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Jake Paul
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Announcer
He will step into the ring with a record of 12 and 17 of those wins have come by knockout. He's known as the problem child. He is Jake El Gallo De Dorado, Paul, this.
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Wade
Okay, we got to turn that off because we can't get copyright. Of course. Jake's coming out to the Drake. First, let's talk about the fit. We got to do a fit check because I am the most unfashionable man in all of YouTube. Let's take a look. Jake is rocking the Siberian swag today. He's got a fur coat on. I'm not sure if that's mink. Wouldn't know if it was. He's also carrying a merse. That's right. That's a man purse. He rocks one of those everywhere he goes. Listen, is there any point other than to match the outfit? What's inside the purse? Is there more money? What's he using the money for? We're at a boxing press conference. What's he trying to pay for? I have no idea. Is it symbolism for he's got this in the bag? Who knows?
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Announcer
He hails from Baltimore, Maryland. He is Gervonta Tank Davis.
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Wade
There he is, Tank coming out. There he is, making his way to the stage. Tank Davis. And it's almost certain that that chair is too tall and his feet will dangle off of it. I mean, right here you can see the size difference. It's easy to see even when they're sitting watch when they do this face off in a little.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Yeah, absolutely. Manifestations, everything. I knew we would be here. Before we start more, I want to take a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk and his family. Erica Kirk, real heroes of America. I want to take a moment of silence, please. Thank you. Rest in peace, Charlie. He means the world to the United States and his legacy lives on today, but. Yeah, I know.
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Wade
All right, so I'm just going to say, listen, I know that no one is going to agree politically with everyone. I don't mind Jake taking that moment. I thought that's really respectful, actually, whether you are a conservative, liberal, leftist, right wing, whatever. A horrible thing happened to Charlie Kirk. And I haven't talked about it on this channel, and I'm not going to outside of just saying, obviously, rest in peace. A despicable act happened and he was assassinated, murdered in front of those group of people, needlessly and in cold blood. Prayers to his family and his loved ones. And, yeah, life is very precious. Make sure. You tell someone you love him.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
I've predicted everything in my career and just made it all come true.
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Announcer
Tank, same question. Can you believe this is happening and you about to get into the ring with Jake Paul?
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Jake Paul
I'm definitely excited, you know, I think it's going to be good. You know he been in the gym and he been boxing for a little minute now, so he been taking it serious. So we just got to see what, what you bring. Come.
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Wade
My man's smile is crazy. I just saw that. Dude, this man is cheesing.
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Announcer
November 14th.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
He's stupid. As.
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Announcer
I got a number of questions for both of you.
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Wade
All right, man, a couple things. Number one, Tank didn't even know the day they were supposed to fight. It's plastered all over the wall behind him, on the podium, on Twitter, on social media. It's right here in front of his face. If he would just look to his left. How does this man, who is one half of the main event, not know when the fuck he's fighting? And by that same token, how are we the fans expected to think that Tank is locked into this when he doesn't even know when the fight date is, bro? Again, I know it's something very minor and he maybe just forgot, but it's not the greatest kickoff to this press conference. It's like a car stuck in neutral as you're slamming on the gas, you're starting slow and you're not fully engaged or in gear and then something interesting happens. Jake is like already starting to troll or he's trying to get in the mind of Gervonta right away. I mean like, ah, look, he's dumb as fuck, right? He's trying to get Gervontae riled up, which I think is the best thing Jake can do. If Jake can play the villain throughout this build up and I think he desperately needs to to get Gervonta to react and show some emotion and actually look like he gives a fuck about this. That's Jake needs to play. Honestly, I don't think he did it enough in this presser, but we'll see.
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Announcer
Let me bring to the stage and to this podium most valuable promotions co founder. He's also the CEO Nikisa Badarian.
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Wade
Nikisa gets walkout music. I'm dead.
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Announcer
And yes, ladies and gentlemen, there will be a victor because the fighters have agreed and the commission has approved a maximum weight of 195 pounds for this exhibition.
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Jake Paul
It was 190.
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Announcer
The fight will be contested over 10 three minute rounds.
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Wade
The fight is 195 pounds, Tank, as you know. Okay, so something very interesting there. I want you. I don't know if you guys heard it, but it was also caught on a separate camera. Nikisa is going through the, the, the rules. He says the fight will be contested at a maximum weight of 195 pounds. Tank gets up and says, y' all said it was 190. Listen at this.
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Announcer
The fight will be contested over 10 three minute rounds.
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Jake Paul
I said it was 190.
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Wade
The fight is 195 pounds, Tank, as you know. So, yeah, I don't know if Tank was trolling there or not. He probably is because he just kind of sits down real quick. But I'm. Yeah, 195 is what they said the first time. It is interesting though, that Tank immediately got up and said it was 190. Y' all said it was 190. I can't tell if he's trolling or not. But regardless, 195.
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Announcer
Jake, I'll start with you. You certainly have built your career on taking tough challenges.
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Wade
That's funny.
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Announcer
Now you're facing Tang, probably one of the most explosive punchers in the sport of boxing. What do you see as your biggest advantage going into this fight?
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Yeah, I would say a lot of things, but I think first and foremost is, is going to just be my, my reach, my size, being able to keep him away. I think there's a lot of holes in his defense that a lot of people haven't exposed before. And he's a great fighter, one of the best. I'm excited. He's elevating me to a new height. He's making me push myself to my limits. I'm more locked in than ever. But at the end of the day, I know I'm gonna be able to come out on top and outbox the guy who's been doing it for seven times as long as me.
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Wade
Jake just said that Tank has been boxing for seven times as long as Jake has been boxing. They started out this press conference by saying Jake started boxing five years ago. So seven times five is 35. Tank is what, 30? We always knew that math was not Jake's strong suit. I'm a fellow college dropout, but the math ain't mathing, obviously.
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Announcer
Toughest test that you face to this point, you beat an undefeated world.
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Wade
Why are we saying that, though? Like, skill wise is Tank better than anyone? Jake has fought skill wise in boxing, yes. But when we're saying toughest test, this is an exhibition fight. This is Not a test of Jake as a professional boxer. It's not even in his weight class. The toughest test Jake has had to this day and will remain his toughest test until either he rematches or fights someone of a similar level at the weight class as Tommy Fury. I just don't. You can't say that. You can't say this is Jake's toughest test. You can't do that.
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Announcer
Is this the fight where folks, especially in the boxing community have to say Jake Paul deserves to be at the elite level?
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Now they'll never give me credit until I have the world championship belt, but that's okay. It doesn't matter, you know, but belts collect dust and what I've done in the sport is unprecedented. Never will be replicated and done it in such a short amount of time. Just getting warmed up. They're not going to give me credit. But I don't need the credit from these bozos. To be honest. The credit's in my bank account, Bar.
