{"id":165016,"date":"2025-09-24T04:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165016\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T04:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:10:09","slug":"jake-paul-gervonta-davis-2-million-boxing-bet-adds-to-spectacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/165016\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul, Gervonta Davis $2 million boxing ‘bet’ adds to spectacle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jake Paul outclasses Chavez Jr., fight night recap and highlights<\/p>\n

Jake Paul scored a dominant unanimous decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Honda Center in Anaheim, improving his pro record to 12-1.<\/p>\n

Jake Paul<\/a> and Gervonta Davis<\/a> shook hands on a $2 million bet over the outcome of their Nov. 14 exhibition fight<\/a> on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Yes, the prefight hype train keeps chugging.<\/p>\n

Can their 10-round fight live up to the hype, the latest generated during a press conference on Sept. 23 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, site of the spectacle?<\/p>\n

The bout will highlight a massive weight discrepancy between Davis, who weighed in at 133\u00be pounds for his last fight, and Paul, weighed in at 199\u00bd pounds for his last fight. But at least temporarily talk of the weight difference gave way to talk of the wager.<\/p>\n

The bet was sparked at the press conference when during a stretch reserved for media questions, online streamer Adin Ross asked to up the ante on a bet he apparently had with Davis. Ross said he\u2019s betting on Paul to win, and Davis tried to escalate the bet. Ross said he needed financial support from Paul.<\/p>\n

Paul and Davis eventually shook hands with Davis on the $2 million bet, each presumably betting on themselves to win the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, they\u2019re shaking,\u2019\u2019 someone blurted out.<\/p>\n

Later, Davis indicated he will not honor the bet. On X he wrote, “He was never getting that 2 mil…(no matter) what happens.”<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Paul has been involved in supposed boxing bets.<\/p>\n

Paul made a $1 million bet with Mike Tyson on the trilogy fight between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor<\/a> on July 11. (Tyson bet on Taylor, who beat Serrano.) Paul, co-founder of sports betting company Betr, accepted bets from fighters on the undercard for his fight against Tyson during a press conference the week of the fight.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear who got paid and how much. The fate of this latest bet might be as confusing as details of the boxing gloves that Paul and Davis will use.<\/p>\n

At one point during the press conference in Miami, Davis\u2019 trainer, Calvin Ford, stepped to a microphone reserved for the media and pressed Paul on the weight of the gloves. The fighters are to use 12-ounce gloves, Paul\u2019s business partner Nakisa Bidarian announced during a press conference in New York on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n

Bidarian and Paul are co-founders of Most Valuable Promotions, which is promoting the fight.<\/p>\n

MORE: Jake Paul-Tank Davis fight press conference a masterclass in ridiculousness<\/a><\/p>\n

As a lightweight, Davis usually fights in eight-ounce gloves. As a cruiserweight, Paul usually fights in 10-ounce gloves. But with their fight being contested at a maximum of 195 pounds, both fighters will use 12-ounce gloves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait, you guys were the ones that wanted 12-ounce gloves,\u2019\u2019 Paul said. \u201cNot me. I’ll do eight (ounces). I’ll do four, I’ll do two ounces. I’ll do bare knuckle.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

They agreed on two 10-ounce gloves. But the weight of the gloves, and perhaps even a $2 million bet, would have to be approved by the Florida Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul outclasses Chavez Jr., fight night recap and highlights Jake Paul scored a dominant unanimous decision win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[108555,49970,617,64,63,615,802,29886,618,108554,26697,1910,9225,36227,435,44,323,54447,1911,108556,85,23371,632,635,616],"class_list":["post-165016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-adin","tag-adin-ross","tag-and","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-betting","tag-boxing","tag-davis","tag-disclaimer","tag-gervonta","tag-gervonta-davis","tag-jake","tag-jake-paul","tag-negative","tag-netflix","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-negative","tag-paul","tag-ross","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-betting-widget-and-disclaimer","tag-sports-news","tag-widget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}