page_title: KSI (entertainer)
section_title: Amateur fight versus Joe Weller
hierarchical_section_title: KSI (entertainer) / YouTube career / 2017–present: YouTube boxing / Amateur fight versus Joe Weller
caption_attribution_description: English: Youtuber and rapper KSI during a weigh in for his white collar boxing match with Logan Paul in on August 25, 2018
context_page_description: Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji, better known as KSI, is an English YouTuber, internet personality, rapper, actor, and boxer. He is also a member and co-founder of the British YouTube group known as the Sidemen.
  In 2009, KSI registered his YouTube account under the name KSIOlajideBT. KSI built his following from posting gaming-commentary videos of the FIFA video game series, although as his following has grown, his YouTube content has diversified to include more vlog and comedy style videos. As of August 2020, he has received over 30 million subscribers and over 7 billion video views across his two individual channels. In 2015, Variety ranked KSI as the most influential celebrity among US teens. In 2019, he was ranked as the second most influential online creator in the United Kingdom by The Times.
  Having written and produced comedy rap songs in his early YouTube career, KSI has since recorded more serious releases, achieving seven top 40 singles on the UK Singles Chart—three of which reached the top 10. His debut studio album Dissimulation, which was released on 22 May 2020, debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.
context_section_description: British YouTuber, Joe Weller, criticised KSI and the Sidemen for artificially stirring friction between him and the Sidemen for views. Following resulting public disagreements on Twitter, the pair announced that they would be facing each other in a white-collar amateur boxing match on 3 February 2018 at Copper Box Arena in London. During the announcement, the two YouTubers verbally and physically confronted each other, with KSI appearing to mock Weller's struggles with depression; KSI later apologised for his comments. The fight, titled KSI vs. Joe Weller, was held on 3 February 2018 and was won by KSI 1 minute and 30 seconds into the third round by way of technical knockout; KSI was awarded the YouTube Boxing Championship Belt. On YouTube, the fight drew 1.6 million live viewers, 21 million views within a day, and over 25 million over the next several days, making it the biggest white-collar boxing fight in history. KSI expressed his respect for Weller after the fight for being "way harder, way tougher than I thought," and praised him for his commitment to raising awareness for mental health, before calling out American YouTuber Logan Paul, his brother Jake Paul, and retired footballer Rio Ferdinand.
caption: KSI during the weigh-in before his amateur boxing match with Logan Paul in August 2018
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