2022 in Misfits Boxing was the inaugural year in the history of Misfits Boxing, a crossover boxing promotion founded by English

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KSI Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji (born 19 June 1993), better known by his online alias KSI, is an English influencer, professional boxer and musician. He is a co-founding member of YouTube group the Sidemen, the CEO of Misfits Boxing a ...

and run by

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, Kalle Sauerland, and Nisse Sauerland. Misfits Boxing held 3 events in 2022.

MF & DAZN: X Series 001

''MF & DAZN: X Series 001'' featured ''KSI vs Luis Alcaraz Pineda'', billed as ''2 Fights 1 Night'', a cruiserweight MF–professional crossover boxing match contested between English

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and Mexican

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Luis Alcaraz Pineda for the inaugural MFB cruiserweight title. The bout took place at

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, England on 27 August 2022. The event sold 445,000 PPV buys. On the undercard, KSI also fought English

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as the opening bout as originally, KSI was set to face American

Alex Wassabi, who withdrew due to sustaining a

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Background

On 5 May 2022,

announced on his socials his return to the ring after his 2 year hiatus for 27 August. Along with this announcement came the reveal of Misfits Boxing, a subsidiary promotion of Wasserman focusing on crossover boxing. On 1 July,

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accidentally leaked that KSI's opponent would be Alex Wassabi, as well as revealing Deji vs Fousey and FaZe Temperrr vs

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. On 15 July, KSI vs Wassabi was officially announced for

. However on 7 August Wassabi withdrew from the bout due to sustaining a concussion. The following day it was announced that Swarmz would be the replacement opponent. On 17 August, following the online criticism KSI announced that he would be fighting twice, with his second opponent being Bulgarian professional boxer Ivan Nikolov (3–16–2). However, Nikolov was removed from the event due to his tattoos revealing he is a

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and

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. Mexican professional boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda (2–5) was announced as the replacement opponent.

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The event was broadcast on DAZN PPV.

MF & DAZN: X Series 002

''MF & DAZN: X Series 002'' featured ''Jay Swingler vs Cherdleys'', a

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MF–professional crossover boxing match contested between English

Jay Swingler and American YouTuber Cherdleys. Swingler defeated Cherdleys via

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in the 1st round.

Background

During the broadcast for MF & DAZN: X Series 001, it was announced that Hasim Rahman Jr. vs

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would headline X Series 002 in

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, England. Rahman Jr. vs Belfort was later rescheduled for X Series 003 for an unknown reason allowing Swingler vs Cherdleys to become the new headliner.

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MF & DAZN: X Series 003

''MF & DAZN: X Series 003'' featured ''Deen the Great vs. Walid Sharks'', a professional crossover boxing match contested between American

Deen the Great and Iraqi Golden Gloves champion Walid Sharks for the vacant MFB lightweight title. The bout took place on November 19, 2022, at the

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. Deen the Great defeated Sharks via third-round

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On 15 September 2022, it was announced that Hasim Rahman Jr. vs.

would headlined MF & DAZN: X Series 003 at the

, US. However, on 14 November, Belfort withdrew after being tested positive for

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. former American football defensive end and mixed martial artist

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was announced as Belfort's replacement. Deen the Great vs. Walid Sharks was then promoted as the headline bout of X Series 003.

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