INTERNET superstar KSI is back in the ring TONIGHT for the first time in nearly three years – but he’s having two fights in the same night.

The YouTube sensation hasn’t fought since a points win over Logan Paul in November 2019.

But now he’s back and looking fitter than ever, ready to fight in his hometown London at the O2 Arena.

KSI was originally supposed to be fighting Alex Wassabi, but the clash was scrapped because of an injury to the latter.

But fans fear not, as the 29-year-old is set to fight TWICE on the card instead.

Why is KSI fighting twice this weekend, how many rounds will there be?

After KSI’s original scrap with Wassabi was nixed, there was a scramble to get a new, credible opponent in for JJ.

Rapper Swarmz was drafted in to compete with KSI, having never fought in the ring before.

After some dissatisfaction from fans a second opponent, to fight KSI on the very same night, was arranged.

Ivan Nikolov, who had a winning record as a pro boxer, was picked.

But Nikolov was removed from the event after he was found to have neo-Nazi tattoos and and white supremacist beliefs.

So instead of Nikolov, professional boxer Luis Pineda was brought in.

KSI will open the card with his clash against Pineda, before competing in the main event against Swarmz.

Both fights will be three rounds each.

“I replaced my second opponent because… he’s a white supremacist,” KSI said.

“Ivan isn’t my opponent anymore. He has been removed.

“The matchmaker also got fired for allowing this to happen in the first place. But yes, my new opponent is Luis Alcarez Pineda.

“He has a better record to be honest, 2-5, so he hasn’t lost as many times as Ivan. He’s Mexican, younger as well, 23.”

Why is KSI fighting TWO opponents TONIGHT and how many rounds will there be? | The Sun

August 2022- Some wishes do come true … there was indeed a clear winner in the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch on Saturday night. It was a good, suspenseful fight untainted by a draw, no decision/contest, an unjustified DQ, or a bad decision. Oleksandr Usyk is now Heavyweight King. He succeeds Tyson Fury. Fury had a good time keeping everyone off balance until last week when he acted on his words by disavowing one of his belts while again declaring his retirement –that was when and why the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board declared the championship open in time for the #1 vs. #2 bout we saw Saturday night. The former heavyweight champion will likely be back to challenge Usyk, much like Joe Louis did Ezzard Charles in 1950 after he retired in 1949. But remember, no one was declaring that bout a title defense for Louis. Because it was a comeback. If Fury challenges Usyk, it will likewise be a comeback.

There was a clamoring for Usyk to take #1 at P4P, but it just missed. (Take a look at who took #10 with Fury’s retirement).

As for Anthony Joshua, his efforts were not unrewarded even in defeat. Someone should remind him that Jack Dempsey himself did not find a lasting place in the hearts of boxing fans until after he lost to Gene Tunney, and then lost again. Boxing is often about character as much as it is about conquest. As for Joshua’s emotional acts and words in the minutes following the fight, Alex Steedman said it best the other day: “Our fighters deserve a pass now and then.” AJ got one, of sorts, from the board this week. The chairs proposed that he drop to #1 below Deontay Wilder but it was overwhelmingly overruled and he’s sitting pretty at #1.

Callum Smith moves up a spot in the Light Heavyweight rankings with a 4th round stoppage of #10 ranked Mathieu Bauderlique, who exits. Spider Richards enters, primarily because of a relatively good loss against the formidable #1 contender Dmitry Bivol last year.

Jr. Welterweight Alberto Puello bumps out Teofimo Lopez with a win against Botirzhon Akhmedov to maintain his undefeated record. Down in Shakur Stevenson’s Jr. Lightweight kingdom, the #2 contender Roger Guiterrez was defeated by the #5 contender Hector Garcia. Garcia is now #2 and Guiterrez #6. Rau’shee Warren, the #5 contender in Naoya Inoue’s Bantamweight kingdom, was surprisingly defeated by Francisco Pedroza in a 6-round prelim. He was voted out of the rankings altogether. Japan’s Ryosuke Nishida enters at #10.

