Fox Sports Australia reported on Monday that Paul\u2019s team had looked into potential match-ups with former UFC stars Frances Ngannou and Nate Diaz.<\/a><\/p>\nNgannou has since indicated that he has turned Paul\u2019s team down.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, there\u2019s no such thing happening,\u201d Ngannou told TMZ sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically, how can they go from Gervonta Davis to Francis Ngannou? Gervonta Davis is a fantastic boxer and is a one-shot knockout artist, but come on. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re way different. It makes no sense. Gervonta Davis, you come, you say, \u2018OK, the size difference can level up.\u2019 [But] at this point, for me, it makes no sense.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYes, they reached out the other day and told me how they need a replacement for Gervonta, and after I listened, I wasn\u2019t getting it, and I said, \u2018OK, what can I do for you?\u2019 They said, \u2018We\u2019re looking for a replacement,\u2019 but I still didn\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018OK, what exactly can I do for you?\u2019 He was like, \u2018We are thinking about you to fight Jake to replace Gervonta.\u2019 \u2018Which Jake?\u2019 I was so confused. I wasn\u2019t expecting that at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018No, bro. Come on. Don\u2019t disrespect me like that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul has launched a blistering attack at Gervonta \u201cTank\u201d Davis following the cancellation of their fight, branding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-261346","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\/261346","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=261346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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MIAMI, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 23: Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Jake Paul shake hands at news conference for their exhibition match scheduled for November 14 at Kaseya Center on September 23, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n