Boxing legend Evander Holyfield approached KSI over a possible fight with the YouTube star.
As reported by talkSPORT, 61-year-old Holyfield, who last competed professionally in 2011, contacted KSI’s Misfits Boxing.
However, despite the recent trend of boxing legends returning to the ring, the fight wasn’t given the go-ahead by KSI’s team.
KSI’s manager Mams Taylor stated that KSI needs to be facing fighters who are ‘evenly matched’ and ‘at an even age’. He added that a fight with Holyfield wouldn’t have happened regardless of how much money was offered.
Taylor told talkSPORT: ‘I know Holyfield contacted us about fighting KSI.
+3
View gallery
Boxing legend Evander Holyfield approached KSI over a possible fight with the YouTube star
+3
View gallery
KSI’s Misfits Boxing felt that the fight wouldn’t have been right for the YouTube star
‘Again, we wouldn’t do that. It needs to be two evenly matched fighters at an even age.
‘If it was Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield for all the money in the world we wouldn’t do that.
‘I think it’s ironic because the cornerstone of Misfits Boxing is on a higher moral ground than some parts of traditional boxing.
‘We take care of the fighters, we make sure that the testing is good and that’s why fighters pop.
‘We do it and we do far more extensive medical testing before they are allowed to fight.
+3
View gallery
Holyfield’s desire to face KSI followed on from news of Mike Tyson’s upcoming bout with Jake Paul
‘We fight people matched together at similar levels, that is our ethos and I think there is something for everyone.
‘But we have a moral outline and we will try to stick to that regardless of the pay cheque that comes our way.’
Holyfield’s desire to take on KSI followed on from news of Mike Tyson’s upcoming bout with Jake Paul.
The fight is set to take place in Texas on November 15. 58-year-old Tyson will face 27-year-old YouTuber Paul.
Holyfield was the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s. He is also the only four-time world heavyweight champion.
News
T. AFL star calls out YouTuber Jake Paul after slamming ‘terrible’ Mike Tyson fight
AFL champion Scott Pendlebury has called out ‘con job’ Jake Paul after his fight against Mike Tyson, insisting that he would need only two rounds to beat the YouTuber in a boxing match. On Saturday, Paul earned the most notable victory of his burgeoning career…
T. Jake Paul’s win over Mike Tyson is seen by 65 million households on Netflix despite technical issues
Jake Paul’s uninspiring victory over a 58-year-old Mike Tyson certainly had its desired effect with viewers, according to audience figures shared by Most Valuable Promotions after Friday’s fight card on Netflix. Although more data is still expected to be released later this week, the event…
T. Viewers needed more stamina than Tyson to endure the Netflix glitches, writes JONATHAN McEVOY as streaming giant takes stuttering leap into boxing
‘The time for talk is over,’ shiny host Kate Scott stated a few seconds into Netflix’s landmark broadcast. If only. There were five hours to fill and no adjective was eschewed in the selling of what turned out to be the…
T. Jake Paul’s cornerman goes viral over Donald Trump-inspired hat
Donald Trump did not make an appearance at Friday’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight, although his slogan for Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. certainly did. One of Paul’s cornerman went viral during the Netflix livestream for wearing a rather conspicuous ‘Make…
T. Jake Paul delivers brutal response to Carl Froch after the former super middleweight champion claimed he would beat YouTuber with ‘one arm behind my back’
Jake Paul fired back at former super middleweight champion Carl Froch just hours after his victory over Mike Tyson. Paul, 27, overcame boxing icon Tyson – who was the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990 – via unanimous decision on Friday…
T. Jake Paul delivers brutal response to Carl Froch after the former super middleweight champion claimed he would beat YouTuber with ‘one arm behind my back’
Jake Paul fired back at former super middleweight champion Carl Froch just hours after his victory over Mike Tyson. Paul, 27, overcame boxing icon Tyson – who was the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990 – via unanimous decision on Friday…
End of content
No more pages to load