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Wade
Well, credit in the bank account, you get debited. The money in your bank account credits when the money comes out. Regardless, here's the thing, that question is erroneous. Asking Jake if you beat Tank in an exhibition or are you the elite level in boxing? The answer is no. Is Jake an elite level name in boxing? The answer is absolutely he is. You may not like that, but he's one of the biggest names, if not the biggest name in the sport that's currently fighting and is not Mike Tyson. Let's be honest about it, right? If they go out and do better numbers than Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez, then he's probably the biggest name in the sport. But that does not make him an elite fighter. Even sport. Even if he was to go out and knock Tank out, it doesn't make him elite. And I don't mean that to sound harsh, it's just again, weight classes matter. They do. You just can't put him in the elite of his weight class for knocking out the elite of a weight class 10 spots down.
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Announcer
Tank, I'll start with you. I guess a lot. A number of people will say why Jake Paul as opposed to a rematch with Lamont Roach?
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Wade
There's only one answer to this question and it's probably what is in the man purse that Gervonta also brought to the stage. It's money. That is the only reason he would do this fight over Lamont Roach or retirement. He is getting paid a shit ton of money. I let's see if he answers it. But that is the only reason I.
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Jake Paul
Don'T want to put a lot out there, but it's just, you know, doing what's best for me and what's right for me. And I've been doing this for a little minute now, you know, I've been doing it for, Since I was 7 years old, you know, so this is the first camp I can like, you know, enjoy myself, be back myself. Like even leading up to like the rematch of the Roach fight, it was more so like, I don't want to get too much in it. But November 14th, you got Jake, Paul and me. I think it's going to be a great event. Every time I fight is fireworks. Jake Paul coming in, you know, he's much bigger, he's much stronger. Boxing wins come November 14th. You know, it's not just me, me and Jake on a fight, it's a whole card and we just giving boxing what it need and that's excitement.
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Wade
I'll tell you something, that answer did not excite me at all. Now, okay, number one, Tank is right. There are going to be a lot of boxers on the undercard that get a lot of shine from this and that is good for the sport. In fact, just eyes on boxing in general is something Jake has done very, very well for the sport. And you can't take that away from. He has brought a ton of new eyes to this sport. That's something that I think people should value Jake and Tank more than what they do. I just wish he would have said, I did this because it's going to make me a ton of money. And that's what I honestly care more about in this sport. Because it's the honest truth. He is, he doesn't care. Which he'll, I mean, flat out tell you sometimes he doesn't care about his championship belt, doesn't even care about his legacy. He cares about making money for himself and his family. And again, there's nothing wrong with that. Just be honest about it. Just say what it is, because that is what this fight is. And we all know, again, as long as you admit that, as long as you go into this fight with that preconceived notion of what exactly is going on here, I don't have any problem with an exhibition where two guys are gonna make a shit ton of money. Does it mean anything? No. Does it mean anything for Jake's legacy, for Tank's legacy? Honestly, unless either of them get knocked out cold, no. In fact, it probably hurts Tank's legacy more if that were to happen. But For Jake, no, doesn't make them better in their given weight classes. It is a one off entertainment bout and that's okay. Just say what it is.
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Announcer
You've talked to a lot about leaving a lasting legacy in the sport of boxing. You beat Tank Davis. Do you believe you've basically cemented yourself as one of the best in the sport?
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Wade
What?
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Hell no, not yet. I'm just getting warmed up. But this will certainly shut up a lot more people. Each fight has done that so far. Only five years as a pro and feels like the last fight I had was the end of chapter one. This is the beginning of chapter two and I'm only 28 years old. I have a lot more to prove and once I beat this guy I more people will shut up. But at the end of the day I'm really still just getting warmed up in the sport and I'm going to show how good I am. You know, this is a top 10 pound for pound fighter that I'm going to outbox. And truly when people run back this press conference, all the shit talk, all the fun, they're going to be like, wow, this kid really is doing something monumental in the sport and he's actually insane boxer and going to show that this guy who's been doing it his whole life has been doing it wrong his whole life.
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Announcer
What you say Tank?
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Jake Paul
He said he gonna outbox me. Whoopty do.
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Wade
First off, at least Jake can acknowledge the fact that beating Tank does not make him one of the best in the world. I respect that. But you hear him throwing around that pound for pound and, and I heard it earlier in the presser too. Tank is a top 10 pound for pound guy. Why are we using that qualifying? Explain that to me. For those that are watching at home, they are calling tank a top 10 pound for pound because they can't say that Tank is a top 10 at Jake's weight class because he doesn't fight at that weight class. The reason we have pound for pound in general is to fantasize about who would be the best boxer if they were all the same weight. Reality states that Terence Crawford is not going to be Alexander Usyk because Terence Crawford is 168 pounds now and Alexander Usyk is a heavyweight. So even if the skills are there, even if he's better skillfully then Usyk, the weight determines Usyk is going to hurt him badly. That doesn't tell us anything. That tells us when two elite guys get together, the bigger man wins.
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Jake Paul
Shout out to Jake Paul for, you know Coming with me and making this event happen and his team and what is MP Promotions, Netflix, Al Heyman, everybody.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Turns out he can't read. Just like Floyd.
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Jake Paul
Oh, mvp.
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Wade
Jeez.
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Jake Paul
Mp.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
You got a champ.
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Jake Paul
I'm not worrying about that.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Got a champ.
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Jake Paul
People talk all day.
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Wade
That's what Jake needs to do more go after him. First off, again, Tank didn't know the fight date, didn't know who Nikisa was, and he called Jake's promotion. MP money, please. Promotion. I'm supposed to believe that Tank gives a. Honestly, I'm supposed to believe that after he just comes up here and has no idea what the going on. But I honestly, that's the Jake I need to see. As disrespectful as it is. Talking about, he can't read it. It's the fight game. Say some things that are going to rile Tank up a little bit.
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Announcer
Jake, how you win this fight?
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Just showing up honestly. Yeah, just. I'm gonna knock him out. You know, he has a lot of. A lot of flaws in his defense, and I'm gonna expose him. You know, look what a 135 Lamont roach did to him. And it's just gonna be so much fun for me. I'm so glad gave me this moment.
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Jake Paul
I'm.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
I'm Gervonta.
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Jake Paul
What did he do?
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
This is karmic retribution.
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Wade
Karmic retribution. All right, bro. Number one, we know Jake is not a Rhodes scholar, so he had that one in the back pocket. Ready? That was a one liner he had. Ready. Either that or my man has been doing hooked on phonics and that was word of the day or phrase of the day, because where the hell does karmic retribution come from? Number two, this is an interesting thing that'll happen in this fight. Jake has always said when speaking about fights with Tank, Canelo, these. These smaller guys that look what so and so who was your size did to you. This is what I'm going to do. But in that same respect, Jake hasn't knocked anybody out in a while now. The last guy he knocked out was Mike Perry. Obviously Mike Perry. Not the greatest boxer in the world. But if Jake can hit Tank cleanly, yes, I agree that he can do some real damage. But I'm just saying it takes a lot of practice to punch down on someone, especially when you're not used to being the super tall guy. And Jake's only six' one.
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Announcer
I'm curious, Tank, when you walk into the ring, how much you think you'll weigh?
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Jake Paul
When I walk in the ring, like 150.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
With. With or without the ankle monitor on?
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Jake Paul
Ooh, I probably. That's corny. That's super corny.
