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Curiosity got the better of me and I watched it. Why are people treating it like it's legit?! WWE is less choreographed and better acted than that was.

One guy gets the first three rounds, other gets the last three. Rematch and have content on Youtube for another 6 months.
Are you implying the fight itself was staged? It obviously wasn't, the drama/aggro behind the scenes is massively played up (just like in all combat sports) but this was a real fight. They were both clearly getting exhausted towards the end and KSI was going for the kill in the last round, there was no plan for a draw.
 

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Yeah I think ksi being trained for twice as long (as well as having a professional trainer) showed. Paul just seems much more athletic though and when he catches up with training, he should win.
Yeah, Logan had the reach/power which allowed him to dominate the early rounds, so if they fight again I imagine whoever is training him will focus heavily on cardio. If he can sort that out and keep it up for six rounds he'll easily dominate the rematch, if I was KSI I wouldn't want it, Logan clearly has a higher ceiling.
 

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Curiosity got the better of me and I watched it. Why are people treating it like it's legit?! WWE is less choreographed and better acted than that was.

One guy gets the first three rounds, other gets the last three. Rematch and have content on Youtube for another 6 months.
The rematch was already agreed before hand in paperwork regardless of the result. The result was not staged, even though it’s easy to paint that narrative due to the whole storyline.
 

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Because a couple of lads on youtube wanted to have a punch up? Sounds like a bit of a boring episode, tbh.
Also because of the mass hysteria surrounding the whole thing - a couple of talentless non-athletes from YouTube generating more publicity and money from their zombie following than most pro-boxing events. This shouldn't even be news, but then again we are in 2018, where a nutjob from The Apprentice is in charge of the most powerful nation on Earth, the UK is exiting the EU, Stephen Hawking is dead, Sir Alex is no longer in charge at United and cars can now drive themselves.

And yes it would be a boring episode :lol:
 

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Also because of the mass hysteria surrounding the whole thing - a couple of talentless non-athletes from YouTube generating more publicity and money from their zombie following than most pro-boxing events. This shouldn't even be news, but then again we are in 2018, where a nutjob from The Apprentice is in charge of the most powerful nation on Earth, the UK is exiting the EU, Stephen Hawking is dead, Sir Alex is no longer in charge at United and cars can now drive themselves.

And yes it would be a boring episode :lol:
They're popular entertainers .. if a couple of big celebrities decided to fight, that would be big news too. I think talentless is harsh, they're both actually good content creators (though massive nobheads) who built themselves up so I have respect for that. They also both put in a ton of work to train, and both are actually good athletes. Logan was a state level wrestler and KSI is being trained by an Olympic medalist and has clearly come on a long way, they're both decent amateur level boxers. I don't really see the harm in it tbh, entertainment doesn't always have to be high-brow. Some of the hype around it/the nonsense at weigh in's etc is pure cringe, but they mostly have quite young audiences, so..

The other stuff though, yeaaahh.... strange times.
 

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They're popular entertainers .. if a couple of big celebrities decided to fight, that would be big news too. I think talentless is harsh, they're both actually good content creators (though massive nobheads) who built themselves up so I have respect for that. They also both put in a ton of work to train, and both are actually good athletes. Logan was a state level wrestler and KSI is being trained by an Olympic medalist and has clearly come on a long way, they're both decent amateur level boxers. I don't really see the harm in it tbh, entertainment doesn't always have to be high-brow. Some of the hype around it/the nonsense at weigh in's etc is pure cringe, but they mostly have quite young audiences, so..

The other stuff though, yeaaahh.... strange times.
Absolutely, fair play to them - even getting people to pay for watching it!
 

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I think KSI edged it today, but will lose the rematch. Logan will have another long period of time to train as a boxer, get his cardio up etc, and he'll learn from getting gassed out too early.
Nah, draw was a fair result. When Logan sat behind his jab in the first 2 rounds and only fired the right at certain times he looked comfortably the better boxer. KSI dragged him into a fight and he abandoned his jab for some reason, probably drove his corner fecking mad in the process. Agree that he’ll win the rematch
 

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Nah, draw was a fair result. When Logan sat behind his jab in the first 2 rounds and only fired the right at certain times he looked comfortably the better boxer. KSI dragged him into a fight and he abandoned his jab for some reason, probably drove his corner fecking mad in the process. Agree that he’ll win the rematch
Fair, probably just swung towards KSI edging it because he won the final round, but if you assess them all then I can definitely see why it was a draw.

