Salt Papi’s subsequent battle is ready, as the favored influencer-boxer can be again within the ring on the Could 13 Misfits Boxing present, dealing with Anthony Taylor. The occasion can be headlined by KSI vs Joe Fournier, and can be accessible on DAZN PPV.
Within the influencer boxing world, Salt Papi is one thing of a novel presence, in that it kinda looks like everybody simply likes him, from the devoted influencer boxing supporters to individuals who actually couldn’t care much less and even dislike most of it, however have seen at the very least clips of him.
After his final battle in January, the place Salt Papi stopped Josh Brueckner within the second spherical, the likes of Sunny Edwards and Ryan Garcia advised he go professional for actual, and he’s simply typically drawn authentic reward from all corners for his potential and his leisure issue.
At the moment, Edwards — a reigning flyweight champion — stated, “I hope you notice Salt Papi can truly battle. It’s not honest him preventing these males.”
This outing, Papi’s opponent could have a bit extra precise preventing expertise than anybody he’s confronted thus far. Taylor, 33, has a 2-3 report in sanctioned boxing bouts, with losses to Tommy Fury and Chris Avila within the combine, and in addition is 7-5 in blended martial arts, together with a 2-3 mark in Bellator.
Taylor has primarily seemed to connect himself to the influencer boxing world, which has been good, it’s been a method for a journeyman-type fighter to get much more consideration and press and possibly cash than simply going straight at boxing and/or MMA anymore was going to convey him.
Taylor fought on that very same January Misfits card the place Papi was final within the ring, shedding a four-round determination to Idris Virgo, who has 13 professional boxing fights and admittedly did higher towards Taylor than Tommy Fury did again in 2021.