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Wade
Tank is so sassy. Super corny.
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Jake Paul
I probably. I don't. I don't know how much I weigh.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
And the handcuffs too, huh?
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Jake Paul
What are you talking about, fam?
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Announcer
How do you win this fight?
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Jake Paul
That outfit is trash. For real. That outfit is. God.
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Wade
See, like how easy it was for. For Jake to get under his skin. Just rattle him a little bit. That's all he needs to do. Just little stuff. Now again, he's going after the obvious elephant in the room. And I'm not talking about the great elephant Jake Paul, who struggles to be knocked down or whatever. I mean, the fact that Gervonta Davis was just recently arrested on a domestic violence charge. I actually don't know if the charges were dropped or what happened there. But you know, Tank has had some trouble with the law, especially, you know, throughout his career, but especially recently. And all it took was Jake to bring it up. Whether you think that's over the line or not, it's what Jake?
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Jake Paul
Neat.
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Wade
Maybe not that far, but he needs to be a villain. He needs to do things that are going to make Tank uncomfortable and get him out of his skin.
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Jake Paul
Anybody that ever rocked a mohawk is a fucking clown. We all know this. Anybody rocked the mohawk name?
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
You want to see clowns?
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Wade
Oh, no, dude.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
You want to see clowns?
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Wade
No, I mean, I asked for entertainment, but I mean, we said it was the circus. We did say it was a circus fight. And Jake Paul, I guess they were these two guys that are dressed up like clowns. I guess they were cued to come on stage if Gervonta ever said the word clown. So here they come to.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
You're the fucking clown, buddy. You're the fucking clown, Gervonta. Any man who puts his hands on a woman is the clown. I got you a poodle.
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Jake Paul
Now, now, now. Okay, now, since we on this.
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Wade
Balloon in there out. I'm surprised that guy got that close to Javante.
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Jake Paul
But yeah, if I put my hands on females or anything like that, right? If I put my ass. Talk about clown, you know how many female like, come on, it will be mad. You see how when, when, when. I don't even want to bring up nobody thing. No what's name about that.
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Wade
But no, no, no, nah, Gervonta, you know what? We know. You know what I'm saying? We. We get it right? Now is not the time to proclaim innocence, especially when, you know, public speaking, maybe not your strong suit, and especially not when you lead off with P. Diddy. Maybe we just let this one go, you know, maybe. Maybe we just kind of, I didn't do it, and we move on type of thing. If that's true, I don't know. Allegedly. But whatever you got to say, let's, you know, let's wrap it up. Because the longer this goes, the worse it's gonna get.
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Jake Paul
Like that. No, listen, when things. When. When one female did a charge, it was mad females coming out, right? So if. If I hit a female, right, wanting to be mad, other females. Like, I ain't been just with one female. Like, I'm. I'm 30 years old. Like, let's be real. I've been with more than one female. One mad females come out and say something about me hitting them. No. No.
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Announcer
Okay, Right.
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Wade
Talk about making a bad situation worse. First off, I guess, like, what he's trying to say is, if I hit one girl, why wouldn't all the girls I dated say I hit him? Not a great response. Not really a great response to be like, yeah, one girl said I committed domestic abuse. Well, I fuck bitches. Like, so now what? Not everyone said that. So clearly I'm innocent in all cases. I don't know if that's the response. I'm not laughing at domestic abuse. It's very unfortunate and a horrible, horrible thing for any, you know, anyone to do. Just reprehensible. And as far as gervonta situation goes, I genuinely don't know if the charges were dropped. If it's still under investigation, I have no idea. But he should probably stop talking about it because that's not. That was. That's awful.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Oliver Salt for Daily Mail. Javante a lot of boxing fans aren't.
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Wade
Happy with the fact you've taken this.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Fight rather than the roach rematch fights with the likes of Shakur, Devin Haney, Tiafimo, etc. What do you make of that reaction?
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Wade
And can we still expect those fights?
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Jake Paul
Why should I care what they think? When y' all switch. Y' all switch every. Somebody can have a bad day and y' all switching on. On who y' all favorite fighter is or who this. Who this person is supposed to fight. Like, y' all need a. Y' all need to sit back and be fans and just enjoy the sport. Like, y'. All. Y'. All. Y' all even talk about people's personal lives. Like, why, when it comes to that.
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Wade
I'm not sure what that response means. From Tank There. The guy asked. I mean, listen, valid question. Like, what do you say to people that would rather see? And he's. He's talking about Gervonta's own fans, to be fair. What would you say to those people that want to see you fight legitimate world championship fights? And Gervonta's like, shut up and be a fan. No, but he's like, you know, you guys on fighters. And he's saying, you guys. I don't think he means this guy. I think he means the fans. You guys shit on fighters after bad performances, so why would I care what you think? Well, I mean, there's something to be said for, like, fans being very fickle in sports. That's true. That's a real thing. But that's just the nature of sports. Every Sunday, a quarterback goes out. They could have 10 straight great games, but if they throw four picks, all of a sudden, they are trash.
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Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Can we still expect to see any of those fights in the future, though?
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Jake Paul
And y' all keep talking about fighting somebody. Didn't he just have a fight? Didn't he just have a fight? And what happened?
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Announcer
What happened?
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Jake Paul
What happened? He won, right? But how he look in it? Exactly. But y' all say some different shit when it's me, right? Cause y' all want me to lose. When y' all see people in that. That limelight too long, they want to take that. That. They want somebody else to, you know, come take that spot. That's why it's always like, come on, bro. That's what happened with Floyd, that y' all seen him too much. And once. Once y' all seen him so much, y' all start hating on, like, it turned from love to hate, you know?
- [28:24]
Announcer
Next question.
- [28:25]
Wade
Even again, for a guy in Tank Davis who says he doesn't care what fans think, he sure does care a lot about what fans think, which is obviously, that's most fighters. That's most athletes. They'll say, ah, you know, it don't matter to me what. Who cares what they think deep down inside. Yeah, Tank clearly care, which is, again, why. I don't understand why he won't just say what it is. If he didn't care, he would just say, I'm taking his fight for money. If he cares, then go fight the guy. Improve it, Tank. So obviously, you know, you're fighting Jake, and this is the fight that's in front of you. That's what you focused on now. But I gotta ask you, he's a bigger dude. You acknowledge that he's stronger he's got the size advantage. Let's say he were to knock you out. Do you think that impacts your legacy or even lose just a loss to Jake Paul? What kind of impact do you think that that has on your legacy?
- [29:13]
Jake Paul
I'm not really. I'm not sure. I'm not really big on it. On it. I don't really, like, care at this moment, bro.
- [29:25]
Wade
This is what I'm talking about. When I said this press conference got weird. KG asks a great question. How would this affect your legacy? Tank doesn't want to say he doesn't even care, but he kind of says it. He's like, I don't. I don't know. I don't care. At this moment, while he's playing with a balloon animal, it shows you why he's doing this fight, but it also doesn't give you confidence that he even cares about doing this fight. So you're not concerned that a loss to Jake Paul would mean anything to you at all?
