YouTube star KSI has continued to goad controversial kickboxer Andrew Tate by joining fans who branded a recent sparring video of his as "fake".
Tate, who is a four-time kickboxing world champion, was recently filmed sparring with a partner considerably smaller and less skilled than him. In the clip, Tate drops his partner a total of six times and fans have criticised him for facing a low quality opponent in the ring. Since racking up unprecedented internet fame in recent months, Tate has been linked to a fighting return against the likes of KSI, Logan Paul and Jake Paul, having not fought for almost two years.
KSI commented on the video of Tate outclassing his sparring partner with six laughing face emojis, while professional boxer Hasim Rahman Jr also chimed in by writing: "Hot trash." MMA fighter Anthony Taylor said of Tate's partner: "Wearing Airforce shoes and a durag is not a sparring partner."
Fans were also unimpressed by Tate's opponent in the clip as one wrote: "Good boxing but the sparring partner clearly can’t box." Tate also faced accusations of the spar being "fake", with another user commenting: "That last one looked like the most fake knockout ever." A third added: "Lol it’s just a fake show."
KSI and the Paul brothers were backed by fans to give Tate problems in the ring after they watched the clip, as one wrote, "Please let him box the Paul brothers or KSI," with another adding: "Logan, KSI, Jake and [Luis] Pineda would actually beat this dude." Pineda served as the second opponent for KSI's two fights in one night last month, with the Mexican being knocked down seven times by the Brit in their farcical bout.
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After beating rapper Swarmz and Pineda on the same night, KSI called out Tate in his post-fight interview but later backtracked by stating the 35-year-old is "too big" for him. Tate has accused KSI of "scamming" his fans by boxing low quality opponents and thinks the YouTube star isn't interested in a "real fight".
"Look at his last fights, he doesn't want a real fight," Tate told Mirror Fighting . "He wants to make money off his fans, scam them all and waste everybody's time. He knows with me, it's a real fight, why take a real fight when he can beat up idiots for millions? He's not interested in a real fight; that's why he doesn't want to fight me, because he'll get hurt badly, for one, and two, all of his bulls*** would be over when he can continue to fight trash cans for cash. It doesn't make sense for him to fight me."
