KSI breaks silence on controversial Wayne Bridge taunt and refuses to apologise to former Chelsea star

KSI has breached his soundlessness aft his arguable taunt to Wayne Bridge earlier the illness of their boxing bout.

The YouTube sensation and erstwhile Premier League victor with Chelsea were set for a daze March 29 combat successful Manchester.

But aft announcing the pay-per-view clash successful January - KSI brought up Bridge's infamous feud with John Terry.

Terry allegedly had an affair with Bridge's ex-partner Vanessa Perroncel successful 2009 - thing some person ever denied.

And aft KSI referenced the alleged matter - Bridge pulled retired of the combat conscionable days later.

KSI explained that helium was playing the bad-guy relation to assistance merchantability PPVs - but fell abbreviated of apologising to Bridge.

He told Ariel Helwani: "When I'm connected stage, I'm connected determination fundamentally arsenic a quality to, I dunno, I was conscionable trying to make pay-per-view, make drama, make action.

"I wanted him to hatred me. I wanted him to instantly beryllium like, 'What? This guy. What is helium doing? F*** this guy. I privation to sound him out.'

"I didn't expect him to really propulsion retired completely. I was virtually conscionable trying to rile him up due to the fact that I've had each types of things said to me, each types of things done to me.

"I conscionable cognize astatine the extremity of the day, I've met him earlier and I was beauteous civil. There's virtually a YouTube video wherever I met him and we were chill.

"No anger, nary hatred towards each different it was each bless. But past obviously, erstwhile I'm warring you I'm going to bash everything I tin to get nether your tegument and I'm going to virtually marque this event.

"I'm going to marque this arsenic large arsenic imaginable and determination are buttons I tin property to get your riled up, I'm going to property them. That's conscionable it."

Bridge has an 18-year-old lad with ex-Vanessa and retreat himself from the combat with KSI to debar immoderate further verbal warfare.

It came aft KSI said: "Wayne Bridge, aren't you the feline that fto John Terry smash your ex? "That is what you are known for."

He past sung a crude chant astir erstwhile exemplary Vanessa - who has ever denied ever having an affair with Bridge's erstwhile team-mate Terry.

KSI - returning for his eighth combat - revealed the combat was signed earlier Bridge pulled out.

He said: "Everything was acceptable acceptable to go. I was acceptable to fight, helium was acceptable to combat but I dunno, I conjecture helium wasn't acceptable for the s*** talk."

KSI, 31, has not returned since suffering his archetypal decision successful the boxing ring, losing a arguable determination to Tommy Fury, 25, successful October 2023.

He was owed for a comeback combat past August until a manus wounded ruled him out.

And helium volition present combat 2-0 MMA prima Dillon Danis, 31, who mislaid his boxing debut to Logan Paul, 29, past year.

They were acceptable to combat successful January 2023 but Danis pulled out.

And KSI claimed the jiu jitsu champion was a past edifice aft the likes of Jorge Masvidal, 40, were incapable to judge the bout.

He said: “Even with this fight, I cognize I’m not adjacent allowed to accidental it but f*** it. Dillon Danis wasn’t adjacent my 4th choice.

"We went to Nate Diaz. He said no. We went to Donald Cerrone. He said no. We went to Tony Ferguson. He said no. These guys said nary to me.

"Even Masvidal — we went to Masvidal to fight. He can’t bash it due to the fact that of the UFC. Guys, we’ve been trying to find radical to fight.”