In terms of a rematch .. KSI has to be worried. Giving Logan months more to catch up and reach a good cardio level could be really bad for him, I mean he must know that he's got more in terms of athleticism. Like you say, that reach was killing him in the early rounds, I feel like he abandoned it purely because he got tired and therefore sloppy? You could see that he was really suffering late on.
 

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Curiosity got the better of me and I watched it. Why are people treating it like it's legit?! WWE is less choreographed and better acted than that was.

One guy gets the first three rounds, other gets the last three. Rematch and have content on Youtube for another 6 months.
Yeah that's the first thing I thought of when the first words out of KSI's mouth after were "I think we need a rematch!".

Edit: Shit I just admitted to watching it.
 

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They're popular entertainers .. if a couple of big celebrities decided to fight, that would be big news too. I think talentless is harsh, they're both actually good content creators (though massive nobheads) who built themselves up so I have respect for that. They also both put in a ton of work to train, and both are actually good athletes. Logan was a state level wrestler and KSI is being trained by an Olympic medalist and has clearly come on a long way, they're both decent amateur level boxers. I don't really see the harm in it tbh, entertainment doesn't always have to be high-brow. Some of the hype around it/the nonsense at weigh in's etc is pure cringe, but they mostly have quite young audiences, so..

The other stuff though, yeaaahh.... strange times.
Absolutely mate. You tell these daft old granpas. What is boxing anyway? Nothing any semi fit cnut couldn’t do, innit? Also, Soccer Aid >>> Champions League. Go go Jonny Wilkes!

BURN IT ALL DOWN!!

Hail Satan.

(Though tbf, dumb teenagers are never too young to learn that boxing’s fixed. It’s kinda like your first Disney film)
 
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Absolutely mate. You tell these daft old granpas. What is boxing anyway? Nothing any semi fit cnut couldn’t do, innit? Also, Soccer Aid >>> Champions League. Go go Jonny Wilkes!

BURN IT ALL DOWN!!

Hail Satan.

(Though tbf, dumb teenagers are never too young to learn that boxing’s fixed. It’s kinda like your first Disney film)
Boxing is just a sport, anybody can learn a sport given enough time. These guys trained with pros/ex pros for months. Nobody is claiming it is better, or even close to a proper professional sporting event.

These guys trained well and put on a decent amateur boxing match. Whats wrong with that honestly? It's just gimmicky fun, obviously not comparable to professionals.

This event will likely get plenty of kids interested in the sport and will inspire people. KSI had no athletic history yet within months has got himself in shape and is able to compete with a guy significantly larger/more athletically gifted than him?

I think it's impressive. It's probably pretty inspiring for a lot of kids.
 

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Yeah that's the first thing I thought of when the first words out of KSI's mouth after were "I think we need a rematch!".

Edit: Shit I just admitted to watching it.

It wasn't staged. Both were clearly giving it all to win and KSI in the final round was going for the KO. Both have huge egos and absolutely wanted the victory, the rematch would have happened regardless.

Was just an even boxing match.
 

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It wasn't staged. Both were clearly giving it all to win and KSI in the final round was going for the KO. Both have huge egos and absolutely wanted the victory, the rematch would have happened regardless.

Was just an even boxing match.
He was wearing 12oz gloves vs a bigger man. Highly unlikely he’d knock him out.
 

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Ok I watched this and I did find it entertaining but I can’t believe people can’t see this match was rigged just so they can do a rematch for even more money. If they were donating proceeds to a charity then fair enough but they just want to line their pockets more.

If anybody can’t see that was staged then they are complete and utter fools. Both of them have just mugged off thousands of kids and their parents that purchased that fight.
 

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Ok I watched this and I did find it entertaining but I can’t believe people can’t see this match was rigged just so they can do a rematch for even more money. If they were donating proceeds to a charity then fair enough but they just want to line their pockets more.

If anybody can’t see that was staged then they are complete and utter fools. Both of them have just mugged off thousands of kids and their parents that purchased that fight.
The agreement before the fight was one match in the UK and one in the US. If KSI won there still would have been a rematch in the US so why would they need to rig it?
 

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Ok I watched this and I did find it entertaining but I can’t believe people can’t see this match was rigged just so they can do a rematch for even more money. If they were donating proceeds to a charity then fair enough but they just want to line their pockets more.

If anybody can’t see that was staged then they are complete and utter fools. Both of them have just mugged off thousands of kids and their parents that purchased that fight.
I mean it blatantly just wasn't rigged. You've decided on a narrative and then gone ahead and called anybody fools who doesn't believe you.

