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KSI v Wayne Bridge: The former English footballer will face YouTuber in a boxing fight


Former English footballer Wayne Bridge will face YouTuber KSI in a boxing match on March 29.

The fight, at a currently unknown location, was announced during a Misfits boxing event in Manchester on Saturday.

Bridge, 44, has earned 36 caps for England and played in the Premier League for clubs including Chelsea and Manchester City.

He retired from football in 2014 and fought TV star Spencer Matthews in a charity fight for Sport Relief in 2018.

KSI, whose real name is Olajide William Olatunji, has fought on several occasions, including against Tommy Fury in 2023.

KSI lost on points on that occasion, in a fight that was not licensed by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC), which governs the sport in the United Kingdom because KSI did not have a professional boxing license.

Most of KSI’s boxing career has not been professional fights and it is unclear which team will oversee his fight with Bridge.

KSI’s fight against Fury was overseen by the Professional Boxing Association (PBA), but Misfits has since stopped working with the team.

Crossover bouts involving influencers and social media personalities have gained significant traction among the public in recent years, despite questions about whether they damage the sport’s credibility.

In November, Jake Paul defeated former world champion Mike Tyson, 58, in a fight attended by more than 70,000 people in Texas and watched by millions on Netflix.



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