao
(Alex Wassabi & NichLmao) 		vs. Los Pineda Coladas
(Luis Alcaraz Pineda & BDave) 		TBA Note 7
Preliminary Card
Light heavyweight Swarmz vs. Ryan Taylor – (4)
Flyweight Astrid Wett (c) vs. Alexia Grace – (4) Note 8, 9
Heavyweight S-X vs. DTG – (3) Note 10
Heavyweight Chase DeMoor vs. Tempo Arts – (5) Note 11

Fight details

Weight

On 30 June 2023, KSI uploaded a video onto his YouTube channel stating that Tommy Fury is demanding the fight takes place at 185 Ibs despite both parties verbally agreeing to 180 Ibs with no rehydration clause and gave Fury a deadline to sign the contract by 3 July at 6:00pm BST.[‡ 1][24] On 1 July, Fury responded with an Instagram story stating that the fight will only take place at 185 Ibs and if KSI doesn't agree, he will rematch Jake Paul in October.[25] KSI then responded on Twitter accepting to fight at 185 Ibs however requested that they weigh in on the morning of the fight.[‡ 2] On 3 July, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland, promoters of Misfits Boxing, had confirmed that both parties had agreed on the weight.[26] On 30 July, Misfits Boxing co-owner Mams Taylor confirmed in a Twitter Space that both parties had agreed to 183 Ibs.[‡ 3]

Sanctioning

The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) will not be sanctioning the event. The Professional Boxing Association (PBA), who sanctioned all of KSI's previous bouts on Misfits Boxing, will be the government body thus resulting in the event originally being documented as an exhibition with professional ruling.[27] However, On 27 September, KSI vs Fury was listed on BoxRec as a professional bout with the rest of the undercard listed as a "MF–professional" bout.[28]

Broadcasting

Country/Region Broadcasters
Free Cable TV PPV Stream
United Kingdom (Host) YouTube
Kick
(Preliminary Card) 		— DAZN PPV
United States —
Worldwide — — DAZN

Notes

  1. ^ On BoxRec, KSI's professional record is 1–0.[1]

^Note 1 Professional bout
^Note 2 Danis' professional debut
^Note 3 For inaugural MFB middleweight title
^Note 4 For MFB lightweight title
^Note 5 For vacant MFB light heavyweight title
^Note 6 Nunes and Nate's professional debut
^Note 7 Tag team match
^Note 8 Grace's professional debut
^Note 9 For MFB women's flyweight title
^Note 10 S-X's professional debut
^Note 11 For inaugural MFB heavyweight title

References

  1. ^ a b "BoxRec: Olajide William Olatunji". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ "BoxRec: Tommy Fury". BoxRec. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "KSI vs Tommy Fury: YouTuber to fight unbeaten boxer in Manchester". Sky News. 30 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b Raimondi, Marc (8 August 2023). "Logan Paul to face Bellator's Dillon Danis in boxing match". ESPN.
  5. ^ "KSI vs Logan Paul 2: British YouTuber wins boxing fight against social media rival". Sky News. 11 November 2019.
  6. ^ Morse, Ben (13 November 2019). "Love Island star and pro boxer Tommy Fury eyes fight with KSI". CNN.
  7. ^ Tom, Lutz (26 February 2023). "Tommy Fury edges YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul by split decision". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Marc, Raimondi (12 April 2023). "Jake Paul-Nate Diaz boxing match set for Aug. 5 in Dallas". ESPN.
  9. ^ Glinski, George (15 March 2023). "Tommy Fury career path mapped out by dad John as two fights teased after Paul - EXCLUSIVE". Daily Express.
  10. ^ "KSI win over Fournier overturned... fight ruled 'No Contest'". TMZ. 19 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Controversy erupts as YouTube star KSI knocks out professional boxer Joe Fournier with illegal elbow". Fox Sports. 13 May 2023.
  12. ^ Robson, Shay (23 July 2023). "Misfits Boxing teases KSI vs Fury & Logan Paul vs Dillon Danis for Series 009 mega-card". Dexerto.
  13. ^ Raimondi, Marc (28 July 2023). "Logan Paul, KSI commit to October card for separate fights". ESPN.
  14. ^ Sarkar, Raj (17 August 2023). "Dillon Danis vs Logan Paul and KSI vs Fury Press Conference- Date, Time, Tickets". InsideSport.
  15. ^ Ellis, Jordan (22 August 2023). "John Fury almost starts riot by launching tables during KSI vs Tommy Fury press conference". talkSport.
  16. ^ "Tommy Fury's father flips table in angry outburst at Fury v KSI press conference". Sky News. 23 August 2023.
  17. ^ Gwilliam, Michael (22 August 2023). "Logan Paul confronts "two-faced" JiDion backstage at Dillon Danis press conference". Dexerto.
  18. ^ "Deen the Great vs Walid Sharks rematch confirmed for KSI vs Tommy Fury Misfits show in Manchester". British Boxing News. 5 September 2023.
  19. ^ Viagem, Ricardo (9 September 2023). "King Kenny set to face Anthony Taylor on the undercard of KSI vs Tommy Fury". Sportskeeda.
  20. ^ Heck, Mike (23 September 2023). "Trimmed down Salt Papi, Slim Albaher have to be separated during Misfits contract signing".
  21. ^ "Brazilian megastar Whindersson Nunes will face My Mate Nate on KSI vs Tommy Fury MF & DAZN: X Series show". British Boxing News. 13 September 2023.
  22. ^ Foley, Jake (17 September 2023). "The Prime Card update: Exciting tag-team fight set to feature on KSI vs. Tommy Fury undercard on October 14". Sportskeeda.
  23. ^ Michael, Benson (24 September 2023). "'Must watch' – Misfits Boxing Prime Card now features 11 fights fans are looking forward to, including KSI vs Tommy Fury and Logan Paul vs Dillon Danis". talkSport.
  24. ^ "KSI issues ultimatum to 'delusional piece of s***' Tommy Fury over boxing negotiations". MMA Fighting. 30 June 2023.
  25. ^ Evanoff, Josh (1 July 2023). ""Fine by me" - Tommy Fury fires back at KSI after issuing contract ultimatum". Sportskeeda.
  26. ^ Benson, Michael (4 July 2023). "KSI vs Tommy Fury now 'very close' to being a done deal after key point agreed in last-minute negotiations". talkSport.
  27. ^ "Tommy Fury v KSI: Boxer to face off against YouTuber in Manchester in October". BBC. 30 July 2023.
  28. ^ Suhas Reddy, Rajneesh (27 September 2023). ""Scratching his crooked forehead for more excuses" - Jake Paul slammed online after KSI vs. Tommy Fury sanctioned as professional fight". Sportskeeda.

Primary sources

In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):

  1. ^ "I'm sick of this!". YouTube. 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Tommy, I wanna KO your ass so badly that I'll come up in weight and do 185 lbs if you agree to do the weigh in on the morning of fight day. Nice fair fight". Twitter. 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ Happy Punch Promotions (30 July 2023). "The contracted weight for KSI vs Tommy Fury is 183lbs, per @MamsTaylor". Twitter.

See also

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