KSI’s current return to boxing is reported to have been one of many prime 5 most-viewed occasions within the historical past of streaming platform DAZN.
The YouTube star beat two opponents on one evening on 27 August, stopping good friend and rapper Swarmz within the second spherical of a three-round battle, then skilled boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda within the third and remaining body of their contest.
Both fights passed off on the O2 Arena in London and have been accessible to view on pay-per-view on DAZN, at a value of £11.99 for current subscribers and £19.98 for new prospects.
DAZN EVP Joe Markowski advised The Daily Mail: “By any metric you want to use, that was one of the biggest events DAZN have ever done in boxing.”
The Mail additionally reported that KSI’s most up-to-date occasion was one of many prime 5 most-viewed playing cards in DAZN’s historical past, and that it solely trailed Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs Dmitry Bivol in 2022.
Although viewing figures for the occasion haven’t been launched, it reportedly outperformed Katie Taylor’s seismic battle in opposition to Amanda Serrano, which was not on pay-per-view however in any case drew in 1.5 million viewers.
Briton KSI, 29, beforehand boxed fellow YouTuber Logan Paul in an novice bout in 2019 and skilled battle in 2019. The pair drew of their preliminary conflict, earlier than KSI beat the American on factors of their rematch.
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