Misfits Boxing

Misfits Boxing (MFB) or simply Misfits, is a sports promotion company based in London, England. The promotion was founded in 2022 by English internet personality KSI alongside Mams Taylor, Kalle Sauerland, and Nisse Sauerland.

History

In June 2021, English internet personality KSI announced that he, Wasserman Boxing, and Proper Loud, had partnered to launch a new boxing promotion aimed at staging the world's largest celebrity boxing matches. Wasserman Boxing, lead by Misfits Boxing co-owners Kalle and Nisse Sauerland, handles the technical and logistical operations of Misfits events, including contracts, broadcast relationships, transportation, and incorporation.

On 5 May 2022, KSI revealed that the company was named Misfits Boxing and confirmed that the first event will take place on 27 August. On 1 July 2022, DAZN accidentally leaked the launch of "MF & DAZN: X Series," a series of events focused on the crossover boxing phenomenon in partnership with Misfits.

On 15 July 2022, Misfits' first event, MF & DAZN: X Series 001, was officially unveiled to take place on 27 August at The O2 Arena and a four-event deal was signed with DAZN. In November, Misfits were involved with the promotion for Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Deji in English-speaking markets by having the event listed under the "X Series" banner and livestreaming the press conference on their YouTube channel. This was a part of the DAZN deal. On 10 January 2023, Misfits and DAZN signed a 5-year exclusivity deal to continue to distribute events with two pay-per-view each year.

On 4 March 2023 at MF & DAZN: X Series 005, Misfits introduced 'tag team boxing' to the sport of boxing. The rules stated that a boxer can tag-in their teammate once they get to their corner, scorecards are calculated based on the performance of the boxers in the ring as though both team members are one person and if an opponent gets knockout, then the opposing team will be crowned the winner. On 22 July 2023 at MF & DAZN: X Series 008, 'survivor tag boxing' was introduced to the sport of boxing. The rules state that a boxer can tag-in any of the boxers that are currently stationed at their respected corner, but cannot, however, tag the boxer who had previously tagged out. If a boxer refuses to tag-in, they will be immediately eliminated. If a boxer were to be knocked out or knocked down, then they too will be eliminated. The last boxer standing will be crowned the winner.

On 14 October 2023, Misfits held its tenth event, MF & DAZN: X Series 10 – The Prime Card, which saw KSI face off against professional boxer Tommy Fury. The event reportedly achieved 1,300,000 pay-per-view sales, making it the most successful combat sports event of 2023. Despite reports, Dana White suggested that these numbers were nowhere near accurate.

On 10 October 2024, Misfits unveiled its rebranding with a new logo and the introduction of championship rings. If an in-house champion successfully defends their title five times they would be awarded a diamond encrusted gold legacy ring and with ten successful defends a diamond ruby platinum ring will be awarded.

In August 2025, reports stated that Misfits was closing a deal with British former kickboxing and influencer Andrew Tate to compete in a heavyweight bout by the end of the year. However, BBC Sport contacted DAZN and were informed that Tate was not in negotiations with Misfits. On 15 October, it was reported that Tate was set to debut against in house heavyweight champion Chase DeMoor in December. On 30 October, Tate vs DeMoor was officially announced, which featured a promotional video claiming that Tate had replaced KSI as the CEO of Misfits. That event marks the first event to not be broadcast by DAZN, despite their 5-year exclusivity deal. Marked as a "one-off," the event is set to be broadcast via Rumble instead.

In November 2025, Wasserman confirmed it was in talks to sell its boxing promotion division, Wasserman Boxing. As part of the sale, Wasserman's 25% stake in Misfits Boxing would also be included. In February 2026, it was announced that Wasserman as a whole entity would be up for sale. On March 18, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland confirmed the sale, and rebranded Wasserman Boxing into MF Sports. MF Sports will remain a large shareholder of Misfits Boxing, and wholly-owned shareholder of MF Pro.

