{"id":100841,"date":"2025-08-27T13:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/100841\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:06:07","slug":"jake-paul-vs-gervonta-davis-branded-disgusting-by-former-world-champion-who-fears-tragic-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/100841\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis branded \u2018disgusting\u2019 by former world champion who fears tragic outcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amir Khan has slammed the upcoming exhibition bout between Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis. <\/p>\n<p>The former unified light-welterweight champion fears something could go badly wrong when <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/08\/20\/jake-paul-breaks-his-silence-to-confirm-super-fight-against-gervonta-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they fight on November 14<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/jake-paul\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"489\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a> is 6ft 1in tall and has weighed in at 227lbs during his 12-1 professional boxing career. <\/p>\n<p>30-0-1 <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/gervonta-davis\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1211\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gervonta Davis<\/a> is the much more experienced boxer, but he stands at 5ft 5in and typically weighs under 135lbs for his fights, which is making Amir Khan nervous ahead of the controversial exhibition mismatch. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-488089381-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Amir Khan smiles as he heads to his corner during his fight with Luis Collazo\" \/>Photo by Harry How\/Getty ImagesAmir Khan slams Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis <\/p>\n<p>Amir Khan fears that something bad could happen due to the rise of crossover boxing. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018King\u2019 knows all about being in a mismatch after getting <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/08\/07\/canelo-alvarezs-most-brutal-ko-left-him-worried-something-more-had-happened-to-unconscious-opponent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">badly knocked out by Canelo Alvarez<\/a> in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it is disgusting, and you know, someone\u2019s gonna end up getting hurt really badly in all this exhibition of boxing,\u201d Khan said when asked about Paul vs. Davis by SunSport. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I respect Turki Alalshikh saying that he doesn\u2019t want nothing to do with these YouTubers and these exhibition fights. And not only that, how can you take it seriously? You look at this weight difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a mismatch, and I just hope someone\u2019s not gonna end up getting hurt one day, that it\u2019s gonna put boxing down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s why, if you look at the sport, this is why MMA is doing so well, and that people are respecting it more. You don\u2019t get these dummies coming in and fighting a real MMA fighter, you know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul agrees to drug testing <\/p>\n<p>Paul has silenced the haters by agreeing to the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/08\/22\/jake-paul-silences-his-haters-by-agreeing-to-strictest-drug-testing-possible-for-gervonta-davis-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">strictest drug testing possible<\/a>\u2019 ahead of his fight with Davis. <\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has faced baseless allegations of steroid use throughout his boxing career.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is ready to prove that he\u2019s a clean athlete, with some help from the United States Anti-Doping Agency [USADA]. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry. For all of you Karens who accuse me of being on steroids as the reason for winning all of my fights, we have the strictest drug testing possible for this fight,\u201d he said on his YouTube channel. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUS Anti-Doping Agency. Random drug tests at any moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent drug test skit, Paul insisted: \u201cClean as a whistle. Contrary to what they say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amir Khan has slammed the upcoming exhibition bout between Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis. 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