- [29:51]
Jake Paul
It doesn't stop anything. My. Shut up.
- [29:56]
Wade
Got you.
- [29:57]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
He gonna still have his poodle after the loss.
- [30:00]
Wade
Why should I? He says, why should I care? That's not for us to tell Tank. You know, this is. I. I mean, I kind of thought this is how this is going to go, that Tank would just show up super nonchalant. But, like, this is even worse to me than I thought when Tank is up there going, why should I care if I get beat? I don't know. Because you're supposed to convince us this is competition, and in competition you want to win, therefore care if you win or lose, even if it's an exhibition. What are you supposed to be selling us on if you don't even care if you win or lose? The thing we're all just supposed to go, hell yeah, I'm watching that. So Tank can get paid and maybe try. I'm not saying that's what's gonna happen on fight night. I'm just saying, what kind of response Is that?
- [30:40]
Jake Paul
Dr. Abhi with World Liberty TV boxing channel. Jake, big fan of yours. Just want to say what you're doing for boxing is phenomenal. You're putting it on the map, what you're doing with the ladies with the Mike Tyson and UFC fighters. Nobody. I love you too.
- [30:57]
Wade
Yo, my man came up to the mic to just glaze, buddy. Hey, yo. Now again, I'm used to this. This happens a lot in, like, UFC press conferences. But this man. Okay, you're a fan of Jake's, that's fine. But you got to get to the question at some point. Thanks. That I'll swing on you, Giovanti.
- [31:14]
Jake Paul
I'm a big fan of yours, but I just wanted to tell this man what he's doing for boxing and putting it on the map and just want to take my hat off to get the mic. So what I want to say is if you beat Tank, you know, and people are going to say you beat a smaller man, so what? What's the victory here, man?
- [31:41]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Honestly, people always have something to say. It's old news. Keep talking. At the end of the day, you're here, so whatever anyone has to say, just keep on saying it, please. It doesn't matter. Doesn't matter at all.
- [31:57]
Wade
Here's the thing. It's kind of genius what Jake does in a very, like, under the radar way. No one asked Jake to fight Gervonta Day. He of his own free will. And tanks went out and made this fight on Netflix. Massive fight, ton of numbers. But by doing so, and with the Mike Tyson fight, you give people an avenue to criticize for doing these fights for the various different reasons. Mike, with his age and activity, you know all of that. Tank with his size, with your size. These are things that Jake is offering to the public as to go, here is why you can criticize me. And I think he does it on purpose, right? I don't even think I know because it gets people talking. And the more they talk, whether it's positive or negative, the more they are likely to return. The more his name stays relevant, the more these type of events continue to get bigger. So while Jake can act like he's tired of it, he continues to do these events so that he will get these kind of questions and have to go and create or have a narrative to work and frame off of it. I think it's genius.
- [33:01]
Announcer
For each of y', all, state your case for being the face of boxing. Did you?
- [33:20]
Wade
Nobody's answering this, dude. What a cherry. On top of this press conference is the last question that's asked is, yo, for both of y', all, state your case as to why you're the face of boxing, which is essentially the whole calling card behind this fight, right? Two big faces of American boxing squaring off in an exhibition. Someone asked the question, tell us why you're the face in silence for both guys. Wow.
- [33:43]
Jake Paul
What?
- [33:43]
Announcer
He wants you. He wants you to state your case. State your case for being the face of boxing.
- [33:50]
Jake Paul
Official boxing fam. I'm just somebody that box.
- [33:56]
Wade
If that doesn't tell you in as Little words as possible. The entirety of the story of Tank Davis's career. I don't know what will a guy that has all the talent, has all the skills at every possible potential to become the face of boxing, to be a world level talent. He already is a multiple division world champion. But to fight the best of the best and become the face of American boxing, that just went. I don't want it. That's not who I am. That is Tank, David, Jake.
- [34:30]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Numbers.
- [34:33]
Announcer
There you have it, dude.
- [34:34]
Wade
This is why I said this. This presser got a little awkward. Is like they. It feels like they are being forced at gunpoint to be there. Like even Jake, the energy that Tank brought in has zapped the energy out of Jake. I. We better see Jake on a different level at this Miami presser. As you guys are seeing this video today, we better see him turn it up because this is. This is not good, man. This looks like they're both just like they're there just because they have to be. All right, let's get to this face Off. The first official face off. Jake lost the sweater. What's the physique looking like for Jake? That's what I want to see. Okay, he gets down. He gets down to Tanks level real quick. All right, we got a little swing into that lead arm. Trying to get down to his level. Ah, see Tank, See Tank trying to get to him. Can't touch him. He's tapping him on the arm. Say where that fat? Got a little arm fat? Why does Tank look like. Like a lost puppy almost? Just standing there like, okay, Jake's not the tallest guy in the world, but just the mass, the sheer difference in mass alone is insane. Why are Jake's pants so high? There it is, folks. Your first official face off and press conference for Jake vs Tank on Netflix. I'm gonna be honest, I need more. That just wasn't enough. That's not enough to sell the public on why this thing's supposed to matter. I don't think either guy brought their A game. I thought both of them were way too. I don't know if it was relaxed or nonchalant or just. It came off as not caring. And that's the last thing you want. You don't want to look uninterested in your own fight, regardless of the surrounding parameters of it. You want to have some. Some fire. You want to have people see why we should care about this thing. In that press conference, to me, it didn't feel like either guy really cared too much. It didn't Feel like either guy really was jazzed up and energized about this. You know, once in a lifetime, whatever. Right? When we had the Jake and Mike press conferences, those things felt like a massive deal. Even when Mike was grabbing on his crotch and fucking slapping Jake in the face like that felt like something. There was some energy there, you know? So I need to see more from both guys. I mean, Tank clearly is there to get paid. Jake, it seems like actually is going to take this seriously and try his best, but I need to see more. These are supposed to be the two faces of boxing. I don't care what Tank thinks about whether he is or not. Promote this thing. Thing. Give us something. This is the entertainment bout. This is supposed to be for our entertainment. It's not about competition as much as they want to say it is. It really is about an entertainment exhibition. So entertain. That's what I think. You guys let me know in the comments below what happens in today's press conference because we'll be back tomorrow with a breakdown of that one. I don't have those answers, but guess we'll find out. All right, so we are back on the way. Concept presented by the Ring magazine for day two of the Jake Paul Gervonta, Tank Davis press conference extravaganza. Yesterday they were in New York, and somehow those two put the city that never sleeps straight to bed. I mean, it might as well have been crickets in the Palladium theater. But today I'm looking for some more hype. Today I am looking for some energy between both Jake Paul and Gervonte Davis, because again, they need to get us invested. This is the entertainment business for these type of fights. We're not watching for competition. We're watching for the circus aspect. We're watching Ken the little man beat the big man. Can the big man destroy the little guy? Can Jake talk his? Can he get more than just the boxing fandom involved today? I want to know if we got that. Did Tank show up like he actually wanted to be there and not like he was being forced at gunpoint? Is Jake going to be the villain, which he needs to be in this thing? Are we going to get any reason remotely to watch this? Any bad blood, anything personal outside of the fact that both guys are making a ton of money and we should sit back and clap for now, I'm gonna watch regardless, but why should everyone else? That's the question. Can they answer it? Press conference, day two, from Miami, AKA Miami, the breakdown. Let's go. He is the star Of Wade concept to the stage.
