The popularity and surprising watchability of a trio of YouTuber fights — starting with KSI’s (Olajide Olatunji) rematch with Logan Paul — has propelled the bouts to the top of our short list of the the best celebrity boxing matches off all time.
YOUTUBER BOXING BELT
After winning his boxing debut versus Joe Weller, KSI has faced Logan Paul twice, drawing the first fight and narrowly winning the sequel.
With Paul’s younger brother Jake having defeated KSI’s younger brother, Deji, the stars have aligned for an epic battle between Jake and KSI.
Here now, we present the top celebrity boxing matches of all time…
KSI VS LOGAN PAUL
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Claim to Fame: YouTuber known for his FIFA gameplay, rap songs and pranks.
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Claim to Fame: YouTuber who vlogs, makes music videos, and podcasts.
On August 25, 2018, KSI kept his YouTube boxing belt by battling Logan Paul in a six-round majority draw, with two judges scoring the fight 57–57 and the other 58–57 in favor of KSI.
DEJI VS JAKE PAUL
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Claim to Fame: YouTuber known for his FIFA gameplay.
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Claim to Fame: YouTuber who vlogs and makes music videos.
On the same card as the bout between KSI and Logan Paul, their younger brothers duked it out with Jake Paul prevailing over Deji Olatunji in the fifth round of a fight scheduled for six rounds.
KSI VS JOE WELLER
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Claim to Fame: YouTuber known for his FIFA gameplay, rap songs and pranks.
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Claim to Fame: YouTuber who vlogs, makes music videos, and creates FIFA related content.
On February 4, 2018, KSI claimed the unofficial YouTube boxing belt by stopping Weller by TKO with half a minute remaining in the third round.
DOLPH LUNDGREN VS OLEG TAKTAROV
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Claim to Fame: Swedish actor best known for playing the role of Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.
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Claim to Fame: MMA fighter who turned to acting with roles in Bad Boys II and National Treasure.
In 2007, Dolph Lundgren faced Oleg Taktarov in Russia’s King of the Ring event. Taktarov won on points after an action-packed fight.
TODD BRIDGES VS VANILLA ICE
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Claim to Fame: Actor best known for his role as Willis Jackson on the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes.
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Claim to Fame: Ice’s 1990 single “Ice Ice Baby” was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts.
In 2002, on the premiere episode of Fox’s short-lived and much-derided Celebrity Boxing series, Todd Bridges faced one-hit wonder Vanilla Ice. Despite Ice having Tank Abbott working in his corner, Bridges stayed in control throughout nearly the entire fight, flooring his opponent in rounds one and two. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 in Bridges’ favor.
DANNY BONADUCE VS DONNY OSMOND
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Claim to Fame: Child actor of the 1970s on the hit TV sitcom The Partridge Family.
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Claim to Fame: Former teen idol best known as one half of the Donny & Marie show.
Donny Osmond teased Danny Bonaduce “as a poseur, just flexing that flab” after working out at the same Chicago gym. Goaded on by a local radio personality, the two agreed to a three-round boxing match in 1994. Bonaduce won by split-decision after both men provided plenty of entertainment in the form of flailing punches and illegal wrestling headlocks.
DUSTIN DIAMOND VS RON PALILLO
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Claim to Fame: One of several stars born on the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell.
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Claim to Fame: Actor best known for playing Horshack on the sitcom Welcome Back Kotter.
The second and final episode of Celebrity Boxing featured a “Battle of the Nerds” in the form of Dustin Diamond vs Ron Palillo. Diamond, sporting a goatee, tagged the considerably shorter and older Palillo with a couple of black eyes on way to notching a TKO victory with a minute-and-a-half left in the second round.
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