The exhibition bout had caused a stir because of the weight disparity — Davis is a world champion at 135lbs but Paul fights around 200lbs.<\/p>\n
But Paul has now caused more controversy in his pursuit for a new opponent, which saw him enquire about Ngannou.<\/p>\n
Jake Paul and Francis Ngannou in a war of words\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n
Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion who has fought Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury inside the boxing ring, most recently competed at 256lbs — far in excess of Paul.<\/p>\n
Ngannou’s fighting weight is around 120lbs heavier than Davis.<\/p>\n
Ngannou confirmed to TMZ that he received an enquiry to fight Paul but confirmed: “No, there is no such thing happening.<\/p>\n
“How can they go from Gervonta Davis to Francis Ngannou?<\/p>\n
“Davis is a fantastic boxer and a one-shot knockout artist. But come on, the weight difference makes no sense. For me, it makes no sense.<\/p>\n
“They reached out the other day and told me [they need] a replacement for Gervonta. I said ‘what can I do for you?’<\/p>\n
“They said ‘we are looking for a replacement.’<\/p>\n
“But I still didn’t get it! I was like ‘okay, what exactly can I do for you?’<\/p>\n
“They said ‘we are thinking about you fighting Jake’.<\/p>\n
“I said: ‘Jake?’ I was so confused. I wasn’t expecting it at all.<\/p>\n
“They said: ‘Jake Paul, he’s fighting…’ “I said: ‘No, bro, come on. Don’t disrespect me like that’.<\/p>\n
“It’s not about the number. I am not interested. It makes no sense.”<\/p>\n
– Anthony Joshua tipped for shock return date by Eddie Hearn Paul has since struck back at Ngannou via social media.<\/p>\n “Dear Francis – just say you already got humiliated in boxing and are scared to lose to Jake Paul,” he wrote.<\/p>\n “I accept that. You are light work my friend. Stuck in mud.”<\/p>\n Paul has won 12 out of 13 fights inside the boxing ring, including against Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n Ngannou made his name by winning the top heavyweight honours in the UFC before transitioning into boxing.<\/p>\n He emerged with great credit for knocking down Fury in his boxing debut, despite losing on points. Joshua then knocked out Ngannou.<\/p>\n Paul, meanwhile, has also talked up a possible fight with former heavyweight champion Joshua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul has been accused of “disrespect” by Francis Ngannou for enquiring about a fight. YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul saw…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-261156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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