- [38:38]
Announcer
The problem child, Jake El Gallo de Dorado Paul.
- [38:47]
Wade
Can't have the music. All right, Jake came in. We got to do a fit check. We always do. As you guys know, I am fashionista Wade. Jake moonwalking, because I put it in reverse, has rhinestones on the pants with some sort of. I don't. That's not paisley, but he's got, like, a nice flower design shirt. Is this the definition of a rhinestone cowboy? Probably a little bit. Not really sure what to make of it. Does look like a bit of a do it yourself sisterhood of the traveling pants fit. But there's probably more money on that outfit than the entire state of Mississippi. Mississippi. I'll be honest.
- [39:20]
Announcer
He hails from Baltimore, Maryland. He is Gervonte Tank Davis.
- [39:29]
Wade
Okay, it's not a purse Today. He rocked the backpack. He's got the one wired apple headphones in. But he does look like he just got out of school. I said this yesterday. Tank looks, acts, and dresses like a third grader with a beard. I mean, what'd you do at school today, son? Arts and crafts. Let me see what you drew. Paper mache. Let me see what you make.
- [39:48]
Announcer
What would silencing the haters and beating one of the sports pound for pound best mean to you, man?
- [39:57]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
You know, I love this stuff. You know, I love a good challenge. This is for me and my team. I'm not proving everyone else wrong. I'm proving myself right at the end of the day. And so this is a great test. I know what I'm capable of. And once I beat this guy, just another check of a box and people will have less things.
- [40:13]
Wade
I'm not going to lie, man. Jake's hair is getting out of hand. I know. Tank called it a mohawk yesterday. It looks like half boiled ramen noodles got, like, dropped down on the top of his head. Almost like, you know when you would go to the barber shop and scoop up all the hair and they just dropped it.
- [40:28]
Announcer
Tank, you heard him say, this is another check of the box. But, you know, in this sport, we always say there are levels to this thing. Is this fight another one of those examples where you say, my man, now you're fighting one of the sports pound for pound best and one of the best to ever do it. And there's levels to this sport.
- [40:51]
Wade
I mean, you say tank was one of the best to ever do it. All right, here we go again with this. We can't be calling Tank the goat. We can't do that. All right, he is in my opinion one of the more talented boxers and has the ability of someone that could have been an all time great had he taken a different route. But we can't do that.
- [41:09]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Yeah, this is the toughest fight for me from an experience standpoint. I know he's in his prime, you know, 30 and oh or whatever it is, undefeated top 10 pound for pound fighter. I respect Tank a lot and that's why I'm excited. He's going to bring the best out of me and I have to be prepared. I have to be the most locked in I've ever been and that's what makes this a massive fight. So much is at stake because we're young and there we're just, you know, on the tip and the brink of our careers and coming into greatness in our primes like you said. And so the loser of this fight is going to be the embarrassment of the world. You know, their fan base is going to be let down and everyone's going to see that and it could be a career ending loss and that's what makes this exciting.
- [41:51]
Wade
Well, it's not considered a loss to anyone because this is an exhibition. Let's not forget this is an exhibition. But yeah, I mean I kind of agree. If Jake, and I would only say by knockout, if Jake gets knocked out by Tank Davis, this would be a devastating mark on his career. No doubt about it. If Tank were to get knocked out by Jake, it would be a devastating mark on his career. But if we have like a judge's decision in exhibition, which I didn't even know was possible until yesterday, the keys to said there's going to be a judge's decision. All right, that's probably what's going to happen. They could get judges to actually judge this thing, end up in some sort of a draw and both guys get their hand raised in an exhibition like they would have without judges, I don't know, but if this is like a judge decision thing, I don't think anyone's stock necessarily goes up or goes down. Again, I have said what I think this fight's going to look like. I think it's going to be very difficult for Jake to hit Tank clean if he does fight changes. I think it's going to be very difficult for Tank. I think they're saying 12 ounce gloves for tank to, to hurt Jake, especially early on, maybe, maybe he can accumulate damage and Jake gets a little tired and then later in the fight something happens, but I just don't know. I think we're probably going to get one of those stalemate, Floyd Logan esque fights where early on these guys are a lot more shar, lot more quick, a lot more technique from Jake than Logan had and a lot more spite from Tank than Floyd had. But after a bit, I think it's going to be a bit of a stalemate, clinching a lot and not a ton of action.
- [43:18]
Announcer
Tank along those lines, listen to what he just said.
- [43:21]
Jake Paul
Do you feel any pressure at all?
- [43:23]
Announcer
Only because you're so good and yet you're fighting this guy who's relatively new to the sport. And I'm sure there are a number of people, millions are going to be watching. Gonna be expected, a knockout.
- [43:34]
Jake Paul
Yeah, I feel like it's no pressure on me, you know, the only pressure on me is when I put pressure on myself, you know, that's why I'm not going out here and saying I'm a knock him out or anything like that, you know, so we just gonna put on a Great show come November 14th and the fans won that night. You know, I just want to put on a great show and so everybody can, you know, be happy.
- [43:59]
Wade
I don't hate the answer from Tank because it sounds like it's honest, but again, I just don't know. It doesn't make me feel like these two are fighting, you know, it just makes me feel like they're going to go out there to put on a show and I want to see them fight. I want to see some aggression. Tank would have that if it was anyone he actually felt was worth it. I just don't know if he thinks Jake's worth it. Again, I just. I get that feeling that he just is there to be there.
- [44:23]
Jake Paul
I definitely want to, you know, put on a Great show come November 14th and make sure that I, you know, show him what I'm about, you know, genuinely what I think. Yeah, you got to wait and see.
- [44:44]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Yeah, you're boring as, man. My. My whole family was texting me.
- [44:49]
Jake Paul
I just want to apologize to the.
- [44:50]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Audience for this guy.
- [44:52]
Jake Paul
I'm not a talker.
- [44:54]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
My whole family, I kick ass.
- [44:56]
Jake Paul
For real, what you do.
- [44:58]
Wade
Jake's right. I'm sorry. Tank is boring as. But again, Jake and Nikisa knew that when they signed Tank to be his next opponent. So it's at the same time as I got to give Jake credit for saying that, you kind of got to have to understand you're the one that picked him. You're the one that wanted him to come and do this fight, put him in this position thinking and Hoping that he's going to sell tickets and create some buzz on Netflix, which I, I, I think this fight will, I, I do. I just think that they underestimated how socially a Tank is until it's like a confrontational situation. Tank doesn't do well with these, like, formal Q and A's. That's not what he does. You gotta rile him up. You have to rile him up. So Jake needs to rile him up. Tank will be boring unless you bring him out of his shell. That's Tank's M.O. and that's Jake's M.O. bring him out of his shell. And it's kind of what he's doing now. But he's like, yeah, what are you gonna do? You know, like, tell the people, like, what do you think's gonna happen? But he's getting frustrated because Tank is not like a big talker like that. Until you confront him directly, Jake has to go after him again. This is all being sold on the idea of Jake being the bigger man. Power and the stature and the frame, and Tank being the smaller man with more experience, be the bigger man. And I don't mean, like in a metaphorical sense. I mean big bro, him.
