Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis changed one of the fight rules and shook hands on a huge bet
Forthcoming foes Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis have agreed to change one of the fight rules after a heated row erupted during their press tour.
The unlikely rivals got into a back and forth over the official weight of the gloves for their November 14 exhibition bout in Miami, to be streamed live on Netflix.
Most Valuable Promotions co-founder, Nakisa Bidarian, announced the rules of the bout at the launch of press tour in New York this week.
He revealed the contest would be set at the weight limit of 195lbs, using 12oz gloves, over 10 three-minute rounds, with three scoring judges at ringside to declare a winner.
Just a day later and Tank’s long-term trainer, Calvin Ford, queried, “My question to you is where the 12oz gloves come from? Why y’all couldn’t take 10[oz]? He had 8[oz], he’s already giving up 4oz of the gloves.”
28-year-old Jake Paul instantly retorted, “Wait, you guys are the ones who wanted to do 12oz gloves, not me. I’ll do 8[oz]; f–k, I’ll do 4[oz], I’ll do 2[oz]… I’ll do bareknuckle!”
‘The Problem Child’ pushed Tank’s team for an answer, “So what do you guys want? 10oz, 8oz? The 12oz came from your guys’ side.”
“No it did not,” Davis instantly challenged him back.
So Paul responded, “Perfect, then what do you want? 10oz? Perfect, it doesn’t matter to him [Davis], so back to what I always wanted, which was 10oz.”
Paul confirmed, “Let’s do it, that’s great. That’s going to make it more exciting for the fans. Thank God, I wanted 10’s really badly. Let’s do it!”
The rule change wasn’t the only thing the rivals agreed on; they also shook hands on a £1.5million bet too!
When asked if he would donate the earnings from a $2million bet win, Tank scoffed, “I’m not donating $2million, I’m from the hood!”
