{"id":404648,"date":"2026-01-12T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404648\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:20:10","slug":"ksi-retires-from-boxing-shuts-door-on-jake-paul-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/404648\/","title":{"rendered":"KSI Retires From Boxing, Shuts Door on Jake Paul Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6964e42deece6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            YouTube star KSI has announced his retirement from boxing, ending years of speculation about a possible showdown with rival Jake Paul.\n        <\/p>\n<p>KSI, whose real name is Olajide Olatunji, burst onto the boxing scene in 2018 with his blockbuster fight against Logan Paul, a bout that helped push influencer boxing into the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>He later launched Misfits Boxing, providing a platform for content creators and social media stars to compete in professional bouts.<\/p>\n<p>But after a run of five fights between 2022 and 2023, finishing with a 3 wins 1 loss and 1 draw record, KSI says he has lost the passion for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>His decision means the long talked about clash with Jake Paul, fueled by years of online rivalry and fan hype, will now not happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"YouTube star KSI has announced his retirement from boxing, ending years of speculation about a possible showdown with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,34829,327,527,97342,97341,82],"class_list":["post-404648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-conversation","tag-current-affairs","tag-football","tag-lets-talk","tag-nigeria-info-fm","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}