The rematch was ALWAYS going to happen, regardless of the result. Why go to the trouble of making sure it's a draw (a very difficult result to make happen without it looking very dodgy) when they both knew that a rematch was on the cards regardless? These guys have huge egos, they've been training for months with professionals who aren't about to ruin their name by getting involved in staged fights. That was a genuine fight, you could see both were clearly getting exhausted and that KSI could smell blood towards the end. I didn't see anything staged about it, aside from some of the drama out of the ring.

Like I said, the 'rematch for more money' argument isn't valid because they both said they would rematch regardless in LA. They both obviously are looking at the money spin angle, but that doesn't mean either of them (who have huge fecking egos) were about to deliberately draw.
 

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Ok I watched this and I did find it entertaining but I can’t believe people can’t see this match was rigged just so they can do a rematch for even more money. If they were donating proceeds to a charity then fair enough but they just want to line their pockets more.

If anybody can’t see that was staged then they are complete and utter fools. Both of them have just mugged off thousands of kids and their parents that purchased that fight.
Given the people who watch and support them, i am not surprised. Same crowd who were donating money to one of the jenners to help her become the youngest billionarebi
 

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Given the people who watch and support them, i am not surprised. Same crowd who were donating money to one of the jenners to help her become the youngest billionarebi
It's amazing how many people are so sure they're woke because they think it rigged, when really none of the facts support that. Argument seems to be they made it a draw so they could fight again, when the rematch was already organised for LA regardless of the result ..
 

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Alright squishy don’t get your panties in a twist. I think that’s the 5th time you told someone it’s not rigged. People have different opinions. Move on.
 

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Alright squishy don’t get your panties in a twist. I think that’s the 5th time you told someone it’s not rigged. People have different opinions. Move on.
I just have a problem with people calling others 'stupid and foolish' for not thinking it's rigged, nothing more. If you think that, sure, you're entitled to your opinion but don't go insulting other people's intelligence because they have a different view on it. Especially when you have nothing to back up your opinion on.
 

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I just have a problem with people calling others 'stupid and foolish' for not thinking it's rigged, nothing more. If you think that, sure, you're entitled to your opinion but don't go insulting other people's intelligence because they have a different view on it. Especially when you have nothing to back up your opinion on.
No, you had a problem with anyone dare say the word rigged. We heard it about 5 times now you don’t think it’s rigged. That’s your opinion and you are entitled to it. But repeating it constantly isn’t going to make other people change their mind.
 

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It's amazing how many people are so sure they're woke because they think it rigged, when really none of the facts support that. Argument seems to be they made it a draw so they could fight again, when the rematch was already organised for LA regardless of the result ..
Nobody would pay for the rematch if it was a blowout.
I honestly do not think either man would spend so much money on camps yet gas after 2 rounds.
It doesn't ring true to me. Especially with such a lack of actual movement.
 

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No, you had a problem with anyone dare say the word rigged. We heard it about 5 times now you don’t think it’s rigged. That’s your opinion and you are entitled to it. But repeating it constantly isn’t going to make other people change their mind.
No I don't? I don't care if you think it's rigged.

Again, pretty much all the people who are saying it is a rigged fight have coupled that with 'it's so obvious!!' and 'these guys are so stupid!!!', which I don't think is fair. You can think the fight is rigged without putting your opinion on a pedestal and making out anybody else who was 'fooled' by the fight is a moron.
 

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Nobody would pay for the rematch if it was a blowout.
I honestly do not think either man would spend so much money on camps yet gas after 2 rounds.
It doesn't ring true to me. Especially with such a lack of actual movement.
I don't think you realise how famous both of these guys are

Most of the people who paid to watch this didn't do it to see a good boxing match. They paid to see the guy they liked win, or the guy they hate knocked out.
 

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I just have a problem with people calling others 'stupid and foolish' for not thinking it's rigged, nothing more. If you think that, sure, you're entitled to your opinion but don't go insulting other people's intelligence because they have a different view on it. Especially when you have nothing to back up your opinion on.

Mate go read Twitter there is thousand of people saying the same, that’s if they actually got to watch the fight in the first place apparently their site went down so thousand had paid and didn’t even get to watch it. They’re both winners and made millions between them for last nights farce by conning their fans, and they’ll do it all over again on the rematch.

