KSI vs Fournier LIVE: Boxing fight result, reaction and latest news after controversial knockout
Re-live updates from the boxing match at London’s Wembley Arena
YouTube star KSI beat Joe Fournier with a controversial knockout on Saturday, finishing the former professional boxer with an accidental elbow.
KSI, 29, landed the bigger punches throughout the first round of the exhibition bout at London’s Wembley Arena, and he tagged Fournier, 40, with a huge overhand right in Round 2. That was followed by an attempted right hook, with KSI (real name Olajide Olatunji) instead making contact with his elbow.
The strike sent Fournier tumbling to the canvas and left him staring up at the ceiling, unable to beat the referee’s count.
In a post-fight interview, KSI denied that he had stopped his fellow Briton with his elbow, before calling Tommy Fury into the ring for a face-off, which ended with the pair being separated. Earlier in the night, Fury was seen brawling with Idris Virgo, a fellow former Love Island contestant, in the crowd.
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KSI vs Fournier LIVE: Tommy Fury and KSI separated amid heated face-off
Here’s what happened in the aftermath of the main event:
KSI and Tommy Fury separated after heated face-off at Misfits boxing event
KSI knocked out Joe Fournier with a controversial elbow then faced off with Fury in the ring
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins with controversial knockout
Here’s our report from the main event:
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins with controversial knockout
KSI and Tommy Fury separated after heated face-off at Misfits boxing event
KSI knocked out Joe Fournier with a controversial elbow then faced off with Fury in the ring
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins with controversial knockout
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins with controversial knockout
KSI knocks out Joe Fournier with controversial elbow
The YouTuber, 29, dropped the 40-year-old ex-boxer in Round 2 – but replays showed it was an accidental elbow that finished the fight
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins with controversial knockout
KSI and Fury clash heads before being separated.
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins with controversial knockout
KSI says it was not an elbow. Footage shows it was.
Now he calls out Tommy Fury, who enters the ring and says: “Sign me up, easy money. You’re going to sleep within four rounds.”
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins with controversial elbow knockout
KSI def. Joe Fournier via second-round KO (1:25).
No mention of the elbow! It seems KSI has gotten away with it!
KSI vs Fournier LIVE: KSI wins via second-round knockout
KSI is doing press-ups in the ring, but there’s controversy here after that elbow knockout.
Let’s see what happens...
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