THE TRUE CHAMPIONS

P4P

HEAVYWEIGHT (+200LBS/+91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Oleksandr Usyk	19-0-0 (13)	UKR	1
1	Anthony Joshua	24-2-0 (22)	ENG	2
2	Deontay Wilder	42-2-1 (41)	USA	3
3	Andy Ruiz Jr.	34-2-0 (22)	USA	4
4	Joseph Parker	30-2-0 (21)	NZ	5
5	Joe Joyce	14-0-0 (13)	ENG	6
6	Dillian Whyte	28-2-0 (19)	ENG	7
7	Luis Ortiz	33-2-0 (28)	CUB	8
8	Otto Wallin	24-1-0 (14)	SWE	9
9	Michael Hunter	20-1-2 (14)	USA	10
10	Martin Bakole	18-1-0 (13)	DRC	—

CRUISERWEIGHT (200LBS/91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jai Opetaia	22-0-0 (17)	AUS	—
1	Mairis Breidis	28-2-0 (20)	LVA	1
2	Lawrence Okolie	17-0-0 (14)	ENG	2
3	Yuniel Dorticos	25-2-0 (23)	CUB	3
4	Ilunga Makabu	29-2-0 (25)	COD	4
5	Thabiso Mchunu	23-6-0 (13)	RSA	5
6	Aleksei Papin	14-1-0 (13)	RUS	6
7	Richard Riakporhe	15-0-0 (11)	ENG	7
8	Mateusz Masternak	46-5-0 (31)	POL	8
9	Brandon Glanton	15-0-0 (12)	USA	9
10	Chris Billam-Smith	16-1-0 (11)	ENG	10

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175LBS/79KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Artur Beterbiev	18-0-0 (18)	CAN	***
1	Dmitry Bivol	20-0-0 (11)	RUS	1
2	Gilberto Ramirez	44-0-0 (30)	MEX	2
3	Joshua Buatsi	16-0-0 (13)	ENG	3
4	Callum Smith	28-1-0 (20)	ENG	5
5	Joe Smith Jr.	28-4-0 (22)	USA	4
6	Anthony Yarde	22-2-0 (21)	ENG	6
7	Marcus Browne	24-2-0 (16)	USA	7
8	Callum Johnson	20-1-0 (14)	ENG	8
9	Jean Pascal	36-6-1 (20)	CAN	9
10	Spider Richards	17-3-1 (10)	ENG	—

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168LBS/76.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Saul Alvarez	57-2-2 (39)	MEX	***
1	David Benavidez	26-0-0 (23)	USA	1
2	Caleb Plant	21-1-0 (12)	USA	2
3	David Morrell	7-0-0 (6)	CUB	3
4	Lerrone Richards	15-0-0 (3)	ENG	4
5	Carlos Gongora	20-1-0 (15)	ECU	5
6	John Ryder	31-5-0 (17)	ENG	6
7	Danny Jacobs	37-4-0 (30)	USA	7
8	Pavel Silyagin	10-0-0 (5)	RUS	8
9	Christian Mbilli	21-0-0 (19)	FRA	9
10	Azizbek Abdugofurov	14-1-0 (5)	UZB	10

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160LBS/72.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (Saul Alvarez abdicated 1/1/2021)
1	Gennady Golovkin	42-1-1 (37)	KAZ	1
2	Jermall Charlo	32-0-0 (22)	USA	2
3	Demetrius Andrade	31-0-0 (19)	USA	3
4	Carlos Adames	21-1-0 (16)	DR	4
5	Jaime Munguia	40-0-0 (32)	MEX	5
6	Chris Eubank Jr.	32-2-0 (23)	ENG	6
7	Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	12-0-0 (8)	KAZ	7
8	Maciej Sulecki	30-2-0 (11)	POL	8
9	Erislandy Lara	29-3-3 (17)	CUB	9
10	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	14-4-0 (10)	UKR	10

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (154LBS/70KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jermell Charlo	35-1-1 (19)	USA	***
1	Brian Castano	17-1-2 (12)	ARG	1
2	Sebastian Fundora	19-0-1 (13)	USA	2
3	Tim Tszyu	21-0-0 (15)	AUS	3
4	Tony Harrison	29-3-1 (21)	USA	4
5	Erickson Lubin	24-2-0 (17)	USA	5
6	Israil Madrimov	8-0-0 (6)	UZB	6
7	Jesus Ramos	19-0-0 (15)	USA	7
8	Magomed Kurbanov	22-0-0 (13)	RUS	8
9	Liam Smith	31-3-1 (18)	ENG	9
10	Bakhram Murtazaliev	20-0-0 (15)	RUS	10

WELTERWEIGHT (147LBS/66.7KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Open (since 4/2016 when Manny Pacquiao retired)
1	Errol Spence Jr.	28-0-0 (22)	USA	1
2	Terence Crawford	38-0-0 (29)	USA	2
3	Yordenis Ugas	27-5-0 (12)	CUB	3
4	Vergil Ortiz Jr.	19-0-0 (19)	USA	4
5	Jaron Ennis	29-0-0 (27)	USA	5
6	Keith Thurman	30-1-0 (22)	USA	6
7	Eimantas Stanionis	14-0-0 (9)	LIT	7
8	Cody Crowley	21-0-0 (9)	CAN	8
9	David Avanesyan	29-3-1 (17)	RUS	9
10	Conor Benn	21-0-0 (14)	ENG	10

