KSI vs Tommy Fury

MF & DAZN: X Series 10 – The Prime Card, billed as Judgement Day, was a professional crossover boxing event.

[11] In February 2023, KSI's long time rival Jake Paul lost to Fury via split decision in Saudi Arabia.

[12] Paul and Fury were expected to have an immediate rematch, however plans changed after Paul announced he will be facing mixed martial artist Nate Diaz on 5 August, thus Fury exclaimed his interests in pursuing a bout with KSI or TikToker Salt Papi in the future.

[13][14] On 13 May, KSI fought businessman and professional boxer Joe Fournier as the headliner to MF & DAZN: X Series 007 and originally won via a controversial knockout, but afterward this was overruled and judged a no contest, because of an elbow strike.

[7] On 8 August, it was announced that Paul would face American mixed martial artist Dillon Danis.

[29] English YouTuber King Kenny and American mixed martial artist Anthony Taylor faced each other for the vacant MFB light heavyweight title.

[30] Filipino TikToker Salt Papi and American YouTuber Slim Albaher faced each other for the inaugural MFB middleweight title.

[32] A tag team bout took place between "Wassabi Lmao," which features American and Singaporean YouTubers Alex Wassabi and NichLmao, against "Los Pineda Coladas," which features American YouTuber BDave and Mexican professional boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda for the inaugural MFB middleweight tag team titles.

[33] On the preliminary card, American reality television star Chase DeMoor and English graphic designer Tempo Arts faced each other for the inaugural MFB heavyweight title.

English OnlyFans models Astrid Wett and Alexia Grace faced each other for the MFB women's lightweight title.

[38] On 16 October, Danis announced on his Twitter account that he would be appealing the result to the PBA claiming Paul committed "multiple offenses".

[43] During the post fight interview, An enraged KSI lashed out at Fury, and insisted that the result was a "robbery.

[46] Later that day, the PBA confirmed that KSI has formally submitted an appeal over the unanimous decision loss to Fury.

Despite the result, KSI's manager Mams Taylor stated that the appeal is still ongoing and that they are moving into the second of three possible stages.

[49] On 30 June 2023, KSI uploaded a video onto his YouTube channel stating that Tommy Fury is demanding the fight takes place at 185 Ibs despite both parties verbally agreeing to 180 Ibs with no rehydration clause and gave Fury a deadline to sign the contract by 3 July at 6:00pm BST.

[‡ 2][50] On 1 July, Fury responded with an Instagram story stating that the fight will only take place at 185 Ibs and if KSI doesn't agree, he will rematch Jake Paul in October.

[‡ 3] On 3 July, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland, promoters of Misfits Boxing, had confirmed that both parties had agreed on the weight.

[52] On 30 July, Misfits Boxing co-owner Mams Taylor confirmed in a Twitter Space that both parties had agreed to 183 Ibs.

Paul and Danis moments before the start of their bout.
KSI and Fury moments before the start of their bout.