Social media star KSI makes his return to the boxing ring on March 29 when he faces Dillon Danis in a fight that was originally scheduled to take place back in 2023.

Unfortunately, the fight never happened after Danis dropped out but as much as KSI wanted to punch the multi-time grappling champion, this wasn’t the matchup he initially wanted. On Tuesday, KSI revealed that his team reached out to several prominent UFC fighters to inquire about facing him in March, but every single request was rebuffed.

“You guys always say that my opponents have been terrible but how many people pull out? I don’t think you understand how many people pull out of fighting me,” KSI said on his YouTube channel

“Even with this fight, I know I’m not even allowed to say it but f*ck it. Dillon Danis wasn’t even my fourth choice. We went to Nate Diaz. He said no. We went to Donald Cerrone. He said no. We went to Tony Ferguson. He said no. These guys said no to me. Even [Jorge] Masvidal — we went to Masvidal to fight. He can’t do it because of the UFC. Guys, we’ve been trying to find people to fight.”

None of the fighters mentioned by KSI have responded, although both Cerrone and Masvidal are under exclusive contracts to the UFC so they would not have been available. As for Ferguson, he recently signed with the GFL with hopes that he’ll debut there later this year.

That just leaves Diaz, who hasn’t fought since July 2024 when he beat Masvidal in a back-and-forth boxing match, but there’s no telling if he seriously considered a potential showdown against KSI.

KSI also addressed calls for him to face another UFC veteran in Darren Till, who’s made a successful transition to boxing in recent months, which included a brutal stoppage victory over Anthony Taylor in his latest fight.

“I know you guys are going to be like ‘what about Darren Till?’ Darren Till probably isn’t going to want to fight at my fight weight and then if he does, he’s not going to want to do the rehydration clause,” KSI explained. “Because brother is huge compared to me.

“I walk around at what 190, 195 [pounds]. Darren Till walks around at 220. I’m not going to allow him to do what Tommy Fury did. Just kill himself to get to a certain weight, go on the scale and then balloon right back up to his natural weight. So guess what ladies and gentlemen? It’s Dillon Danis.”

While he says all sorts of potential opponents were considered, KSI wasn’t ultimately all that disappointed with the Danis fight considering the history they share.

When Danis pulled out of their previously scheduled matchup, KSI was left scrambling for a new opponent but this time he’s confident the former Bellator fighter is going to show up because he may not have another option.

“Obviously, Misfits 3 I was meant to fight him and then he pulled out and I had to fight [Faze] Temper instead,” KSI explained. “Now ladies and gentlemen, I get my hands on him for real. That brother ain’t pulling out this time because that boy is getting sued by Logan Paul and obviously he needs to pay for the court proceedings.

“So he needs all the money he can get and you know what? I’m quite excited to get to be the first person to knock out Dillon Danis. I think it’s going to be a fantastic day when it happens.”

Danis is currently embroiled in a lawsuit filed against him by Logan Paul’s fiancée Nina Agdal after she claimed he made her suffer “humiliation, emotional distress and reputational harm” from more than 250 posts he made about her on social media leading up to his fight against Paul.

In addition to all the opponents who didn’t choose to fight him, KSI also addressed the long standing feud he shares with Jake Paul after they’ve been attached to each other since both started boxing.

Paul made plenty of headlines over the past few days after he was in agreement on a fight against Canelo Alvarez but the bout fell through at the 11th hour when the multi-division champion ended up signing a four-fight agreement to compete for Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia.

In the aftermath of the fight falling apart, Paul blasted Canelo for not facing him but KSI says the former YouTuber turned boxer should have recognized right away what was happening.

“Jake Paul was too busy crying that he didn’t get the Canelo fight,” KSI said. “Even though he never had the Canelo fight. He was basically being used as a pawn. Canelo was just trolling. Why would Canelo want to fight Jake Paul?

“[Jake Paul is] running away from me! Bro does not want to fight me. Just like all these ex-UFC fighters. No one wants to fight me. People fight Jake Paul because they have a chance of beating him because he’s not actually that good.”