Social media influencers were invading the boxing ring for years now and on Oct. 14, one of the expected crossover playing cards of that invasion is going i’m sick in Manchester, England. In the primary tournament, boxer and truth tv megastar Tommy Anger will travel one-on-one with influencer KSI. The co-main tournament has additionally drawn enough quantity of headlines with social media superstar-turned-boxer-turned-WWE movie star Logan Paul taking up former skilled combined martial artist Dillon Danis.

Anger, brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Anger, is coming off the largest win of his profession, defeating Jake Paul by way of break determination in February. He now seems so as to add every other win over an influencer to his resume, regardless that it’s nonetheless fairly vague whether or not the struggle shall be a certified bout or an exhibition.

The struggle used to be at the beginning indexed as an exhibition as it’s going to now not be sanctioned by way of the British Boxing Board of Regulate, however the bout checklist used to be not too long ago modified to skilled on BoxRec.

KSI most effective has one skilled victory, a break determination win over Logan Paul in 2019. Previous to that struggle, KSI had fought two times in newbie bouts — one in all which used to be towards Paul. He has fought 3 extra instances in bouts sanctioned by way of the Skilled Boxing Affiliation, which technically had been exhibitions. In the ones fights, he defeated rapper Swarmz and Luis Alcaraz Pineda in the similar night time and later defeated FaZe Temperrr.

Then his struggle with KSI, Paul fought yet another week, being carried for 8 rounds in an exhibition with Floyd Mayweather Jr. His leading center of attention within the fight sports activities global has been as a unique enchantment for WWE, the place he has transform a stunning collision as a skilled wrestler.

Danis has been antagonizing Paul with insulting social media posts about Paul’s fiancee, Nina Agdal. This resulted in Agdal obtaining a restraining series towards Danis.

Danis is an achieved grappler who used to be considered as a possible megastar in combined martial arts. Sadly, Danis most effective fought two times as a professional, successful Bellator fights in 2018 and 2019. He has since advanced a name for pulling out of fights, together with a deliberate January boxing struggle with KSI.

Let’s check out your complete card and data for the way you’ll monitor the motion on Oct. 14.

Anger vs. KSI struggle card

KSI vs. Anger viewing knowledge

• Month: Oct. 14 | Get started week: 2 p.m. ET (leading occasions round 5 p.m. ET)
• Location: Manchester Area — Manchester, England
• How one can monitor: DAZN PPV (worth TBD)