Why has KSI vs Dillon Danis been postponed? YouTuber forced to pull out of fight against Conor McGregor’s ex-teammate
KSI will no longer settle his heated rivalry with former Bellator star Dillon Danis this weekend after the crossover fight was postponed. The pair had been due to fight in January 2023 following a feud that broke out a year earlier but Danis pulled out a week before the event. Danis wasn’t present for the face-off, but now KSI won’t be fightingGetty And now it’s KSI who has pulled out of the latest fight date, cancelling the event planned for this Saturday night. The YouTuber-turned-boxer was originally lined up to face Wayne Bridge, only for the ex-Chelsea defender to then withdraw after controversial comments made by ‘The Nightmare’. That opened the door for Danis to step in, but the issues continue with this bout after yet another issue… Why has KSI vs Danis been postponed? The clash was scheduled to take place on Saturday at the AO Arena in Manchester, but KSI has pulled out through illness. Organisers Misfits Boxing announced the postponement on Friday, March 21, releasing a statement on social media. It read: “Due to an illness to KSI, Misfits Boxing ‘Unfinished Business’, scheduled for March 29th in Manchester, has been postponed. A further update will be issued next week, including a new date for the event.” KSI then released a video statement from himself, explaining his situation and why he cannot fight this weekend. He said: “I’ve tried my hardest but my body has legit just given up. “I’m currently in bed taking antibiotics trying to recover but I’m struggling. I’m coughing up greenish-yellow s*** all the time, my sinuses are hurting to the point where I need ibuprofen every day. “The tension headaches that I’m getting are more painful than you can imagine. I’m using Sudafed daily. View Tweet: https://t.co/UaEnwfr0OG “I’ve tried sparring and training but my body just feels weak. My stamina has just fallen off a cliff. I can’t even taste right now or smell. “Basically, I’m f*****. I’ve been ill for almost three weeks and it’s just not got better. “I’ve had doctors come around to try and decipher what is going on. Honestly, I’ve never been this ill for this long in my life and I hate it. “I feel useless and it’s depressing. I feel like I’ve let so many people down. I haven’t been able to post any YouTube videos to help promote the fight because I’ve just been feeling so s***. I’m just sick of being sick, man. “I want to move the fight to another date because I still want to knock out Dillon Danis. I didn’t train this hard for nothing. “Either way, I want to say sorry to everyone at Misfits, everyone at DAZN, I want to say sorry to the Sidemen for not being in as many videos as I’d like to be. And most importantly, I want to say sorry to the fans.” KSI vs Danis: Undercard Subject to new date MAIN EVENT: KSI vs Dillon Danis – POSTPONED Darren Till vs Darren Stewart Walid Sharks vs FoxTheG Chase DeMoor vs Roman Fury Amir Anderson vs TBA Demi Sims vs TBA Argentinian King vs Small Spartan Jay Joe Laws vs Harley Benn
KSI will no longer settle his heated rivalry with former Bellator star Dillon Danis this weekend after the crossover fight was postponed.
The pair had been due to fight in January 2023 following a feud that broke out a year earlier but Danis pulled out a week before the event.
And now it’s KSI who has pulled out of the latest fight date, cancelling the event planned for this Saturday night.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer was originally lined up to face Wayne Bridge, only for the ex-Chelsea defender to then withdraw after controversial comments made by ‘The Nightmare’.
That opened the door for Danis to step in, but the issues continue with this bout after yet another issue…
Why has KSI vs Danis been postponed?
The clash was scheduled to take place on Saturday at the AO Arena in Manchester, but KSI has pulled out through illness.
Organisers Misfits Boxing announced the postponement on Friday, March 21, releasing a statement on social media.
It read: “Due to an illness to KSI, Misfits Boxing ‘Unfinished Business’, scheduled for March 29th in Manchester, has been postponed. A further update will be issued next week, including a new date for the event.”
KSI then released a video statement from himself, explaining his situation and why he cannot fight this weekend.
He said: “I’ve tried my hardest but my body has legit just given up.
“I’m currently in bed taking antibiotics trying to recover but I’m struggling. I’m coughing up greenish-yellow s*** all the time, my sinuses are hurting to the point where I need ibuprofen every day.
“The tension headaches that I’m getting are more painful than you can imagine. I’m using Sudafed daily.
“I’ve tried sparring and training but my body just feels weak. My stamina has just fallen off a cliff. I can’t even taste right now or smell.
“Basically, I’m f*****. I’ve been ill for almost three weeks and it’s just not got better.
“I’ve had doctors come around to try and decipher what is going on. Honestly, I’ve never been this ill for this long in my life and I hate it.
“I feel useless and it’s depressing. I feel like I’ve let so many people down. I haven’t been able to post any YouTube videos to help promote the fight because I’ve just been feeling so s***. I’m just sick of being sick, man.
“I want to move the fight to another date because I still want to knock out Dillon Danis. I didn’t train this hard for nothing.
“Either way, I want to say sorry to everyone at Misfits, everyone at DAZN, I want to say sorry to the Sidemen for not being in as many videos as I’d like to be. And most importantly, I want to say sorry to the fans.”
KSI vs Danis: Undercard
Subject to new date
- MAIN EVENT: KSI vs Dillon Danis – POSTPONED
- Darren Till vs Darren Stewart
- Walid Sharks vs FoxTheG
- Chase DeMoor vs Roman Fury
- Amir Anderson vs TBA
- Demi Sims vs TBA
- Argentinian King vs Small Spartan Jay
- Joe Laws vs Harley Benn
