Deji vs Alex Wassabi
| Date | 5 March 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Arena, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wassabi defeated Deji via Split Decision.[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deji vs Alex Wassabi, billed as UK vs USA, was a crossover boxing match contested between British YouTuber, Deji and American YouTuber, Alex Wassabi. The bout was on 5 March 2022, at Wembley Arena, London, England.
Background[edit]
On 3 February 2018, British YouTubers KSI (brother of Deji Olatunji) and Joe Weller took part in an amateur boxing event at Copper Box Arena, London, England. After winning by TKO, KSI called out American YouTubers Logan Paul and Jake Paul. However, after weeks of back-and-forth videos on YouTube, seemingly resulting in a stalemate, KSI uploaded a video to his YouTube channel reacting to other potential opponents who had called him out,[4] including Alex Wassabi, and ultimately put the decision to the fans via a poll. After receiving the least votes of the 6 potential opponents,[5] Wassabi went on to call out multiple other YouTubers[6] to an undercard fight however he did not manage to secure one in time for the event on 25 August 2022.
Deji fought Jake Paul as the co-main event of KSI vs Logan Paul on 25 August 2018 and was defeated via TKO in the fifth round. He made his boxing comeback three years later on 12 June 2021 on the YouTubers vs. TikTokers event against TikToker Vinnie Hacker, suffering a second consecutive defeat by way of TKO, this time in the third round. After the fight, Deji announced that he would temporarily step away from social media to work on himself, his fitness and his boxing abilities.[7] Six months later, it was announced that he would fight Alex Wassabi as the main event of boxing promotion company Showstar Boxing's inaugural event, UK vs USA.[8]
Card[edit]
Showstar Boxing gradually announced the card for the event via posts on their social media platforms between 12 January 2022 and 4 February when the full initial card was announced.[9] The main event and co-main event were Deji vs Alex Wassabi and King Kenny vs FaZe Temperrr and the undercard included; Kristen Hanby vs Vitaly, Armz Korleone vs Minikon, Ryan Taylor vs DK Money and Ashley Cain vs Andreas Eskander. Also on that day, preliminary fights, Salt Papi vs Halal Ham[10] and Stromedy vs Austin Sprinz[11] were announced.
One month later, and a day before the event, on 4 March 2022, Jay Cucciniello vs Anthony Taylor[12] was added to the main card to replace Ashley Cain vs Andreas Eskander after Eskander pulled out earlier that week.[13]
Fight card[edit]
| Weight class | vs | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
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| Main Card | |||||||
| Light heavyweight | Alex Wassabi | def. | Deji Olatunji | SD | 5 | ||
| Light-heavyweight | FaZe Temperrr | def. | King Kenny | UD | 5 | Note 1 | |
| Undercard | |||||||
| Catchweight | Vitaly | vs. | Kristen Hanby | MD | 4 | ||
| Super heavyweight | Armz Korleone | def. | Minikon | UD | 4 | ||
| Heavyweight | DK Money | def. | Ryan Taylor | DQ | 1/4 | Note 2 | |
| Light-heavyweight | Jay Cucciniello | def. | Anthony Taylor | UD | 4 | ||
| Preliminary Fights | |||||||
| Cruiserweight | Stromedy | def. | Austin Sprinz | MD | 4 | ||
| Cruiserweight | Salt Papi | def. | Halal Ham | UD | 3 | ||
^Note 1 Kenny was awarded the win by SD on the night however this was later overturned[14]
^Note 2 Ryan Taylor was disqualified after headbutting DK Money in the first round[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ "YTBoxRec: Deji Olatunji". YTBoxRec. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "YTBoxRec: Alex Wassabi". YTBoxRec. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ Fairfax, Zackerie (5 March 2022). "Alex Wassabi wins Deji fight by split decision". Dexerto. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ KSI (18 February 2018). "My Next Boxing Opponent". YouTube. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "Who will KSI be fighting next..." YouPoll.
- ↑ Alex Wassabi (10 February 2018). "$100,000 Boxing Challenge". YouTube. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ Deji (13 June 2021). "see you soon". YouTube. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ Showstar Boxing (12 January 2022). "We heard you!". Instagram. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ Showstar Boxing (4 February 2022). "The moment you've been waiting for..." Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Showstar Boxing (4 February 2022). "Salt Papi vs Halal Ham". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Showstar Boxing (4 February 2022). "Stromedy vs Austin Sprinz". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Showstar Boxing (4 March 2022). "We are proud to announce Mellow Fellow VS Pretty Boy". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Adejobi, Alicia (3 March 2022). "Ashley Cain 'gutted' as he's forced to drop out of celebrity boxing match". Metro. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Corby, Donagh (10 March 2022). "New Faze Temperrr vs King Kenny result announced after fight was rescored". Mirror. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Domin, Martin (5 March 2022). "YouTube star Ryan Taylor disqualified for brutal headbutt in boxing debut". Mirror. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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