Top five celebrity boxing matches of all time headlined by KSI vs Joe Weller

The popularity and surprising watchability of Saturday’s slugfest between YouTubers KSI (Olajide Olatunji) and Joe Weller, instantly propelled the fight to the top of our short list of the the best celebrity boxing matches off all time.

After winning his boxing debut, KSI gave his blow-by-blow reaction to the fight in a video which garnered more than 2 million views just six hours after it was posted.

Earlier, in his post-fight ring interview, KSI called out America’s most popular YouTubers — brothers Jake and Logan Paul. If either fight comes to fruition, expect it to find a place in our top five celebrity boxing matches.

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Name: Olajide Olatunji, Age: 24

Claim to Fame: YouTuber known for his FIFA gameplay, rap songs and pranks.

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Name: Joe Weller, Age: 21

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.

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Name: Dolph Lundgren, Age: 49

Claim to Fame: Swedish actor best known for playing the role of Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.

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Name: Oleg Taktarov, Age: 39

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.

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Name: Todd Bridges, Age: 36

Claim to Fame: Actor best known for his role as Willis Jackson on the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes.

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Name: Vanilla Ice, Age: 34

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.

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Name: Danny Bonaduce, Age: 34

Claim to Fame: Child actor of the 1970s on the hit TV sitcom The Partridge Family.

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Name: Donny Osmond, Age: 36

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.

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Name: Dustin Diamond, Age: 25

Claim to Fame: One of several stars born on the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell.

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Name: Ron Palillo, Age: 53

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.