The undefeated WBA light-weight champion faces Paul in a profitable 195lbs exhibition bout at Kaseya Middle in Miami, Florida.
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‘Tank’ hasn’t fought since his controversial draw with Lamont Roach in March, whereas Paul outpointed Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in his final outing, seven months after he locked horns with a 58-year-old Mike Tyson.
Gervonta Davis makes retirement admission, calling boxing ‘lifeless’
“Boxing positively did a flip,” Davis wrote on X within the midst of a wild social media rant, earlier than deactivating his account.
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“It went from this aspect to that aspect, and this s*** has no loyalty. So why would I care? I transfer accordingly. Boxing is lifeless.”
One fan responded to Davis, saying: “Please retire then,” and the undefeated boxer replied: “I’m, in eight weeks.”
Davis’ feedback got here earlier than he launched into an insulting back-and-forth with WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson.
Nonetheless, amongst his repeated threats to retire from boxing, Davis has refused to decide to the mega-fight, one which talkSPORT’s Spencer Oliver believes he would ‘ice’ Stevenson in.
Stevenson is now believed to be in superior negotiations to make a change to tremendous light-weight in January and struggle Teofimo Lopez for his WBO belt.
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Talking on the anticipated struggle with Lopez, Davis defined why he is not thinking about going through Stevenson.
“How a lot are you making to struggle [Lopez]?” Davis stated.
“Like I stated, you had been damage, and I do know that is why you are in my mentions proper now.
Nonetheless, Davis at present finds himself in coaching camp for a bout with Paul, who hadn’t even made his skilled boxing debut when the previous was topped a world champion for the primary time.
Jake Paul vs Gervonta Davis undercard
- Jake Paul vs Gervonta Davis – exhibition 195lbs catchweight
- Alycia Baumgardner vs Leila Beaudoin -WBA, IBF and WBO tremendous featherweight titles
- Ellie Scotney vs Mayelli Flores Rosquero – WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO tremendous bantamweight titles
- Yokasta Valle vs Yadira Bustillos – WBC minimumweight title
- Avious Griffin vs Cesar Francis – welterweight
Davis confronted retirement calls after July arrest
He was taken into custody in July, however launched on $10,000 bond, with a courtroom listening to scheduled for August 12.
The home violence case in opposition to Davis was then dropped final month.
The Miami-Dade State’s Legal professional’s Workplace instructed TMZ Sports activities: “This case was dropped because the sufferer is declining to prosecute per her sufferer lawyer, Lindsey Chase, Esq, and her sentiments had been immediately confirmed by the Assistant State Legal professional dealing with the prosecution.”
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The undercard for the Netflix Miami occasion options Alycia Baumgardner vs Leila Beaudoin for the unified tremendous featherweight titles.
