Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis were slated for a Nov. 14 prizefight that would’ve likely ranked among combat sports’ most profitable in 2025.<\/p>\n
However, the prospective bout is threatened to be canned amid concerns that Davis attacked a woman in Miami Gardens last month.<\/p>\n
Here’s the latest on the status of Paul and Davis’ scheduled contest, including a list of potential fighters who could be called in to replace Davis should he pull out of the fight.<\/p>\n
MORE: Why it’s time to give Jake Paul respect in boxing<\/a><\/p>\n Is Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis fight still on?Monday, Nov. 3<\/p>\n 3 p.m.:\u00a0Paul and Davis’ prospective bout appears unlikely to continue in its current configuration. The Ring Magazine’s Mike Coppinger<\/a> reported that Davis is likely to withdraw from the action amid allegations that Davis assaulted a woman in a strip club in Miami Gardens, Fla. on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n Rumors of potential Davis replacements have already emerged, with Andre Ward, Anthony Joshua and Nate Diaz linked. One person unlikely to take part in the event is Francis Ngannou, who shut down talks of involvement in a clash with Paul during an interview with TMZ Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I’m like, ‘no bro, come on,'” Ngannou said. “I mean, don’t disrespect me like that.<\/p>\n “The fight makes no sense. That’s what I think, that’s my position.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis were slated for a Nov. 14 prizefight that would’ve likely ranked among combat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-260488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260488","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=260488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}