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KSI vs Logan Paul press conference LIVE: YouTube stars trade verbal blows in first meeting since amateur fight

The pair met for the first time since their fight last year

Adam Hamdani
Sunday 15 September 2019 03:31 BST
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KSI and Logan Paul came face to face for the first time since fighting in August last year.

In the first bout, records were broken as the pair of YouTubers - and at the time, amateur boxers, fought to a majority draw in what was dubbed the “Biggest Internet Event in History”.

Both men said they were disappointed in the trash talking the other had to offer, but ultimately what will matter is what happens in the ring on 9 November. Recap on the press conference below.

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Wow, Michael Buffer is out for this one and he's introducing this one right now as "the one the world has been waiting for".

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:15

This fight is scheduled for six rounds, each will be three minutes.

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:15

Logan Paul has been introduced to the stage and is taking in every moment.

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:16

KSI up next and both men look cool, calm and collected.

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:17

They are face to face talking trash, with the voice of Shannon Briggs in the background repeatedly saying 'you've got it champ, he almost got knocked out the first time champ'.

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:17

Here they are.

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:18

Now goes Eddie Hearn, who has promised someone will be knocked out and claimed he won't be talking to much pre-fight because the fighters can take care of it themselves.

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:20

Shannon Briggs is somewhat stealing the limelight here, interrupting the speech to trash talk KSI's team.

"I know you ain't got this champ, I already know that champ."

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:20

Now DAZN's executive vice president Joe Markowski is on the mic, saying he's 'surprised by the negative backlash the fight has received'.

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:22

The mic has been handed to Shannon Briggs.

"I told Logan camp doesn't really start until you see him at the press conference, now it starts. He went into another man's back yard, his first fight and was amazing. Now we home. My boy is going to be more prepared than ever. I'm giving you a guarantee Logan Paul is going to knock that man [KSI] out. Let's go champ."

Adam Hamdani14 September 2019 21:24

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