{"id":33773,"date":"2025-08-20T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jake-paul-to-fight-world-champion-gervonta-davis-on-14-november\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:58:12","slug":"jake-paul-to-fight-world-champion-gervonta-davis-on-14-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jake-paul-to-fight-world-champion-gervonta-davis-on-14-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul to fight world champion Gervonta Davis on 14 November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Jake Paul will take on WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis in an exhibition fight in Atlanta, Georgia on 14 November.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Davis&#8217; title will not be on the line because of the huge gulf in weight between the two men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paul weighed 200lbs for his last bout with Davis currently campaigning at 135lb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Youtuber-turned-boxer Paul found fame on the Disney Channel and then as an influencer before stepping into the world of boxing and has a record of 12 wins and one defeat as a professional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Yes, he is one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world, but my motto is anyone, anytime, anyplace, against all odds,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jakepaul\/status\/1958228098157298015\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Paul wrote on X<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paul added &#8220;first David, then Goliath&#8221; in what could be seen as a reference to reports he was in talks over a fight with British heavyweight Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Matchroom&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/cq87zdwn4kno\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Eddie Hearn, who promotes Joshua, recently told BBC Sport<\/a> that Paul could likely be next for the two-time heavyweight champion when he returns from injury in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">American Davis is undefeated in 31 fights as a professional, winning 30 and drawing one, with 28 of his victories coming by knockout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/clyvrl54p87o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul will take on WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis in an exhibition fight in Atlanta, Georgia on 14 November. Davis&#8217; title will not be on the line because of the huge gulf in weight between the two men. Paul weighed 200lbs for his last bout with Davis currently campaigning at 135lb. Youtuber-turned-boxer Paul found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33775,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33773\/revisions\/33775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}