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (140LBS/63.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Josh Taylor	19-0-0 (13)	SCT	***
1	Jose Ramirez	27-1-0 (17)	USA	1
2	Regis Prograis	27-1-0 (23)	USA	2
3	Jose Zepeda	36-2-0 (28)	USA	3
4	Arnold Barboza, Jr.	27-0-0 (10)	USA	4
5	Jack Catterall	26-1-0 (13)	ENG	5
6	Sandor Martin	40-2-0 (13)	ESP	6
7	Montana Love	18-0-1 (9)	USA	7
8	Gary Antuanne Russell	15-0-0 (15)	USA	8
9	Subriel Matias	18-1-0 (18)	PR	9
10	Alberto Puello	21-0-0 (10)	DR	—

LIGHTWEIGHT (135LBS/61.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Devin Haney	28-0-0 (15)	USA	***
1	George Kambosos Jr.	20-1-0 (10)	USA	1
2	Vasiliy Lomachenko	16-2-0 (11)	UKR	2
3	Gervonta Davis	27-0-0 (25)	USA	3
4	Ryan Garcia	23-0-0 (19)	USA	4
5	Isaac Cruz	23-2-1 (16)	MEX	5
6	Gustavo Daniel Lemos	28-0-0 (18)	ARG	6
7	Jeremiah Nakathila	23-2-0 (19)	NAM	7
8	Joseph Diaz	32-2-1 (15)	USA	8
9	Jamaine Ortiz	16-0-1 (8)	USA	9
10	William Zepeda	26-0-0 (23)	MEX	10

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (130LBS/59KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Shakur Stevenson	18-0-0 (9)	USA	***
1	Oscar Valdez	30-1-0 (23)	MEX	1
2	Hector Garcia	16-0-0 (10)	DR	5
3	Joe Cordina	15-0-0 (9)	WAL	3
4	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	16-0-1 (13)	RUS	4
5	O’Shaquie Foster	19-2-0 (11)	USA	6
6	Roger Gutierrez	26-4-1 (20)	VEN	2
7	Lamont Roach	23-1-1 (9)	USA	7
8	Robson Conceicao	17-1-0 (8)	BRA	8
9	Eduardo Ramirez	27-2-3 (12)	MEX	9
10	Kenichi Ogawa	26-2-1 (18)	JPN	10

FEATHERWEIGHT (126LBS/57.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Pacquiao abdicated 3/2005)			–
1	Mauricio Lara	24-2-1 (17)	MEX	1
2	Emanuel Navarrete	36-1-0 (30)	MEX	2
3	Rey Vargas	36-0-0 (22)	MEX	3
4	Mark Magsayo	24-1-0 (16)	PHI	4
5	Gary Russell Jr.	31-2-0 (18)	USA	5
6	Leigh Wood	26-2- 0 (16)	ENG	6
7	Josh Warrington	31-1-1 (8)	ENG	7
8	Brandon Figueroa	23-1-1 (18)	USA	8
9	Kiko Martinez	43-11-2 (30)	ESP	9
10	Isaac Dogboe	24-2-0 (15)	GHA	10

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT (122LBS/55.3KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Guillermo Rigondeaux abdicated via abandonment, July 2022)	–	–	–
1	Stephen Fulton, Jr.	21-0-0 (8)	USA	1
2	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	11-0-0 (8)	UZB	2
3	Daniel Roman	29-4-1 (16)	USA	3
4	Azat Hovhannisyan	21-3-0 (17)	ARM	4
5	Takuma Inoue	16-1-0 (3)	JPN	5
6	Ra’eese Aleem	19-0-0 (12)	USA	6
7	Marlon Tapales	36-3-0 (19)	PHI	7
8	Luis Nery	32-1-0 (24)	MEX	8
9	Zolani Tete	30-4-0 (23)	RSA	9
10	Ludumo Lamati	19-0-1 (10)	RSA	10

