“This Can’t Be Real!” – After Gervonta Davis Reacts to Jake Paul’s Controversial Weight
The official rules for Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis’ exhibition bout have been announced, but one of them took the latter by surprise.
Davis and Paul are set to square off on November 14 at Miami’s Kaseya Center in a 195lbs catchweight exhibition bout.
There had been considerable speculation about the weight Paul and Davis would compete at, given the size difference between the pair.
Paul, a natural cruiserweight (200lbs), has competed as high as 227lbs for a heavyweight bout with Mike Tyson last November.
Meanwhile, Davis, the reigning WBA lightweight champion (135lbs), has never boxed above super lightweight (140lbs).
The official rules for the bout were announced at their launch press conference on Monday by Paul’s business partner, Nakisa Bidarian, and Davis looked stunned when the weight was announced.
“Y’all said it was 190[lbs],” said Davis.
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Bidarian replied: “The fight is 195lbs as you know.”
The Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) chief then went on to confirm that the bout will take place over 10, 3-minute rounds and that they will duke it out in 12oz gloves rather than the usual 10oz ones donned by pros.
While Paul vs Davis is officially an exhibition bout and therefore the result won’t show up on either of their professional records, a decision will be reached by three judges selected by the Florida Athletic Commission if the crossover clash goes the distance.
Why did Jake Paul vs Gervonta Davis change location?
Paul’s promotional outfit, MVP, had initially planned to hold the event in Atlanta, Georgia.
The development came days before the GAEC was due to vote on a rule waiver that would have addressed the weight disparity.
MVP required three of the five commissioners to approve the request.
Although GAEC chairman Thompson refused to speculate on the outcome of the vote, he made his own stance clear.
“This is the dumbest (expletive) I’ve ever heard,’’ Thompson told USA Today.
Speaking about MVP’s decision to remove its request, Thompson added: “They probably evaluated a situation, knew that their weight differences were too much,’’
