KSI vs Dillon Danis CANCELLED just eight days before fight as YouTuber releases video statement
KSI has been forced to pull out of his fight with Dillon Danis due to illness.
Misfits Boxing confirmed the news in a brief statement while an unwell KSI released a video himself.
He said: “Hey everyone, I’m gonna try make this quick. Me versus Danis is just not going to happen March 29th, man.
“I’ve tried my hardest but my body has legit just given up. I’m currently in bed taking antibiotics just trying to recover.
“But I’m struggling, I’m coughing up greenish, yellow s*** all the time. My sinuses are hurting to the point where I need ibuprofen every day.
“The tensions headaches right here that I’m getting are more painful than you can imagine. I’m using Sudafed daily.
“I’ve tried sparring and training and my body just feel weak my stamina has fallen off a cliff.
“I can’t even taste right now or smell. Basically, I’m f***ed. I’ve been ill for almost three weeks and it’s just not got better.
“I’ve had doctors come around to try and decipher what is going on. Honestly, I’ve never been this ill for this long in my life and I hate it.
“I feel useless and it’s depressing. I feel like I’ve let so may people down.
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“I haven’t been able to post any YouTube videos to help promote the fight because I’ve just been feeling so s***.
“I’m just sick of being sick, man. And yeah, I’m sorry.”
KSI, 31, was due to make his return next Saturday in Manchester against MMA star Danis, 31.
He has not fought since October 2023 when he suffered defeat for the first time in the ring, losing a controversial decision to Tommy Fury, 25.
KSI was set to fight Anthony Taylor, 35, and YouTuber Slim Albaher, 30, last August but he pulled out with a hand injury.
Danis himself withdrew from facing KSI in January 2023 due to personal reasons.
He instead made his boxing debut the night Fury beat KSI – losing by disqualification against Logan Paul, 29.
Me versus Danis is just not going to happen March 29th, man. I’ve tried my hardest but my body has legit just given up.
KSI
KSI – coughing down the phone – confirmed he plans to reschedule the bout with Danis.
He said: “I wanna move the fight to another day because I still wanna knock out Dillon Danis.
“Yeah, I didn’t train this hard for nothing. Either way, I want to say sorry to everyone at Misfits, everyone at DAZN.
“I wanna say sorry to Sidemen for not being in as many videos as I’d like to be and most importantly I’d like to say sorry to all the fans.”
Danis is scheduled to return to MMA for the first time since 2019 with a scheduled bout against ex-UFC lightweight Tony Ferguson, 39, set for May.
And he hit out at KSI in a series of social media posts, writing: “hahahahahahahahaha p***y.”
Replying to KSI’s video, he said: “I remember my first cold.”