KSI wasted no time celebrating Jake Paul’s devastating knockout loss to Anthony Joshua, taking to social media for a victory lap that highlighted their years-long boxing rivalry.

The British YouTuber-turned-rapper posted a collection of tweets after Paul suffered a brutal sixth-round knockout in Miami Friday evening. Paul broke his jaw in two locations throughout the combat and now faces seven days of consuming by way of a straw.

“Congratulations AJ,” KSI wrote on X, sharing a photograph of Joshua’s crushing overhand proper that ended Paul’s evening.

He adopted up minutes later with one other put up: “Christmas came early,” alongside images of Paul wanting defeated.

The celebration stems from a feud that dates again to 2018, when KSI first referred to as out Jake Paul after beating Joe Weller. Their rivalry has simmered for seven years with a number of failed makes an attempt to rearrange a combat.

In June 2024, KSI made his “final offer” to Paul for a May 2025 bout at 185 kilos, however negotiations collapsed over a mere 2.5-pound weight disagreement.

AllHipHop previously covered KSI’s continued callouts of Paul, with the British entertainer stating he was “still ready to kick Jake Paul’s ass” even whereas selling his 2020 debut album that includes Rick Ross and Offset.

The feud grew to become extra advanced as KSI’s relationship with Jake’s older brother, Logan Paul, grew.

After initially preventing Logan Paul twice in 2018 and 2019, KSI and Logan surprisingly grew to become enterprise companions, co-founding the massively profitable Prime Hydration drinks firm.

Their partnership has reportedly generated over $250 million in retail gross sales, remodeling former enemies into millionaire collaborators.

This enterprise relationship with Logan has created a clumsy dynamic for KSI’s ongoing beef with Jake. As KSI informed TalkSport in 2023, the rivalry with Jake Paul makes issues “awkward” given his friendship and enterprise partnership with Logan.

KSI has constantly positioned himself as “the man” to finish Jake Paul’s boxing profession. In March 2024, he referred to as Paul’s announcement of a combat with Mike Tyson “so sad to see,” displaying his continued disdain for his rival’s boxing selections.

Jake Paul’s loss to Joshua marks a major setback in his boxing profession. The 28-year-old had been constructing momentum with wins over former MMA fighters and growing old boxers, however Joshua’s knockout uncovered the hole between Paul and elite heavyweight competitors.

The knockout additionally provides one other chapter to the “Drake curse” saga, because the rapper had positioned a $200,000 guess on Paul to win.

With Paul now going through weeks of restoration and surgical procedure, KSI’s window to lastly safe their long-awaited combat could also be closing. KSI has since expanded past boxing into enterprise and judging Britain’s Got Talent, whereas rising his music profession.

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