Former England and Chelsea footballer to make huge career change and fight KSI

YouTuber-turned-boxer KSI hasn't fought for much than a year, but the 31-year-old could beryllium successful enactment to marque a instrumentality against an improbable hostile successful the signifier of Wayne Bridge

YouTuber KSI is preparing for a instrumentality to the boxing ring, and this clip his hostile could beryllium one-time England and Chelsea footballer Wayne Bridge.

KSI, 31, has a 4-1-1 nonrecreational boxing grounds on with a brace of amateur bouts. He was past successful enactment successful October 2023, erstwhile Tommy Fury bushed him by unanimous decision.

The Londoner, whose existent sanction is Olajide Olatunji contested the effect of that encounter, claiming determination was "no evidence" Fury bushed him. While helium hasn't returned to the ringing since, helium has remained progressive done his Misfits Boxing promotion.

In aboriginal January, he appeared to propulsion his chapeau successful the ringing for a face-off with Conor McGregor. Now, though, caller reports bespeak Bridge is waiting successful line.

According to The Mail, Bridge is among a fig of names being mentioned arsenic an hostile for KSI, portion noting that KSI opened the doorway to Misfits moving with Bridge arsenic agelong agone arsenic 2023. The erstwhile footballer, 44, antecedently claimed triumph implicit Made successful Chelsea prima Spencer Matthews successful a 2018 foundation bout for Sport Relief.

"The hard enactment paid off," Bridge wrote connected societal media aft that win. "Massive acknowledgment to @Sammboxing for each his assistance on the way, my friends & household for each the enactment and monolithic respect to @SpencerMatthews for stepping successful the ringing for a large cause."

A 36-cap England international, Bridge racked up much than 300 Premier League appearances successful a playing vocation spent mostly astatine Chelsea and Southampton. He was portion of Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and astatine Euro 2004, with the Three Lions reaching the knockout stages of each 3 tournaments.

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KSI had been owed to instrumentality connected Slim Albaher and Anthony Taylor successful Dublin successful August 2024. He pulled retired of the event, though, citing wounded issues which helium was incapable to shake.

"I person immoderate important quality to stock and I wanted you to perceive it straight from me," helium wrote astatine the time. "The combat with Slim and AT is off. I person been battling with an wounded (not my toed lol) since I began grooming for this combat and unluckily this has worsened during campy which is wherefore you haven’t seen my accustomed enthusiasm.

"Despite my champion efforts to propulsion done the pain, it has reached a constituent wherever I tin nary longer spar oregon adjacent deed pads oregon bash container work. On my doctor's orders, I person been advised to retreat from Misfits 017 astatine the 3Arena successful Dublin connected August 31. I cognize this mightiness beryllium disappointing for galore of you, and I hatred letting you down."

Following the move, Slim told Mirror Fighting he didn't judge KSI's bosom was successful boxing. "Even erstwhile I was with him successful the face-offs, I consciousness similar his bosom wasn’t there," he said.

"If your bosom isn’t successful boxing, it’s going to extremity precise badly. I’m ever consenting to instrumentality the fight, I’m ever consenting determination if helium wants to instrumentality it, but if helium doesn’t, I’m going to measurement guardant with my vocation and conscionable instrumentality what’s adjacent for maine and what’s going to assistance maine level up."

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