KSI is aware of he’ll face Jake Paul sooner or later, however he’s not desirous about doing it instantly.
In his subsequent battle, KSI will face Bellator’s Dillon Danis in the primary occasion of MF and DAZN: X Sequence 004, which takes place Jan. 14 at Wembley Enviornment in London. At Thursday’s press conference promoting the fight, KSI mentioned going by a darkish interval, how boxing has helped him climb out of it, and the way his profession trajectory will lead him to a giant battle with Paul down the road.
“I’m only a progress-driven particular person,” KSI mentioned. “I feel it offers me goal, and I feel, for me, that’s it. That’s what offers me goal. In the dead of night, I positively misplaced my goal and misplaced my method just a little bit. I felt very empty, whereas now I really feel so fulfilled and so good about my life. Remedy has helped tremendously, and likewise simply having goal in my life.
“For me, [it’s] ensuring I break Dillon Danis’ face on Jan. 14 [because] it’s going to provide me a lot pleasure, after which breaking the following particular person, after which the following particular person, or whoever it’s, after which finally get to Jake Paul and destroy all the pieces that he has constructed. I feel it’s going to be incredible.”
Paul is coming off of a unanimous resolution win over former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva earlier this yr, whereas KSI holds a win over the YouTube star’s older brother, present WWE wrestler Logan Paul.
The push for a KSI vs. Paul battle is prone to decide up steam as each combatants proceed to occupy the highlight. When the time truly comes, KSI believes he’ll retire from the game.
“I might battle Jake center of subsequent yr if I wished to,” KSI defined. “I used to be positively provided to [fight him], however I mentioned, ‘Nah,’ as a result of I’m having fun with this an excessive amount of. I didn’t assume I’d be so obsessive about simply having the ability to enhance a lot. I feel I’m on a stage the place I can simply hold going and hold going, method additional than I assumed. I by no means thought I might [run] a 5K in lower than 20 minutes, I breezed handed that. Now that’s nothing.
“To I do know I can go additional past, it’s simply sick. I don’t need it to finish so fast, as a result of I do know as quickly as I battle Jake, it’s carried out. I’ll haven’t any curiosity or intrigue to do the rest boxing-wise.”
