KSI withdraws from Dillon Danis fight at Misfits Boxing 21, Danis reacts
KSI and Dillon Danis now share one fight withdrawal apiece.
KSI has been forced to withdraw from his March 29 fight with Danis at Misfits Boxing 21 in Manchester, England due to illness, Misfits Boxing announced Friday morning. The fight has not been canceled but is instead postponed, with a rescheduled date expected to be confirmed shortly.
The pair were originally scheduled to fight in January 2023, but on that first occasion it was Danis who pulled out of the fight, citing insufficient preparation.
Danis sucker-punched KSI with a left hook at their first faceoff in 2022, which intensified his rivalry with KSI. For their rescheduled bout, it was KSI who smacked Danis with a pancake on National Pancake Day — following in the footsteps of Chris Eubank Jr.'s egg slap on Conor Benn.
🚨 Statement from @KSI 🚨 pic.twitter.com/FSLMLHLsmp
— Misfits Boxing (@MisfitsBoxing) March 21, 2025
“I tried my hardest, but my body has legit just given up,” KSI said. “I’m currently in bed, taking antibiotics, trying to recover, but I’m struggling. I’m coughing up greenish, yellow s*** all the time. My sinuses are hurting to the point where I need Ibuprofen every day. The tension headaches right here that I'm getting are more painful than you can imagine. I'm using Sudafed daily. I tried sparring and training, but my body feels weak. My stamina is just falling off a cliff. I can't even taste right now or smell. Basically, I'm f***ed. I've been ill for almost three weeks and it's just not gotten better.
"Honestly, I've never been this ill for this long in my life, and I hate it. I feel useless and it's depressing. I feel like I've let so many people down. I haven't been able to post any YouTube videos to help promote the fight because I've just been feeling so s***. I'm just sick of being sick, man, and I'm sorry. I want to move the fight to another day, because I still want to knock out Dillon Danis, and I didn’t train this hard for nothing.”
I remember my first cold. https://t.co/P60wfSa7zT
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) March 21, 2025
Unsurprisingly, Danis was not quick to wish KSI a speedy recovery.
The former Bellator fighter mocked KSI's withdrawal, writing on social media, "I remember my first cold," and calling KSI a "p***y" for failing to go through with the fight.
KSI and Danis were last in action in October 2023, when both suffered decision losses under the Misfits Boxing banner to Tommy Fury and Logan Paul, respectively.
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