BANTAMWEIGHT (118LBS/53.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Naoya Inoue	23-0-0 (20)	JPN	***
1	John Riel Casimero	31-4-0 (21)	PHI	1
2	Emmanuel Rodriguez	20-2-0 (13)	PR	2
3	Jason Moloney	24-2-0 (19)	AUS	3
4	Nonito Donaire	42-7-0 (28)	PHI	4
5	Gary Antonio Russell	19-0-0 (12)	USA	6
6	Vincent Astrolabio	17-3-0 (12)	PHI	7
7	Lee McGregor	11-0-1 (9)	SCO	8
8	Alexandro Santiago	25-3-5 (13)	MEX	9
9	Paul Butler	34-2-0 (15)	ENG	10
10	Ryosuke Nishida	5-0-0 (1)	JPN	—

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (115LBS/52.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	42-3-0 (28)	MEX	***
1	Roman Gonzalez	51-3-0 (41)	NIC	1
2	Bam Rodriguez	16-0-0 (11)	USA	2
3	Kazuto Ioka	29-2-0 (15)	JPN	3
4	Fernando Martinez	14-0-0 (8)	ARG	4
5	Joshua Franco	18-1-2 (8)	USA	5
6	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	50-6-1 (43)	THA	6
7	Francisco Rodriguez, Jr.	36-5-1 (25)	MEX	7
8	Andrew Moloney	24-2-0 (16)	AUS	8
9	Jerwin Ancajas	33-2-2 (22)	PHI	9
10	Kosei Tanaka	17-1-0 (10)	JPN	10

FLYWEIGHT (112LBS/51KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Roman Gonzalez abdicated 10/2016)			–
1	Sunny Edwards	18-0-0 (4)	ENG	1
2	Julio Cesar Martinez	18-2-0 (14)	MEX	2
3	Junto Nakatani	23-0-0 (18)	JPN	3
4	Artem Dalakian	21-0-0 (15)	UKR	4
5	David Jimenez	12-0-0 (9)	CR	5
6	Ricardo Sandoval	20-2-0 (15)	USA	6
7	McWilliams Arroyo	21-4-0 (16)	PR	7
8	Angel Ayala	13-0-0 (6)	MEX	8
9	Muhammed Waseem	12-2-0 (8)	PAK	9
10	Giemel Magramo	26-2-0 (21)	PHI	10

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108LBS/49KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Giovani Segura abdicated 4/2011)			–
1	Kenshiro Teraji	19-1-0 (11)	JPN	1
2	Hiroto Kyoguchi	16-0-0 (11)	JPN	2
3	Jonathan Gonzalez	26-3-1 (14)	PR	3
4	Masamichi Yabuki	13-4-0 (12)	JPN	4
5	Hekkie Budler	34-4-0 (10)	RSA	5
6	Daniel Matellon	13-0-2 (6)	PAN	6
7	Elwin Soto	19-3-0 (13)	MEX	7
8	Mark Vicelles	17-0-1 (10)	PHI	8
9	Esteban Bermudez	14-4-2 (10)	MEX	9
10	Carlos Canizales	25-1-1 (19)	VEN	10

Boxing Rankings & 2022 Ratings (boxingnews24.com)

OLEKSANDR USYK was left visibly puzzled after Anthony Joshua threw two of his title belts out of the ring.

AJ was beaten over 12 rounds by Ukraine’s pound-for-pound star for the second time in the space of a year.

And after the split-decision verdict was called out, Joshua lost his cool having been grown furious in the ring.

At one point he got ahold of Usyk’s WBA and Ring Magazine belts, lofted them in the air, before chucking both out the ring.

Unseen footage released by Sky Sports shows the champion stare at Joshua in shock.

But AJ was not done there as he had to be held back by members of his team after being left irate by something Usyk’s trainer said to him.

Eventually, AJ exited the ring but quickly returned to produce a bizarre post-fight speech.

He talked about his late start in boxing after avoiding jail, how he is heavier than legends of the past and Ukraine’s series of wars.

Joshua was slammed for his rant but was defended by his promoter Eddie Hearn, who addressed why AJ tossed the belts away.

Hearn told iFL TV: “He’s held on to those belts for a long time, and those governing bodies have charged him a lot of money and put a lot of mandatories on him.  

“And I think he’s lost a lot of faith in the system and I think he started to not be interested in fighting for belts anymore.

“I think he just wants to fight for enjoyment and to challenge himself.

“Of course, he wanted to be undisputed, but a lot of that was frustration.

“He left the ring, because he knew, ‘I’m gonna do something stupid, yeah.’

“And he forced himself, ‘I can’t (just leave),’ so he went back in the ring and he gave a speech, which, he was a little bit out of it.

“But it was just pure emotion. That was just from the heart.”

Joshua himself apologised on Twitter and congratulated unbeaten Usyk, 35, once more on his win.

He posted: “I wish @usykaa continued success in your quest for greatness. You are a class act champ.