- [46:09]
Jake Paul
You just play around like, you know, this regular.
- [46:12]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
That's what people want, brother. It's entertainment.
- [46:15]
Jake Paul
I can't hear you.
- [46:16]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Yeah, we can't actually hear the audio up here. We can't hear shit. I don't know if that could change, but I can't hear what he's saying.
- [46:25]
Announcer
Jake, I was reading a.
- [46:27]
Wade
This is the official press conference and we got him complaining about the audio. This is something too. I, you know, I'm not even trying to be a hater, but why did they do them in back to back, different cities if they hadn't? I know it was a little late because they had to switch the venue and they had to go to Miami and not Georgia and Atlanta. But they could have spaced them out. No, I don't know. It just seems like it was very rushed together. The Miami one, the New York one, was going to be the same, but because they had to switch the venue from Atlanta to Miami. I guess some leeway there, but you got to have these things locked in. This is Netflix we're talking about. This isn't YouTube. This is not. This is big time shit.
- [47:02]
Announcer
An article, and it said, maybe Jake Paul this time around has bitten off more than he can chew in this fight. What's your response to that?
- [47:11]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Man, people always gonna say this, like, I'm just sick of it, man. What do people have to say? Come on, keep on. Keep on saying it. Whatever you got. This is what I do, bro. This is why I'm the biggest in the sport. This is why everyone's here today. This is why I've had the most viewed fight in boxing history. So at the end of the day, I gave this little guy an opportunity. He should be thanking me. I'm paying him. I'm his boss. He reports to me, and I'm gonna. So you, little man, you pay me? Yeah.
- [47:40]
Jake Paul
100. 100%. Facts correct? Yes. Correct. Correct.
- [47:47]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
I'm your daddy.
- [47:49]
Jake Paul
40. What? 40 at. Yeah, what? He said he paid me. So we.
- [47:56]
Announcer
Let me ask you a question.
- [47:57]
Jake Paul
I need that extra. I. I love.
- [47:59]
Wade
Again, when Jake is saying. I don't know who is saying. Jake is bit off more than he can chew fighting Tank, even though Tank is a very skilled boxer, Jake is 70 pounds bigger than him. And I think that, yes, Tank has an opportunity to shock people with his power if he's able to put Jake away. But when we say Jake is bitten off more than he can chew, I would say that'd be the Anthony Joshua fight that they want next year. If he actually does that, I'd be like, bro, respect. You're an absolute psycho. Yeah, I think AJ would probably hurt him really bad. But again, I just go back to this. You see what happens when there's just a little bit of confrontation. The fans or whoever's there in Miami, they actually get a little riled up and get a little bit more into the press conference and into the fight versus them, sitting there talking like robots, like, yes, I appreciate the opportunity to fight. Thank you.
- [48:45]
Announcer
Your confidence, I love it. Tell me and tell the people, why are you so confident in this fight?
- [48:52]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
It's preparation. It's knowing what I'm capable of. It's my team, you know, third, Jay, Leon, Larry, Wade, you know, my training partners, Dika, everybody, Carl, Everyone who puts in the work. Ocean. The whole team is, you know, number one. And everyone go so hard. And we know they got a man.
- [49:07]
Wade
Named Ocean on his team. Huh. I feel like I might have met the guy, too. That's got to be the yoga guy. I didn't know his name was Ocean, but the way him and Jake be flowing, you know what I'm saying? In that yoga, stretching, acro, yoga stuff, where it looks like one of them's doing the airplane game from when they were kids, and the other guy is, like, damn near sniffing his crotch. It's. That's the guy he has to be talking about Tank.
- [49:28]
Announcer
He has gotten a lot confident. Young man, does any of that concern you in this fight that he is so confident that not only he will win, but win by stoppage?
- [49:40]
Wade
Tank, you're confident, but the question is, does his confidence make you less confident in your confidence? Because he sounds confident. That's a confident young man. But I know you're confident. So whose confidence is more confidentially confident? What?
- [49:54]
Jake Paul
Fuck no. Not really. Not really. I mean he posted feel like that he's the bigger guy. He say he pad me and stuff like that. So I let him take the, the high route, I take the low route. I see you November 14th.
- [50:13]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
One thing, I think he meant the opposite.
- [50:15]
Wade
Yeah, I was gonna say Tank said I'll let him take the higher out because he's talking stuff and saying he's paying me, I'll take the low route. Usually if you take the high road, you're the one that's above all the shit talk and not saying anything personal. And if you go and get in the dirt or take the low route, you're talking that shit. Tank had him backwards.
- [50:34]
Announcer
Jake. Give the people one thing that you can guarantee that they're going to get on November 14th when they tune in to Netflix.
- [50:42]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Yeah, you're going to see the the two biggest fighters in America go head to head with an amazing card. World championship fights back to back to back. And that's just how the MVP way we do it. And I'm gonna come for a knockout of the year again. I've seen it in my visions, I've seen it in my manifestation. I'm sleeping this guy and gonna create the most viral knockout ever.
- [51:01]
Wade
I said this yesterday, but the best case scenario of this entire thing for Jake is exactly that. Sleeping Tank, because it, you know what it does. Just like if he would have slept Mike Tyson, which I did not want. I'm just saying if he would have done it, he would have become the biggest villain in box, right? Imagine he like sleeps 58 year old Mike. Everyone will hate Jake Paul now, contrary to what other people think, I think that would have turned into more numbers because people hate him so much they want to see him get knocked out. You'd have to pick his opponent wisely in the next one. But same principle applies here. If he knocks out Gervonta Davis and gets on that microphone and says, I'm not only the biggest face in boxing, I'm the best knockout artist in boxing. And everyone knows it's like bullshit because Gervonta's 135 pounds. But now the boxing fandom is riled up. Now they're intrigued. Now they want to go and get their savior, whoever it's going to be Anthony Joshua Canelo, who to go and stop this man and knock him out in this show permanently. And that is what drives viewership. Even the casual fans would do that. So, yeah, if he actually did have some viral knockout, that would be insane.
- [52:02]
Jake Paul
You know that. Just excitement, you know, that's what I bring to the sport, excitement. That's why I'm. I'm the one that doing the most at the gate.
- [52:12]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
And. And that's why I respect. Respect Tank. That's why this is amazing. He's a showman. He's a g. He's got his aura, his swag, his, you know, his fans. I really respect him for taking this fight. Look at what, you know, Floyd Mayweather did. He fought Conor McGregor, who was like the same weight. This is the most risky fight that Gervonta could take in the boxing. He actually has the balls and he's putting it on the line. And it's a much tougher fight than Floyd had against Conor in a crossover fight like that. So respect to him. It's going to be a show and we can talk our shit at the end of the day, but people are going to tune in and we're both going to show out and someone's getting put to sleep.
