One Direction's Niall Horan won't pick a winner after bandmate Liam Payne called out YouTube star KSI for a boxing match.
The Strip That Down hitmaker made a controversial appearance on Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast back in May, where among a host of strange comments he expressed interest in a fight with the British rapper. And while Horan refused to be drawn on who would win such a boxing match, he believes that the pair would have a "good scrap".
Payne has also been called out for a fight with TikTok star Bryce Hall, after claiming that he would like to step in the ring at least once. The pop star admitted that he would be giving up a huge weight disadvantage to face KSI, who is 2-0-1 as a fighter and returns in August, but Horan believes it would be an interesting spectacle.
"It'd be a good scrap, I suppose," Horan told Mirror Fighting in a brief chat at the JP McManus Pro Am golf tournament in Ireland. "I don't know [if he has a chance]."
The Irish singer is home to compete in a two-day charity golf tournament at the Adare Manor in Limerick. He signed up to compete in the competition, generally held in five-year intervals, in 2019 for a touted 2020 date, but coronavirus restrictions saw it pushed back two years.
Horan has been keeping a low profile in recent months, unlike his pal Payne, who outraged fans with his comments about the band during the Impaulsive podcast appearance. The pair are both boxing fans, but Horan joked during an interview last year that he wouldn't go "anywhere near" KSI, branding the rapper and boxer a "beast".
Payne laid down the gauntlet to a number of pop stars during his chat with Paul, also indicating that he would like to face fellow pop star Justin Bieber. "If there is a chance for me to jump in the ring and feel gladiatorial in the 21st century I am in," Payne said during the appearance.
Who do you think would win in a boxing match; KSI or Liam Payne? Let us know in the comments section below!
"I love boxing as a sport and I think it's fantastic. I would just enjoy the challenge and the road up to it would be great. Yeah I would fight KSI he would have to come down a few weight slots. But yeah I'd fight him. I like him too much though. I will fight whoever you want. But I don't think Justin Bieber would do it. For the same reason I wouldn't fight Trippie Redd, I don't think he is on my level. But if he did want to do it I would."
KSI is currently set to face fellow YouTuber Alex Wassabi in what will be his fourth boxing match later this summer. The Watford native has had a long-standing rivalry with the American, which they will settle at The O2 arena in London on August 27.
