{"id":1166,"date":"2023-10-15T02:31:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T23:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/1166\/logan-paul-defeats-dillon-danis-via-disqualification\/"},"modified":"2023-10-22T12:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:15:30","slug":"logan-paul-defeats-dillon-danis-via-disqualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=1166","title":{"rendered":"Logan Paul defeats Dillon Danis via disqualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logan Paul defeats Dillon Danis via disqualification\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Mike Coppinger, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">October 14, 2023, 11:54 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Social media star Logan Paul defeated Dillon Danis by disqualification in the sixth and final round of their exhibition boxing match Saturday in Manchester, England.<\/p>\n<p>The fight was the co-feature of a professional bout between Paul&#8217;s Prime energy drink business partner KSI and Tommy Fury, the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, 28, was in control from the opening bell with his jab and won every round until the sixth, when the match turned into chaos.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Danis, a four-time jiu-jitsu champion and training companion of <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2269\/conor-mcgregor-reportedly-wont-face\/\">Conor<\/a> McGregor, was deducted a point for a takedown attempt by Paul in the sixth round.  Danis, a 30-year-old from New Jersey, attempted a second takedown in the waning seconds, prompting Paul to throw a hammerfist.<\/p>\n<p>Security filled the ring and the fight was broken up as authorities attempted to restore order.  Paul&#8217;s only professional boxing match was a loss to KSI.  Paul, a native of Ohio, also participated in an exhibition with Floyd Mayweather in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDillon Danis is such a coward,\u201d Paul said.  &#8220;&#8230;I forgave Dillon before this fight started. It was the only way I could go into this fight without emotion. &#8230;But he called himself a real fighter?&#8230;Conor McGregor, you see That ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The build-up to the fight became personal through a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">series<\/a> of social media posts by Danis targeting Paul&#8217;s fianc\u00e9e, model Nina Agdal, which resulted in legal action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a hobby for me,\u201d Paul said.  &#8220;My true passion, I&#8217;m a WWE superstar. &#8230; I&#8217;m an American boy and I want this <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> States title. Rey Mysterio, I already beat you once and I&#8217;m coming for this United States championship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mysterio, the Mexican legend, responded on X to the challenge: &#8220;I&#8217;m not hard to find, buddy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul is expected to return to WWE at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on November 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logan Paul defeats Dillon Danis via disqualification\u060c Mike Coppinger, ESPNOctober 14, 2023, 11:54 p.m. Social media star Logan Paul defeated Dillon Danis by disqualification in the sixth and final round of their exhibition boxing match Saturday in Manchester, England. The fight was the co-feature of a professional bout between Paul&#8217;s Prime energy drink business partner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1362,1411,283,1412,1360,1408],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-danis","tag-defeats","tag-dillon","tag-disqualification","tag-logan","tag-paul"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3495,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions\/3495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}