Jake Paul’s next opponent is eight inches shorter than him. From YouTubers to NBA players to former UFC fighters, you never know who Jake Paul is going to meet in the boxing ring. Paul (12-1) has largely been criticized for hand-picking opponents years removed from their prime, or in Mike Tyson’s case, more than three decades. Coming off a win …
Read More »Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis were already fighting for multi-millions. Now there’s a couple more. Paul and “Tank” agreed to a $2 million side bet on the result of their Nov. 14 Netflix exhibition boxing match at their second launch press conference Tuesday in Miami. Advertisement Midway through the proceedings, streamer Adin Ross challenged Davis to a $250,000 side bet. …
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Gervonta Davis and Jake Paul’s exhibition bout will be contested over 10 three-minute rounds and a winner will be declared, says Most Valuable Productions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian. The14 November bout was moved from Atlanta to Miami last week after MVP, the promotions company founded by Paul and Bidarian, pulled out of efforts to get the fight sanctioned in Georgia. The …
Read More »Jake Paul didn’t waste any time setting a tone with Gervonta “Tank” Davis at Monday’s launch press conference in New York City ahead of the pair’s Nov. 14 boxing match. “He’s stupid as f***,” Paul proclaimed of the WBA lightweight champion when Davis appeared to fumble the date for the Netflix showdown in the opening stages of the lively kickoff …
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Andreas HaleSep 22, 2025, 08:40 PM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior …
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Jake Paul finally got to come face to face with Gervonta Davis in a bizarre first face-off tonight in New York City. Within moments of the press conference kicking off, Paul branded ‘Tank’ as ‘stupid as f—‘, but it seemed his rival needed some time to take the bait. A sizeable crowd of boxing fans packed into the Palladium Theater …
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Andreas HaleAug 21, 2025, 07:57 AM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior …
Read More »Boxers of yesteryear used to dream of seeing their name across one of the oversized billboards that decorate the length of Las Vegas Boulevard, otherwise known as The Strip. Today, the neon dims but the names Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis are still legible. Advertisement Their announcement to box on Nov. 14, which Paul confirmed Wednesday, is no longer a …
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Jake Paul will face Gervonta “Tank” Davis in a boxing match on Nov. 14 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Netflix announced Wednesday. The bout is expected to be the biggest test to date for Paul, a social media star with 28 million followers on Instagram and 21 million followers on YouTube. Paul (12-1) became a professional boxer in January …
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Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Jake Paul will meet in an exhibition Nov. 14 at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on Netflix, sources confirmed to The Ring. Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) was slated for a lightweight title fight rematch with Lamont Roach this month but that was scrapped after Davis’ arrest for alleged domestic violence on July 11. Charges were later dropped. …
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