“Yesterday I had to mentally take myself into a dark place to compete for the championship belts!

Hearn also revealed that Joshua could return in December, with Deontay Wilder, 35, and Dillian Whyte, 34, potential opponents.

Oleksandr Usyk’s puzzled reaction after Anthony Joshua throws his belts out of ring as new footage emerges | The Sun

LENNOX LEWIS believes Anthony Joshua still has a future despite his second consecutive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.

Joshua lost to Usyk on Satuday in Saudi Arabia via a split decision but boxing legend Lewis insists his fellow Brit has no reason to “fret”.

The 56-year-old is confident AJ, who recorded back-to-back losses for the first time in his professional career, will have more “big fights” in the near future.

Lewis tweeted: “Great fight by Usyk. Congrats on the win. Definitely earned it.

“Good showing by AJ too… don’t fret. There are still big fights out there we want to see.”

But Lewis insists this is the time for Usyk and Tyson Fury to have an undisputed heavyweight title showdown.

The last undisputed champion in the division urged Fury to come out of retirement and give the fans what they want.

Lewis added: “Hey Tyson Fury & Oleksandr Usyk can we finally give the fans an UNDISPUTED HW Championship fight?

“19 years is a long time and fans deserve it! Let’s get it cracking!”

And it seems like a unification bout is not impossible as Fury hinted he would return to the ring to take on Usyk.

The Gypsy King confirmed this morning he is open to stepping back into the ring to win back his heavyweight titles.

Fury said in a now-deleted Instagram post: “I’ve just seen Joshua lose for the second time to Usyk – out of his depth.

“However, England has been relieved of its belts. Yet again, as usual.

“There is a remedy and a solution that I can suggest.

“If you want those belts back then send in the Gypsy barbarian of England. Come on!

“Send me in. I will relieve the Ukrainian dosser of his belts like I did the last Ukrainian dosser.

“But its not gonna be cheap. If you want the best you’ve got to pay, it’s gonna be very expensive.

“So get your f***ing chequebook out and I will relieve that Ukrainian dosser.”

Lennox Lewis tells Anthony Joshua not to ‘fret’ but calls for Tyson Fury to come out of retirement for Usyk showdown | The Sun

THE shocking scorecards for Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk have been revealed.

Joshua, 32, suffered a split-decision defeat to the former undisputed cruiserweight champion in their Saudi rematch on Saturday night.

But it would’ve been a clean sweep for the undefeated Ukranian had judge Glenn Feldman not turned in an outrageous scorecard.

The American stunningly scored the fight 115-113 in favour of Joshua – giving him the first THREE rounds despite the fact he clearly lost them.

Boxing fans were quick to comment on Feldman’s crazy card, with one saying: “In what universe does he give AJ round 12? What?!”

Another said: “Feldman had Joshua up 5-1 after 6. That’s a disgrace.”

And another said: “Poor card to have AJ winning 115-113.”

One remarked: “That’s not even close to be a split decision. Don’t let him judge again please.”

Another chimed in: “Feldman must be high.”

A dazed and heartbroken Joshua went on a stunning x-rated rant after his second successive defeat to slick southpaw Usyk.

And he opened up on his fiery antics in the post-fight press conference, saying: “When you’re trying to do things from the heart and everyone is just not understanding.

“It was just from the heart. I was mad at myself. Not anyone else just myself.

“So I thought, I’ve got to get out of here because I’m mad. Like anyone, when you’re angry, you might do stupid things.

“I was mad and then I realised, ‘Oh s**t, this is sport. Let me do the right thing and come back.’

“I just spoke from my heart. It’s been so tough. You see AJ holding it together, yeah, and I’m a hustler so I try to put things together.

“Try to work hard and put things together and make sure my team’s good.

“But it comes at a cost, a big cost. It’ll never break me, but it takes real strength for it not to break me. And tonight, there’s a little crack in the armour when I took a loss.

“And I think you just saw me just upset. And with the speech, I was just speaking about where I come from. I was on the roads, really.

“And I made a transition to boxing that really changed my life and brought me closer to God and brought me closer to meeting so many people.

“And I just kind of laid it all on the line with my speech. But let’s not forget the champ Oleksandr Usyk. He put on a phenomenal performance as well. So credit to him.

“I can’t remember what I said in the ring because it was just so passionate, but I just want to say thank you to him for taking part in a great historical fight as well. It takes two to tango. I was just so upset.”

Shocking Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua 2 scorecards reveal one judge somehow had Brit 5-1 AHEAD after six rounds | The Sun