Tommy Fury v KSI: Boxer to face off against YouTuber in Manchester in October

Tommy Fury, left, is unbeaten successful 9 nonrecreational fights, but his contention with KSI volition not beryllium sanctioned by the BBBoC

Boxer Tommy Fury volition look YouTuber KSI successful a bout astatine Manchester's AO Arena connected 14 October.

Unlike that bout, the match-up with KSI, 30, volition not beryllium a sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) arsenic nonrecreational boxing fight.

KSI, existent sanction Olajide Olatunji, has antecedently fought successful a assortment of accumulation bouts, doubly taking connected Paul's member Logan.

Logan Paul volition combat arsenic portion of the treble main lawsuit astatine October's lawsuit against a yet-to-be-named opponent.

Former Love Island prima Fury, the member of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, called the combat "easy money" adding: "All that is near for maine to bash is nonstop this antheral to sleep. I'll bash that wrong 4 rounds."

However, KSI promised to "silence each the doubters that judge I person nary chance" successful what helium says is "the toughest combat successful the influencer boxing scene".

Fury is unbeaten successful 9 nonrecreational fights, winning 4 by knockout.

He was expected to bushed Jake Paul easy successful February, but that combat went the region and ended successful a divided determination successful his favour.

KSI recovered fame with The Sidemen and is regularly progressive successful sketches connected their YouTube channel, which has much than 18 cardinal subscribers.

In April, helium was forced to apologise for a radical slur successful a YouTube video, an incidental which led him to instrumentality a interruption from societal media.

October's card, which volition beryllium unrecorded connected DAZN, is organised by Misfits Events who are sanctioned not by the BBBofC, but alternatively by a assemblage called the Professional Boxing Association (PBA).

The PBA is not the recognised sanctioning assemblage successful the UK, and KSI does not clasp a nonrecreational licence successful the country, truthful the Fury bout does not number towards nonrecreational records.