As a result of pictures of his allegedly racist tattoos appearing online, Ivan Nikolov, KSI’s rival, has been accused of being a Hitler supporter and is now facing charges.
In accordance with a statement made public on Wednesday, KSI will wrestle two opponents on August 27 on the same night. Alex Wassabi, who was originally scheduled to confront the YouTube star, was substituted by the rapper Swartz, who has never participated in a call at any level. Wassabi left the game because of a concussion.
After receiving negative feedback for the opponent change, KSI chose to play Nikolov the same night they played Swartz. Nikolov is a professional boxer from Bulgaria who has dropped three of his 21 matches. He also has a number of tattoos that some supporters mistakenly think are symbols used by Hitler’s supporters.
Is the tattoo on Ivan Nikolov racist?
Besides the “white power” tattoo on his stomach, Nikolov’s body is covered in other disciple insignia. On his left forearm, Nikolov bears the words “Blood & Honour,” the moniker of a skinhead gang of Hitler Followers that was established in England in the 1980s.
Between the sentences is placed the group’s symbol, the triskele, a three-pointed swastika. An arm tattoo of a Celtic cross surrounded by a circle is another common white supremacist ink design.
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super middleweight of 30 years Ivan Nikolov (3-10-2) is immediately KO’d by Daniel Blenda Dos Santos (15-0, 8 KOs) in Oise, France “I wanted to harm him when I noticed his tattoos, some of which were racist [neo-nazi]. I’m not upset that the argument was brief.” https://t.co/gwtVIka0Zk
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On his right arm, Nikolov has added the Schutzstaffel logo to his body art. The Schutzstaffel, a police and military force affiliated with the Hitler Follower Party, required its members to take an oath of fealty to Germany’s former dictator Adolf Hitler.
Nikolov’s tattoos were also made public after he was captured shirtless at a football game in Bulgaria, reportedly with other football hooligans. Nikolov’s disciple tattoos are shown in one picture of him with his arms at his sides and more Hitlerite memorabilia visible on a wall behind him.
Opponent Controversy And Backlash With KSI Boxing
KSI had planned to compete against two opponents on the same card on August 27 in London: rapper Swarmz and 43-year-old journeyman boxer from Bulgaria with a 3-16-2 record, Ivan Nikolov (0 KO). However, the latter opponent’s use of racial tattoos has recently drawn a lot of criticism.
According to a YouTuber named Kavos, the “White Power” tattoo that runs across Nikolov’s stomach is the most significant and obtrusive of all of his tattoos.
At a boxing match, KSI
Others have recognisable disciple emblems as well. Simply said, there is no room for debate on any of this.
Nikolov doesn’t contribute anything to the event at all, and neither does this. Any of the available journeyman boxers in Europe could easily take his position if they wanted to keep employing the “two fights” marketing ploy.
Whence Comes Ivan Nikolov?
On March 31, 1979, in Sofia, Bulgaria, Ivan Nikolov was born into a Bulgarian family. Ivan was his given name, and he was born under the Ram’s sign.
Ivan Nikolov has a boxing record of 3-16-2. In 2017, Ivan Nikolov started boxing. As a result, he has been actively boxing for nearly five years. He began boxing at the incredibly unusual age of 38.
Boxers typically quit competing at that age. Despite making his debut later than anticipated, Nikolov has already shown himself to be a strong boxer. He hasn’t had the best boxing record to date, though. His record in boxing is 3-16-2. This might be seen as a boxer with a dismal record.
In his first three boxing matches, he was successful in winning two, but following those first three fights, he was only successful in winning one match. In 2019, he most recently defeated a fighter making their debut by winning a fight.