With two even if chaotic rounds following, KSI was awarded a split decision, with Paul then appealing the decision and losing. In the fourth round Paul rallied and landed a hefty uppercut blow before a second illegal uppercut sent the Briton to the ground, following with another illicit strike on his way down and then when he was on the ground, costing Paul two points. KSI started brightly as he landed more punches in the first three rounds, and Paul slipped twice on to the canvas, with a right-hander knocking Paul over, with none of the three incidents ruled a knockdown. The hard work was reflected in the gym, with Paul weighing in at 199.4lbs and KSI going up to 193.5lbs.
Paul employed Shannon Briggs as his trainer and KSI was under the supervision of professional fighter Viddal Riley and Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s uncle Jeff Mayweather, a sign of the seriousness with which the pair were taking the fight. This time, instead of a card simply stacked with fellow YouTubers, Billy Joe Saunders defended his WBO super middleweight belt against Marcelo Coceres, while Devin Haney defended his WBC strap against Alfredo Santiago. Paul Weller has told The Guardian that he only considers three of his songs to be truly perfect and hes not including Thats Entertainment, The ChangingMan and Going Underground on that list. The fight took place at Manchester Arena, England, and was streamed on YouTube PPV.Īfter six, three-minute rounds, the fight was scored a draw and heralded a professional rematch on November 9 2019.Ī legitimate cruiserweight bout planned for another set of six three-minute rounds, the event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Paul and KSI weighed in at 189.6lbs and 187.2lbs respectively. In a build-up featuring transatlantic press conferences, face masks of Logan Paul’s then-girlfriend, vandalised gyms and attacks on hired cards, the two fighters managed to court plenty of controversy. Ultimately Logan stepped up, with Jake taking on KSI’s younger brother Deji Olatunji. ONE on Prime Video: Liam Harrison on if Anthony Joshua or Tyson Fury is bigger in the UK, facing 'absolute legend'.
Ricky – who sadly passed away earlier in 2022 – remembered The Passenger was nailed in rapid time at the Hansa studio. David, being a Capricorn, likes everything rehearsed and ‘what’s going to be is going to be’. “And then he came back the next morning with the lyrics and that was it! There’s no middle eight, and it’s just those chords… It was very interesting working with Iggy and David because they were quite different, although they had a lot in common. “Iggy recorded it on his mono battery cassette player with me playing it unplugged on the Strat,” explained Ricky. "He would take something he liked, filter it through his own sort of genius, and make it his own" – David Bowie's guitarists on working with an iconīack in Berlin, both David and Iggy adored the motif Ricky was strumming and it wasn’t too long before the song was complete.
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