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Ben Davies

Jake Paul claims KSI's two fights on one night were not sanctioned bouts

Jake Paul has noticed KSI's two professional fights against Swarmz and Luis Alcaraz Pineda were not sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control.

The YouTube star - real name JJ Olatunji - fought and stopped rapper Swarmz and professional boxer Pineda, who held a record of two victories and five losses. KSI proved a class above the pair on the night at London's O2 arena last weekend, and claimed to have fought a professional boxer before Paul who has fought AnEson Gib, Nate Robinson, Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley in his career so far.

KSI spoke about the issue of keeping the fights to three rounds to get them professionally sanctioned, which were understood to have been commissioned by the Professional Boxing Association. However Paul, in a now deleted tweet, once again called out Olatunji for his level of opponent, writing: "I thought this past weekend he fought in professional fights?"

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