{"id":116519,"date":"2025-09-05T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/116519\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:40:07","slug":"call-me-crazy-andre-ward-delivers-honest-verdict-on-gervonta-davis-vs-jake-paul-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/116519\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Call Me Crazy&#8221;: Andre Ward Delivers Honest Verdict On Gervonta Davis vs Jake Paul Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hall of Famer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/andre-ward\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Ward<\/a> has weighed in on the controversial upcoming clash between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/gervonta-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gervonta Davis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Paul<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tank\u2019 Davis is set to face \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 on Friday November 14 at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, with the event broadcast live on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>The fight has divided opinion within the boxing world, and now retired two-weight world champion Andre Ward has offered his take, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/andre-ward-back-in-gym-for-one-man\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">having recently been linked to a return to the ring himself.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tIVysEqLFwM?si=m5_JUwz-9fCCbGKn&amp;t=926\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>, Ward admitted that he is interested in the upcoming bout between Davis and \u2018The Problem Child\u2019, as he claims he wants to see how each man will deal with the other, even hinting that \u2018Tank\u2019 could use his smaller frame as an advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m not against it, I don\u2019t hate it, there\u2019s a part of me that\u2019s interested. I want to see what\u2019s the size discrepancy. The sparring partners for these dudes, that\u2019s going to be a crazy look for both of them in the opposite direction, if I can see your sparring partners Gervonta, and see Jake Paul\u2019s sparring partners it\u2019s going to be a crazy photo op.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight itself, I like good fights and I want to see what\u2019s going to happen. How Gervonta Davis is going to deal with the size discrepancy and how is Jake Paul going to deal with a guy that\u2019s as small as Gervonta Davis, call me crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul has received criticism for opting to face \u2018Tank\u2019 next, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/45588994\/jake-paul-vs-julio-cesar-chavez-jr-live-updates-results-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">especially considering the 28-year-old former YouTuber weighed in at over 60 pounds heavier ahead of his last bout with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr<\/a> than what Davis weighed in before he faced Lamont Roach earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hall of Famer Andre Ward has weighed in on the controversial upcoming clash between Gervonta Davis and Jake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-116519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}