- [52:47]
Jake Paul
This is really scripted. Like, you really going off. You going off of something, huh?
- [52:57]
Wade
All right, bro. Yeah, that's about to get clipped up and sit everywhere. Jake is, like, giving Tank props after he called him boring as fuck. First off, he's giving Tank props. He's like, listen, he said it would be Tank's biggest test. I think Tank's biggest test right now would be a Shakur Stevenson fight. Just saying. But he's like giving Tank his props. Then at the end of it, Tank goes, this shit's really scripted, huh? This is scripted. Allegedly. No, I'm playing. I the way Concept did not say that. That was Tank that said it. I do not believe that Jake's fights are in any way scripted. And Tank was saying that. What Jake was saying about Tank sounded like a script. Sounded like he had memorized it and wrote it down. But it's just funny the way he just said that. Damn, this really is scripted.
- [53:41]
Jake Paul
Like, you really going off. You going off of something, huh? You see how you just threw that out there, Floyd? So I could just. Y' all might not catch it, but let Right. Okay.
- [53:52]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
What do you say? What'd you say?
- [53:53]
Jake Paul
Nothing. She said she recorded, so we on the same page.
- [53:57]
Wade
So Tank is. This is interesting. Tank is like, oh, he. He had that ready. You see how he brought up Floyd and, you know, talked about me and Floyd and how I'm doing better than whatever. Tank is looking at it like, Jake bringing Floyd into the conversation to talk about it in some way was, like, scripted because of Floyd and Tank's relationship or, like, to drive a wedge there. I don't know. I don't think that was the case. Like, yeah, Jake definitely had prepared the comparison to what Floyd was doing with Connor because Jake is a master of narrative. And to be fair, this is somewhat of a similar situation, even though Floyd was a bit older at that point and Jake is a lot more experienced than Conor was. This is a bit of a, you know, circus fight, whatever you want to call it, but theirs was a pro match. This is an exhibition. Different size gloves, different size humans, yada, yada. But, yeah, take Tank in some way is like, oh, you had to bring up Floyd to compare to me. You had to drive away. Gervonta, how you doing?
- [54:53]
Jake Paul
What?
- [54:54]
Wade
Okay, they are. They're in Miami. I was gonna say, what the is Aiden Ross doing there? Look, we got Rolly in the crowd too. Oh, my God. And of course, Aiden, sassy ass got up there. Gervonte, how you. How you doing?
- [55:05]
Jake Paul
Oh, good.
- [55:06]
Wade
Javante. Javante.
- [55:08]
Jake Paul
You know, I with you. I with you. Heavy, Javonte, but I want to side bet you. I got Jake winning. We already side betted, though.
- [55:15]
Wade
We already did.
- [55:16]
Jake Paul
What was the bet? 200.
- [55:18]
Wade
Let's go 250.
- [55:20]
Jake Paul
Let's go 500.
- [55:22]
Wade
No, no, no. Hell no. See, Jake, that's what Jake. Come on, Jake. For the. For the first time, Jake not doing the bet. Okay, Aiden, Mr. Big Money just got the hundred mil from Rain bet, from what I heard. Allegedly says he wants to go 250. Gerv says put 500,000. They're talking about not $500, which would be way too much for me. Jake, y' all are making $50 million for this on Netflix. I can't do it.
- [55:48]
Jake Paul
You split the bet with me. 2.
- [55:49]
Wade
By the way, what Aiden said right there, about $50 million. That's not a random number that he just threw out. Apparently, Jake leaked it on a live stream with Aiden saying that him and Javante were making around $50 million for this fight. Oh, my God. That's a lot of money. 5250 easy.
- [56:03]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Easy. Let's make it a million.
- [56:08]
Wade
Make it two, Jake.
- [56:10]
Jake Paul
Let's make it two. Yeah.
- [56:15]
Wade
2 mil.
- [56:16]
Announcer
2 mil.
- [56:17]
Jake Paul
2 mil.
- [56:17]
Announcer
Let's do 2 mil right here. 2. 2 mil.
- [56:20]
Jake Paul
Go ahead.
- [56:21]
Wade
Easy, Brian. Auctioneer. Oh, they're shaking. They're shaking. Left you, two mil. Size, check. Hold on. Size, check. Size, check. It looks like Jake is about to take Tank to the principal's office. What is this? Okay, number one, I entertained this because Aiden got involved and it's a fun thing. I can almost guarantee that no one pays up on this bet. It has never happened. We've seen bets time and time again with Jake Paul fights and other fights. The only time we ever saw someone actually quote, unquote, pay up their side of the bet was when Tyron Woodley actually went and got a tattoo of Jake's name on his hand after Jake knocked him out. That's the only time I've ever seen anyone pay up in these bets, so I highly doubt anything comes to this. And also, Gervonta tweeted out right after the press conference. He was never getting that 2 mil. I don't give a fuck what happens. Just as quickly as the bet was made. It's Kai Bosh. In other words, this is all bullshit. These bets never actually go through. They're not doing side bets.
- [57:20]
Announcer
Appreciate it.
- [57:21]
Wade
I like it.
- [57:24]
Jake Paul
No, you bet my.
- [57:28]
Wade
What's happening? Where's Tank sacheting off to?
- [57:31]
Jake Paul
How much you want to bet? You how much you want better?
- [57:36]
Wade
Who's he pointing at?
- [57:41]
Jake Paul
Yes.
- [57:42]
Wade
I was waiting. I was waiting for that Nikisa appearance. I need it more than I need air. He walks right up to Nikisa squat over. He said, how much you want to bet? You bet. Oh, my God, this is awesome.
- [57:59]
Jake Paul
Let's bet.
- [58:01]
Wade
Oh, my God. Nikisa, they said, how much you want to bet? Nikisa said, I'm betting you guys put on the biggest event of the year. Come on, dude, come on.
- [58:10]
Jake Paul
I'm not betting. I'm not betting on the fight. You should go, I'm not betting on the fight.
- [58:17]
Wade
Yo, Tank, low key. Pull the Jake Paul on the key side. I like that. There you go, Tank. Cause listen, listen. Jake is always asking his opponents, how much you want to bet? I'm going to bet your purse. We'll double your purse. All this. And then they say, no. He goes, oh, you ain't confident. Now again, Nikisa is the main promoter, so it would be kind of weird to bet on Jake. But we all know, like, it's Jake's manager and Tank has his own Promotional company behind him. Like that's the same thing Jake used to do. Oh, that's your guy? Yeah, go ahead. What, you're not confident? You're not confident in your boy? I like that from Tank. A little bit of mind games. Maybe not with Jake himself, but with the promoter, Jorge Alonzo.
- [58:54]
Jake Paul
Brobible.com. this is for Tank. Tank, you've talked about his inexperience and you've called him a clown. Are you taking him seriously in this fight? For sure. He's a bigger guy. Look at him. I gotta take him serious. One you facts. So you do have.
- [59:12]
Wade
See, when you get Tank, a little energy, he's funny as you gotta get him, you gotta wake him up a little bit. Could win $2 million in this bet.
