{"id":83299,"date":"2025-08-20T20:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83299\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:52:08","slug":"boxing-fans-roast-jake-paul-and-gervonta-davis-amid-fight-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83299\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing fans roast Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis amid fight reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of the sweet science are having a field day following the reports of Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jake-Paul-and-Gervonta-Davis-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"nlz w-full h-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mike Coppinger of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ringmagazine\/status\/1958194067130519728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ring Magazine<\/a> reported that Paul and \u201cTank\u201d are set to collide in an exhibition bout on Nov. 15. The bout is set to be held inside State Farm Arena in Atlanta. The fight will reportedly air on the Netflix streaming platform. Fans were quick to respond to the report, and they were quite negative about the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>X user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/howboxingworkss\/status\/1958195350361219251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">How Boxing Works<\/a> called for the WBA to hand Davis a punishment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/boxing-news\/gervonta-davis\/new-york-commission-reviewing-gervonta-davis-knee-no-call-could-change-result\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not having a rematch with Lamont Roach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a disgrace, I hope the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBABoxing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WBABoxing<\/a> strips tank.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 How Boxing Works\ud83e\udd4a (@howboxingworkss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howboxingworkss\/status\/1958195350361219251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a disgrace, I hope the @WBABoxing strips tank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JayMMAYT\/status\/1958195842482934245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JayMMAYT<\/a> chimed in by criticizing the state of boxing.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ducking Roach and Shakur to fight Jake Paul,boxing is fucking cooked dog\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay\ud83e\udd3c\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@JayMMAYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayMMAYT\/status\/1958195842482934245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDucking Roach and Shakur to fight Jake Paul, boxing is [expletive] cooked dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DietWaterGUY\/status\/1958194625983713318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DietWaterGUY<\/a> also had some negative thoughts on the planned exhibition showdown between \u201cThe Problem Child\u201d and Davis.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT. A. JOKE<\/p>\n<p>From a rematch with roach to this shit? F*ck whatever check they\u2019re about to make. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZJefF6cvr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nZJefF6cvr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diet\ud83d\udca6 (@DietWaterGUY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DietWaterGUY\/status\/1958194625983713318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHAT. A. JOKE. From a rematch with roach to this shit? F*ck whatever check they\u2019re about to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another X user, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JJtheGoatKSIfan\/status\/1958204091445703077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KSI Fandom<\/a>, shared a theory on why Paul vs. \u201cTank\u201d is an exhibition contest.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Making it an exhibition so tank doesnt knock him out \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KSI Fandom (@JJtheGoatKSIfan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJtheGoatKSIfan\/status\/1958204091445703077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking it an exhibition so tank doesn\u2019t knock him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/parislytle\/status\/1958221005312479266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Paris Lytle<\/a> had no jokes or theories. He simply wants people to stop giving Paul attention.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No. No. No more Jake Paul. Everyone stop watching. What happened to &#8220;boxing&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paris Lytle (@parislytle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/parislytle\/status\/1958221005312479266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. No. No more Jake Paul. Everyone stop watching. What happened to boxing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul vs. Davis figures to be a lucrative endeavor despite the criticism. Many aren\u2019t happy with \u201cTank,\u201d as they feel he\u2019s avoiding a rematch with Lamont Roach to cash in on the bigger, but far less experienced Paul.<\/p>\n<p>There had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/boxing-news\/jake-paul-boxing-news\/jake-paul-has-accepted-a-fight-against-anthony-joshua-according-to-turki-alalshikh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initially been talks for a showdown<\/a> between Paul and former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Coppinger reported that discussions fell through over \u201cnetwork issues.\u201d Time will tell if Paul vs. \u201cTank\u201d actually sticks, given a slew of boxing matches tend to fall apart despite plans being set.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of the sweet science are having a field day following the reports of Jake Paul vs. Gervonta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-83299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83299","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=83299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}