Jake Paul and KSI ravaged each other in a lengthy social media war of words on Saturday.
The YouTube boxing rivals will not meet in the ring next, despite Jake’s offer to step in and fight the Briton on August 27.
KSI was scheduled to face Alex Wassabi on that date, but the American had to withdraw due to injury.
In response, Jake said he was ready to step in and take his place, but KSI has now said he already has another replacement.
Jake tweeted the first Saturday: “Heard Alex was out with a concussion. Sick of it. It was a great opportunity for Alex. He’ll be back.
“KSI…everything happens for a reason. I will come to fight in your hometown. Your boxing business. You are on the A side. I am also ok with gaining 180lbs for August 27th. You accept ?
KSI responded by tweeting a screenshot of an earlier tweet in which he predicted that Jake would soon be “begging” to fight him. He captioned it: “Well this has aged beautifully.”
In response, Jake posted a video of KSI saying that Jake would never offer to fight on his terms. He captioned it: “THIS AGED TERRIBLY @KSI YES! YES OF COURSE! GREAT! YES NO PROBLEM SIR KSI I ACCEPT ALL YOUR CONDITIONS!!
Jake then continued, “My manager just told me KSI is down but only if I fight him for free and he keeps all the revenue. That’s what they offer… I said hurry up and send me the contract.
KSI then responded with seven consecutive heartbreaking Jake tweets.
He began, “You and MVP are so untrustworthy. First Tommy Fury, Hasim Rahman Jr and now Alex Wassabi.
“Even when you’re hosting events, all you’re doing is lying to your fans and inflating your numbers 50 times. We know your relationship with each promotion and what you actually earn. It’s a joke.
“The industry now knows you’re not the draw you described. Your stock is down and you can’t dictate bullshit to me, mate.
“You think you’re smart but we expected you to do something like this.
“Also, you’ll probably try to pull some bullshit causing our event to get canceled, just like your flop event did.
“You tried to drain Rahman, so there was no life left in him when he fought you with the rehydration clause.
“You fought a man fresh out of hip surgery. You fought and beat his first Woodley on three weeks notice.
“You had Gib fight at a weight that you knew he would struggle to achieve on such short notice. The list continues. All this won’t work with me fam.
“We will fight on my terms and when we do it will be done on the biggest stage. I’m talking about the Wembley Stadium family.
“With a full camp tailored just for you and me, so there are no excuses when we fight. None of this short notice s***.
“What you didn’t know was that we hired another fighter in case you pulled something like that.
“I will honor my word to my fans and to my opponent because my word means something different than yours.
“The show will continue on August 27th and you or MVP will have nothing to do with it. Enjoy your night buddy.
Jake concluded by tweeting, “THIS IS OFFICIALLY THE BIGGEST DUCK EVER.”
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