{"id":293055,"date":"2023-10-04T00:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T00:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=293055"},"modified":"2023-10-04T00:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T00:24:42","slug":"mcgregor-makes-ksi-fight-u-turn-after-bare-knuckle-boxing-call-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/mcgregor-makes-ksi-fight-u-turn-after-bare-knuckle-boxing-call-out\/","title":{"rendered":"McGregor makes KSI fight U-turn after bare-knuckle boxing call-out"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Conor McGregor makes KSI fight U-turn as ex-UFC champ claims he is no longer interested in facing YouTuber after calling him out to bare-knuckle bout<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>In August, Conor McGregor called out KSI to a bare-knuckle boxing bout<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The Irishman has since rescinded his offer and claims it was never serious<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s boxing YouTube channel for all the latest video and footage<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conor McGregor claims he is no longer interested in fighting KSI after calling out the YouTube star to a bare-knuckle boxing bout following Anthony Joshua&#8217;s most recent outing against Robert Helenius.<\/p>\n<p>AJ continued his climb back to boxing&#8217;s top table in August with a seventh-round knockout victory over the Finnish puncher at the O2 Arena, London.<\/p>\n<p>As is always the case with any Joshua fight night, the stars turned out to watch him do his thing.<\/p>\n<p>Among them were McGregor and KSI, whose names hadn&#8217;t been mentioned in the same sentence before that night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/18\/76123905-12589657-image-a-19_1696353895705.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor called out KSI to a bare-knuckle boxing bout after watching Anthony Joshua knock out Robert Helenius in August<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/18\/76124025-12589657-image-a-20_1696353948121.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>KSI is is 5-0-1 with 1 NC as a boxer and faces Tommy Fury next on October 14 in Manchester<\/p>\n<p>But that would all change when McGregor stormed the ring and called for a fight with the content creator in the immediate aftermath of Joshua&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know your man KSI is in the crowd, and he couldn&#8217;t box eggs if he worked in an egg boxing factory,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, if he wants to get in here, I&#8217;ll give him a final yoke, bare-knuckle if you want.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>KSI had left the arena by the time McGregor took to the mic but the message quickly got back to him as excitement began to build.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Irishman has since rescinded his offer and claims the call-out was never serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/18\/76124055-12589657-image-a-22_1696354070395.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McGregor has been out of action since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ah he was there, it was just a bit of craic,&#8217; McGregor told Mirror Fighting when asked why he had called out KSI. &#8216;I&#8217;m not interested.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>KSI is set to face Tommy Fury on October 14 in one of the most hotly anticipated influencer boxing bouts of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, McGregor is aiming to return to the UFC Octagon against Michael Chandler at some point next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Notorious&#8217; must complete six months&#8217; worth of random drug testing with the UFC&#8217;s official anti-doping partner, USADA, before he is cleared to fight.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, he is still yet to re-enter the USADA testing pool.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12589657\/Conor-McGregor-makes-KSI-fight-U-turn-ex-UFC-champ-claims-no-longer-interested-facing-YouTuber-calling-bare-knuckle-bout.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor makes KSI fight U-turn as ex-UFC champ claims he is no longer interested in facing YouTuber after calling him out to bare-knuckle bout In August, Conor McGregor called out KSI to a bare-knuckle boxing bout The Irishman has since rescinded his offer and claims it was never serious Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s boxing YouTube&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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