Ex-UFC star Darren Till takes purpose at KSI for remark forward of Tommy Fury battle

Former UFC fighter Darren Till has mocked KSI for an uncommon remark in the course of the YouTube star’s ugly press convention forward of his forthcoming boxing match towards Tommy Fury. Misfits Boxing boss KSI, actual title Olajide “JJ” Olatunji, will face former Love Island star Fury on the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday, October 14.

Also on the invoice is WWE wrestler and social media sensation Logan Paul who faces Dillon Danis. KSI and Paul are the enterprise companions behind the super-popular power drink Prime that has taken the UK by storm.

Tuesday’s media gathering quickly descended into full chaos because the rivalling teams hurled insults at one another earlier than John Fury, father of Tommy, misplaced his cool and kicked two tables over.

Paul then threw a cake, that was formed like opponent Danis, on the MMA fighter, simply so as to add to the bedlam. A deliberate face-off between KSI and Fury was cancelled because of this, however it was the YouTuber’s unusual remark earlier within the press convention that caught the eye of Till.

Speaking to the press KSI mentioned: “I am the one that can see John Cena.”

The assertion attracts reference to wrestler John Cena’s walk-on theme music, which is entitled ‘You Can’t See Me’. The WWE star additionally makes use of the time period as a catchphrase earlier than defeating opponents.

Responding to a tweet from battle broadcaster DAZN, which shared the clip of KSI making his declare, Till wrote: “What the f*** man. F****** absolute sausage of a man.”

Other social media customers weighed in on the remark, accusing KSI of being cringe-worthy, however not everybody was on the identical web page.

@MattSaunders91 wrote: “He’s got everyone on strings though, he’s a genius at marketing. He knows what he’s saying and doing and making tens of millions a year from it. He doesn’t genuinely believe anything he says, but you’ve reacted to it bringing his interest to a wider audience. He’s outsmarting everyone.”

In the build-up to the later on-stage chaos, Fury, who’s the half-brother of WBC world champion Tyson Fury, claimed that he would finish the period of YouTube boxers by beating KSI.

Fury mentioned: “I fought Jake Paul in February and I’m fighting this man in October and he will be done and YouTube boxing will be done.”

KSI responded by saying: “There’s a lot of people that are saying I have no chance, zero chance. But then when I get in that ring and knock out Tommy Fury, they’re going to look at me differently.”

When Fury instructed his opponent to “keep dreaming”, KSI added: “It’s all facts.”