 

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Nobody would pay for the rematch if it was a blowout.
I honestly do not think either man would spend so much money on camps yet gas after 2 rounds.
It doesn't ring true to me. Especially with such a lack of actual movement.
I actually think the rematch would have looked better if it was a narrow KSI win, people aren't too happy with the draw.

Also, these guys have been training for months. Their exhaustion looked real to me. They aren't professional fighters, KSI wasn't gasssed till maybe the 5th round? And he's trained longer, it was Logan who was looking exhausted towards the end. He's had a very short window to prepare and is a big guy.
 

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Mate go read Twitter there is thousand of people saying the same, that’s if they actually got to watch the fight in the first place apparently their site went down so thousand had paid and didn’t even get to watch it. They’re both winners and made millions between them for last nights farce by conning their fans, and they’ll do it all over again on the rematch.

Ah yes twitter, the home of all reasonable knowledge.

The site going down stuff is a disgrace, and people deserve their money back if it happens. That doesn't mean the fight was rigged, there's no reason for either party to agree to that, it would be much better for their careers if they won the fight.
 

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No I don't? I don't care if you think it's rigged.

Again, pretty much all the people who are saying it is a rigged fight have coupled that with 'it's so obvious!!' and 'these guys are so stupid!!!', which I don't think is fair. You can think the fight is rigged without putting your opinion on a pedestal and making out anybody else who was 'fooled' by the fight is a moron.
What are you going on about? Why are you making stuff up?

You quoted about 4 people that didn’t even say any of that and have gone off on one if anyone dare say the word rigged.

You don’t care if anyone thinks it’s rigged. That’s great. But you keep quoting people in this thread who suspect it might be, so make your mind up about that part squishy.
 

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Ah yes twitter, the home of all reasonable knowledge.

The site going down stuff is a disgrace, and people deserve their money back if it happens. That doesn't mean the fight was rigged, there's no reason for either party to agree to that, it would be much better for their careers if they won the fight.

Ok I don’t care about these 2 enough to carry on you have your opinion I have mine.

On the site been down thing If these 2 had anything about them and did actually care about their fan base then they would at least offer half price on the next fight, I really can’t see how they would offer refunds as thousands were affected and there is no way to prove it for the people that were. It would certainly suck if you’d paid for it and couldn’t get it though especially since it was being streamed on twitch anyway for free.

Maybe people will learn and watch it free next time
 

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What are you going on about? Why are you making stuff up?

You quoted about 4 people that didn’t even say any of that and have gone off on one if anyone dare say the word rigged.

You don’t care if anyone thinks it’s rigged. That’s great. But you keep quoting people in this thread who suspect it might be, so make your mind up about that part squishy.
FFS.

One person said it was rigged and I said 'I don't think it was at all'.

Then 2 other people arrived and started saying 'I think it's rigged, and if you don't you're naive and foolish!' so I responded, what is so hard to understand about that?
 

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Ok I don’t care about these 2 enough to carry on you have your opinion I have mine.

On the site been down thing If these 2 had anything about them and did actually care about their fan base then they would at least offer half price on the next fight, I really can’t see how they would offer refunds as thousands were affected and there is no way to prove it for the people that were. It would certainly suck if you’d paid for it and couldn’t get it though especially since it was being streamed on twitch anyway for free.

Maybe people will learn and watch it free next time
I don't think they'll make as much next time, though probably still a decent amount. People are pretty annoyed that it ended up in a draw. They have huge fanbases so will always be a draw, but I do think that they're risking people just getting tired of it, they'll want something new.
 

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FFS.

One person said it was rigged and I said 'I don't think it was at all'.

Then 2 other people arrived and started saying 'I think it's rigged, and if you don't you're naive and foolish!' so I responded, what is so hard to understand about that?
Calm down Glaston.

Why are you getting so defensive about it? It’s just youtubers fighting.
 

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Calm down Glaston.

Why are you getting so defensive about it? It’s just youtubers fighting.
Why are you getting so defensive because I don't like people being called idiots for having a different opinion?

Wow, I'm so hurt, you called me Glaston. Am I meant to call you a name now and then we're even?
 

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I don't think you realise how famous both of these guys are

Most of the people who paid to watch this didn't do it to see a good boxing match. They paid to see the guy they liked win, or the guy they hate knocked out.
Yeah...once.
Which fanbase will pony up for a rematch if they think their man will get dominated again?
 

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It's amazing how many people are so sure they're woke because they think it rigged, when really none of the facts support that. Argument seems to be they made it a draw so they could fight again, when the rematch was already organised for LA regardless of the result ..
Ahh to be a fanboy again.