{"id":164686,"date":"2025-09-24T00:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/164686\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T00:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:34:08","slug":"worlds-strongest-man-calls-out-jake-paul-after-boxer-towered-over-55-gervonta-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/164686\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Strongest Man calls out Jake Paul after boxer towered over 5\u20195\u201d Gervonta Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jake Paul\u2019s next opponent is eight inches shorter than him.<\/p>\n<p>From YouTubers to NBA players to former UFC fighters, you never know who <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a> is going to meet in the boxing ring.<\/p>\n<p>Paul (12-1) has largely been criticized for hand-picking opponents years removed from their prime, or in <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/mike-tyson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson\u2019s<\/a> case, more than three decades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/06\/29\/jake-paul-vs-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-result-fans-loudly-boo-as-problem-child-survives-late-scare\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coming off a win over the 39-year-old Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.<\/a> in June, Paul is set to meet one of the world\u2019s best pound-for-pound boxers in <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/gervonta-davis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gervonta \u2018Tank\u2019 Davis<\/a>, who is several weight classes below Paul and significantly smaller.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/22\/jake-paul-and-gervonta-davis-comical-size-difference-on-show-in-first-face-off-ahead-of-netflix-grudge-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 6\u20191 Paul loomed over the 5\u20195\u2033 Davis in their comical first face-off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the world\u2019s strongest men is the latest to weigh in on the exhibition match, which will take place on Nov. 11 in Miami.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" loading=\"lazy\"  data-id=\"255765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236344197-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis face-off\" class=\"wp-image-255765\" \/>Photo by Mostafa Bassim\/Anadolu via Getty Images6\u20199\u2033 Thor Bjornsson on Jake Paul: \u2018He should try to fight someone like me\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 \u2018World\u2019s Strongest Man\u2019 Thor Bjornsson is eight inches taller than Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Along with being a strongman, the 350 lb Bjornsson played the role of \u2018The Mountain\u2019 in \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 and also won his boxing debut against fellow strongman <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/eddie-hall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie Hall<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Bjornsson shared a fake image of Paul\u2019s face-off with Davis, where \u2018Tank\u2019 was even shorter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJake Paul fighting small people,\u201d Bjornsson wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should try to fight someone like me\u2026\u201d Bjornsson suggested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see how that goes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If they were ever to face off, the 6\u20199\u2033 Bjornsson would tower over Paul just like he did to Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Thor Bjornsson once trained with Conor McGregor<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a decade since Bjornsson crossed paths with UFC superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/conor-mcgregor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This was when Bjornsson was over 400 lbs and McGregor, at the time, was still in the UFC featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their massive size difference, the 5\u20199\u2033 McGregor moved around with \u2018The Mountain\u2019 in a viral video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimb that mountain,\u201d McGregor\u2019s coach John Kavanagh said as they trained together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul\u2019s next opponent is eight inches shorter than him. 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