Social media star Salt Papi has explained his boxing background and denied having multiple amateur bouts before making his debut last year and landing a number of big knockouts.
The TikTok sensation has garnered over 5.5million followers across social media after having his first fight back in March, where he defeated Halal Ham by decision. He proceeded to take the influencer boxing world by storm, knocking out streamer Andy Warski before landing a career-best stoppage win over MMA fighter and YouTuber Josh Brueckner.
And after comfortably putting away Brueckner, a veteran of 14 MMA fights and two professional boxing bouts, fans began to theorise that he had competed as an amateur in the Philippines before moving to the UK as a teenager. Salt Papi denies the claim, telling Mirror Fighting in an exclusive chat that he was simply a fan of the sport, and began training early last year.