MF Pro

In June 2024, Misfits Boxing launched a professional boxing promotion, named "MF Pro", with the signing of decorated amateur boxer and ten times national champion Amir Anderson. Anderson went on to make his professional boxing debut on MF & DAZN: X Series 16 and became the first boxer to have sanctioned bout take place in Qatar on MF & DAZN: X Series 19 – Qatar: The Supercard. On 8 August, J'Hon Ingram (4–0) was the second signee announced. On 17 October, Misfits Boxing announced the signing of WBC Silver super bantamweight champion Dylan Price (19–0). On 30 December, Ty Mitchell (3–2) announced he had signed a multi-year deal with MF Pro and made his debut on MF & DAZN: X Series 20 after a 14-year hiatus from professional boxing.

On 10 January 2025, Mexican eighteen time national champion Kayla Gomez was signed and was originally set to make her professional debut in March. On 22 February, Misfits announced the singing of Brazilian heavyweight 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Abner Teixeira. On 5 October, Misfits signed David Lopez (7–0). On 19 October, Misfits announced that Ashton Sylve (11–1) was the latest signee. Sylve was originally signed under Jake Paul's promotion Most Valuable Promotions, but was dropped following his defeat to Lucas Bahdi.

On 6 December 2025, British cruiserweight champion and KSI's former trainer Viddal Riley (13–0) announced that he has signed with MF Pro following his departure from Boxxer. Riley explained in an interview with Sky Sports that Misfits will soon begin to produce separate MF Pro events that are comparable with the other traditional boxing promotions. Alongside Riley's announcement, MF Pro Boxing launched it's social media pages with a promotional video that revealed Amer Abdallah had been appointed president of the division.

In 2026, MF Pro began to produce their own events outside the traditional Misfits scene. On 30 January, MF Pro announced a heavyweight bout headlining Derek Chisora vs. Deontay Wilder for 4 April in partnership with Queensberry Promotions. Their inaugural event was announced on 6 February headlining Mick Conlan vs. Kevin Walsh for 20 March. Later that month, MF Pro also announced a long-term deal broadcast with DAZN. On March 18, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland announced that MF Pro will be a separate entity from Misfits Boxing, operated under the parent company MF Sports, as a sister promotion to Misfits Boxing. On 11 March 2026, Jeff Mayweather's The Mayweather Channel got rebranded into MF Pro on YouTube due to Mayweather's affiliation with MF Pro's president Amer Abdallah, which had 503,000 subscribers at the time. Mayweather created a new YouTube channel under the same name.

Current stable

Former talent

Mixed martial arts

On 30 August 2025, Misfits Boxing launched their professional mixed martial arts division with the inaugural bout between notorious figure Dillon Danis and influencer Warren Spencer. The MMA bout took place in a ring, oppose to the modern octagon cage, on the Misfits 22 – Ring of Thrones undercard. The second MF MMA fight was scheduled to take place at Misfits Mania on 20 December 2025 between Dillon Danis and Anthony Taylor, but cancelled because Danis was deemed not medically cleared to compete following the large brawl involving Islam Makhachev's team at UFC 322.

In-house champions

Since it's inception, Misfits have awarded various fighters with the "MFB" world title. The first iteration was awarded to KSI for defeating Luis Alcaraz Pineda to become the inaugural cruiserweight champion. In December 2022, Misfits announced that the ICB (Influencer Championship Belt) will no longer be sanctioning title bouts, opting to use their promotion’s belts exclusively.

In 2024, Misfits heled multiple tournaments to award their titles. One was for the interim lightweight title, as the champion at the time was injured, one for the cruiserweight title after KSI vacated the belt in January 2024, and one hosted by Stake featuring four professional fighters all taking place within the same night for the first "MF Pro" title. As of April 2026, the MFB cruiserweight title tournament has yet to continue.

List of events

Misfits Boxing

MF Pro

Other

Pay-per-view events

Notes

See also

• KSI vs Jake Paul
• Most Valuable Promotions

Primary sources

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