Salt Papi is in the best shape of his life right now.
The 29-year-old – real name Nathaniel Bustamante - is set to fight Slim Albaher on the undercard of KSI vs Tommy Fury at Manchester’s AO Arena on Saturday night.
Ahead of the bout, Salt Papi has taken to social media to show off his epic body transformation after losing a serious amount of weight for his 165lb debut.
The social media star, who was born in the Philippines before moving to England as a teenager, started 2022 as a chubby junk food lover who weighed 210lbs.
Despite that, he happily accepted a short-notice boxing debut against comedian Halal Ham and impressed everyone with his skills – so much so people speculated about him having experience in the sport.
Salt Papi lost around 30lbs before his next fight against fellow internet celebrity Andy Warski who he viciously knocked out cold to wow special guest commentator Chris Eubank Jr.
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The TikToker decided to stay at 180lbs, even though it meant carrying a bit of extra fat into fights with MMA veteran Josh Brueckner and Jake Paul’s sparring partner Anthony Taylor.
After knocking out Brueckner, Salt Papi suffered a shocking three-round decision defeat against Taylor that convinced him to take his body transformation to the next level.
The fan favourite has lost another 20lbs and is now sporting abs ahead of what is arguably the toughest test of his short career in the sport.
Slim is a YouTuber who first tried his luck in boxing four years ago.
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The lanky 29-year-old has since won six consecutive bouts against the likes of musician Tom Zanetti and one of KSI’s former opponents, Faze Temperrr.
Salt Papi needs to make a statement if he hopes to restore his reputation which once saw him discussed among YouTube’s best boxers and had promoter Eddie Hearn wanting him to turn professional.
He has previously called out Paul and KSI, who appear to be on a collision course but need opponents to face while they try to come to terms on a deal for their grudge match.
Salt Papi could get the call to fight one of them next.
First, he’s got to get his career back on track by beating Slim.
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