KSI broke down in tears after losing to Tommy Fury but still feels like he won the fight
KSI believes he has achieved what he set out to in boxing despite losing to Tommy Fury.
Although he has admitted the defeat was hard to take, especially due to its controversial nature, with many people believing the social media star deserved to win.
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Speaking for the first time on his YouTube channel following the defeat, KSI said: "I had trained so hard these past few months, working overtime to do what most people saw was impossible and that was to beat Tommy Fury.
"I felt like I won the fight so to have the judges completely take that moment away from me, it sucked.
"As soon as I got back home I was angry disappointed and eventually I just broke down and started crying, it wasn't fair, but life isn't fair, am I right?
"I looked back at the fight and I tried to find any highlights, any showings of Tommy Fury beating me in that fight and it was just hard to see any.
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"It was crazy because so many people thought I won the fight, from Eddie Hearn to [Israel] Adesanya to Ariel Helwani, to the millions all over the internet who thought I won the fight."
KSI went on to speak about how he is doing now, saying: "I feel much better, in terms of the Tommy Fury fight, I feel like I've come out better, much better than he is, I would much rather be in my position than his, but it's nice to know that my fight with Tommy Fury will be the biggest fight he'll ever have in his life...
"The fact that Tommy Fury was unable to knockout a YouTuber who has been boxing for about three years is actually hilarious.
"Tommy has essentially been boxing all his life and he struggled to even jab me, even with everything in his favour like the venue, the weight, the rehydration clause, he was able to just balloon to 200lbs on fight night, even with all of that, he wasn't able to get rid of me convincingly."
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KSI continued, addressing Fury directly: "I don't care if three random people thought you won, the world knows that you ain't s***.
"This guy, this nerdy FIFA player managed to hang with you, that quite frankly says a lot about your legacy."
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Before KSI finished on a more positive note, saying: "But, ultimately, I set out what I wanted to achieve from all of this.
"And that was to show to all of you lot that no matter who you are and where you've come from, you put in the hard work, you graft, stay consistent and you can literally do anything in life."
As for what's next for KSI, he has said that he wants to take a break from boxing and enjoy his life, but fans have been calling for him to fight his long-time bitter rival Jake Paul, which would be the biggest fight available in the influencer boxing scene.
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