On Wednesday, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Netflix announced that the highly anticipated clash between Jake “El Gallo de Dorado” Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) and undefeated three-division world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs) will now take place at Miami’s Kaseya Center on Friday, November 14(Netflix).
The fight was originally scheduled to take place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, but the chairman of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission, Rick Thompson, opposed the fight and recently told USA Today the following:
“This is the dumbest (expletive) I’ve ever heard,’’ said Thompson. “It’s a money grabber, and I’m not OK with that.’’
With the fight now in Miami, both fighters are still ready to get it on.
“New city, same mission, seek and destroy the tank,” said Paul. “Kaseya Center. Friday, November 14. I’m bringing the heat, and Miami will see me take down this angry elf while the world watches live on Netflix.”
“Jake Paul has been cherry picking in the sport of boxing for a while now, but he picked the wrong opponent this time,” said Davis. “He better start losing some weight, chasing some chickens, and pray that helps him some on fight night! Thank you to Netflix for giving me the opportunity to whoop this clown!”
No word on the weight, rules, and rounds for this fight. In his last fight against Lamont Roach, Davis weighed 133.5 pounds, while Paul weighed 199.5 pounds coming into fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
It should be interesting to see what they decided regarding weight, as it could significantly influence the dynamics of the fight.
