KSI's boxing return drew around 230,000 pay-per-view buys on DAZN in the UK and Ireland, Mirror Fighting can reveal.
The YouTube star was out of the ring for almost three years before fighting twice on one night at a sold-out O2 Arena last month; the first time the venue was full for a boxing event since Josh Taylor defeated Regis Prograis in 2019.
But DAZN's pay-per-view set-up may have caused issues for fans looking to watch KSI's return with the streaming service opting for a 'double-paywall' system. Fans in KSI's main markets, including the UK, had to subscribe to DAZN for at least a month as well as paying a further £12 in order to watch the fight. Fans outside of the UK, Ireland, Canada and America could watch the fight as part of their monthly subscription to DAZN, and the viewership number is unknown in those territories.
