After negotiating to face essentially the most harmful problem of his profession within the type of two-time former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul has now pivoted to a battle with present WBA light-weight champ Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Paul will meet Davis in an exhibition bout at State Farm Area in Atlanta on Nov. 14 that airs reside on Netflix, the streaming service introduced on Wednesday.
The announcement is unusual, as Paul has fought his profession at cruiserweight, excluding his battle with Mike Tyson, which was held at heavyweight. That makes for a roughly 65-pound distinction in the place the 2 males frequently compete as Davis owns a title within the 135-pound division.
Paul had set his sights on the Joshua battle, which was a major departure from how Paul had approached his boxing profession.
Paul started by defeating fellow social media influencer AnEsonGib, former NBA participant Nate Robinson and a sequence of former UFC fighters earlier than shedding an in depth resolution to Tommy Fury in 2023. Paul went on to defeat a couple of extra former UFC fighters and two low-level boxers earlier than defeating Tyson in a field workplace smash that upset in motion, and most lately, took a choice over former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
All of these opponents have been from exterior the world of boxing, or undersized, or properly previous their prime, exterior of Fury. So, the negotiations with Joshua have been stunning.
As a substitute, Paul will now face Davis in a bout that won’t depend on both man’s skilled file.
Davis is the way more completed fighter, with a number of titles in his profession and among the greatest expertise within the sport. However he’ll be giving up a number of measurement to Paul, and never solely in weight, as Davis is eight inches shorter.
Davis had been linked to a rematch with Lamont Roach Jr. after the 2 fighters battled to a controversial attract March in a battle many consider Roach gained. The draw saved Davis good as an expert at 30-0-1.
The Roach rematch fell aside after Davis was arrested on July 11 for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. These costs have been dropped on Aug. 12 after the alleged sufferer declined to press costs.
