Logan Paul sends KSI a late night text to try and unsettle YouTube rival ahead of fight
YOUTUBER KSI has shared a goading late-night text message he received from boxing rival Logan Paul ahead of tonight's eagerly-anticipated showdown.
The YouTube duo will meet each other in the middle of the ring at Manchester Arena with the YouTube Championship Belt on the line.
Uploading a screenshot of the text sent at 11.42pm last night, KSI captioned the post: "Just in case you’ve blocked me Logan Paul. Tonight is gonna be fun."
The message allegedly sent by Paul read: "No knowledge. No strength. Especially no integrity. Lose sleep tonight as you dream about yourself crumbling in the ring tomorrow.
"You spar 2x a week. We spar 5x a week. You train 4 days a week. We train 6 days a week. Twice a day.
"You're about to find out why I'm the better boxer, athlete, and man."
KSI and Logan Paul square up to each other during their weigh-in yesterday
To which KSI responded by saying make sure "Chloe is holding the towel," a reference to the £20 bet he made that Paul's partner Chloe Bennett would throw in the towel during their boxing fight.
Tonight's fight is expected to be the first of two bouts between the pair, with the next encounter set to take place in Paul's native America in February 2019.
KSI - real name Olajide Olatunji - taunted his 23-year-old opponent at the weigh-in yesterday, where he wore a face mask of Paul's actress girlfriend Chloe Bennett.
The 25-year-old Brit boasts more than 19 million subscribers on YouTube.
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The fight came about between the pair after Arsenal fan KSI called out Logan following his KO win against fellow YouTuber Joe Weller at the Copper Box Arena in February.
Incredibly, KSI's younger brother Deji, will take on Paul's brother Jake on the undercard, as they look to settle their differences.
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