- [59:19]
Announcer
What are you buying with those 2 million?
- [59:21]
Jake Paul
2 million? I don't know, I can't even say. Cause motherfuckers gonna hate me for it. So I'm a chill. I might donate it. Are you more excited now that you with this bet?
- [59:33]
Wade
With the 2 million dollar bet?
- [59:34]
Jake Paul
2 million? I'm not donating 2 million. I come from the hood. Not doing that. I give something, but I ain't doing 2 million. I ain't that damn rich.
- [59:46]
Wade
This man, I was acting something else. I ain't about to say what I'm doing. I'll just donate it. Matter of fact, no, I'm not donating that. I'm not donating 2 mil. He said I'm from the hood. Oh, he's taking something else. Bro just immediately contradicts himself. Thought about it for a second, was like, actually, nah.
- [60:03]
Jake Paul
What's going on, y'? All? My name is Rashad west with Remix Sports Media. My question is for both Jake and Tank. All right, so Drake is known for.
- [60:13]
Wade
Dropping million dollar bets on fights like this.
- [60:16]
Jake Paul
If he decides to place another bet on this Netflix matchup on November 14, why should he put it on you?
- [60:22]
Wade
And what do you say to the.
- [60:23]
Jake Paul
Fans who follow those bets and might wager on this fight themselves? Who you talking to?
- [60:30]
Wade
To T and Jake, both of y'.
- [60:31]
Jake Paul
All. What you say again, I'm sorry. If Drake was to bet on this fight, why should he bet on you?
- [60:39]
Wade
I'm sorry, that might be one of the worst questions I've ever heard at a press conference. And I'm not even exaggerating. What does that even mean? If Drake is going to put a million dollars down, why would he put a million on you? Who gives a fuck where Drake puts his money? I love Drake. Drizzy Drake, all The way OVO sound. October's very own right here. But who gives a shit? Drake.
- [60:59]
Jake Paul
Oh, Drake.
- [61:00]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Drake.
- [61:04]
Jake Paul
What you mean? Why would he bet on me? That's what I'm saying. You let me know. Come on, man. You from Miami? Yeah, yeah, born and raised. I. I know. Yeah, yeah. He just came in here. You just came in, right? What you mean this? You just walked in here? No, I've been here.
- [61:23]
Wade
The dude announced he has his own some sports remix media. And Tank's like, oh, you from Miami? Yeah. You just walked in here, didn't you? Essentially, Tank is like, oh, you're not media. I can tell you're not media by that fucking question. What was that?
- [61:36]
Jake Paul
All right, this question is for Jake Paul. What up, bro?
- [61:39]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
What up, what up? What up?
- [61:41]
Jake Paul
Big fan. Also your training. Me and the guys, you know, Larry Wade and Theo Chambers, we see you making these big bets. And so when you win this bonus, how much money we getting?
- [61:54]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
I'll give you half.
- [61:56]
Jake Paul
You need it for a new set of eyes. My team.
- [62:01]
Wade
Nah, Tank, you ain't about to say that about my guy J. Leon, dude, you ain't about to say that. I thought him and Jayleon were like homies. Maybe he's trolling, but damn. He said, let me get half. And Tank said, you need that first new set of eyes, bro. That's crazy.
- [62:17]
Jake Paul
Coach Calvin Ford.
- [62:20]
Wade
Oh, Calvin4GTD.
- [62:24]
Jake Paul
Jake. I want went from a real fighter to a YouTuber. That's how go, right? That's how.
- [62:32]
Wade
Oh, see, here we go. I knew I. I didn't know that there was beef, but now I'm starting to understand they may not be as close as they used to. Jay, Leon and Tank going back and forth. Now again, I told you guys this in the last video connection from the Mayweather Gym and also just Mayweather Promotions. They both fought each. They both fought under that promotion. They both trained, I'm pretty sure, together in that gym for a long time. I think Jayleon watched Tank come all the way up through the ranks. Here we go. And by the way, shout out Calvin Ford. This is Tank's coach. He's getting a question off. I like it. But here we go, right?
- [63:02]
Jake Paul
Yeah. I'm talking to you. Yeah, yeah. You went from a real fighter to. To know it's crazy.
- [63:11]
Announcer
Me and you ain't never had a.
- [63:12]
Wade
Bad day up under the sun.
- [63:14]
Jake Paul
Yeah. So. Yeah, I don't know what it is. Listen. Yeah, somebody just busted his ass. I'm watching since you. Yeah, right. I know Calvin. I got nothing but love for everybody over there, they show me nothing but love. I got nothing but Stay on your side for whatever it is you think, stay on your side. Stay. I'm only on your side. Guess what? I'm a black man supporting another black man making millions and millions. Trying to hear that. Proud of you. I'm not trying to hear that. And it's all, I'm not trying. We over here doing dope too, so it's cool to see someone. You went from a Hall of Famer to, to a YouTuber. That's who you say you went to a, Working with a Hall of Famer. So now you're working with a YouTuber, right?
- [63:56]
Wade
I mean, you're, you're forgetting, see, I mean, here. And by the way, the way Jayleon handled that was pretty freaking mature, man. I, I got to admit, this is why Jayleon's the homie. I, I, I know Jayleon fairly well. Always been nice to me, always been great to me. I, I'm, I am proud of the way he handled that back and forth. I don't know what's going on. I, I, I like that. Tank is like, listen, it's wartime. We're on different sides. But I also understand that this is, it's a little more complicated than that.
- [64:24]
Jake Paul
But Jake, I see y' all doing all this betting and stuff, right? And I'm looking at the fight because I'm his coach. This is a very serious fight, and I'm a very serious person.
- [64:34]
Wade
Facts.
- [64:35]
Jake Paul
My question to you is, where did 12 ounce gloves come from? Why y' all couldn't take 10 and he had 8 already giving up 4 ounces of the gloves. I, no, I gotta say this because y' all betting all this money, you understand what I'm saying? Yeah.
- [64:50]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Wait, you guys were the ones that wanted 12 ounce gloves, not me. I'll do eight, I'll do four, I'll do.
- [64:57]
Wade
So I said this when I did my first video. I thought it would make more sense if Tank had smaller gloves and Jake had bigger gloves. Since this is an exhibition, but no commission would probably do that. It doesn't make a lot of sense. And Calvin says the same thing there. But, but here's the problem. When you introduce smaller and smaller gloves, which Jake says he'll do eight, which is you can't have at all. But if you let Jake get in 10 ounce gloves to hit Tank, that's a problem. I know, it just sounds okay, two ounces, whatever. But the hit diameter of those gloves, it shrinks to where? That pressure point. If you land flush in a 10 ounce glove versus a 12 or a 14. That pressure point, that freaking hit diameter radius is right there in the middle of the glove and all the impact is right there in the middle of the glove. That's a 210 pound. Dude. I'm just saying if Jake hits him clean. Just saying.
- [65:43]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
So what do you want? 10 ounce, 8 ounce, what do we want?
- [65:45]
Jake Paul
If, if, if he once said that I'm going to go with that. I wouldn't have wear.
- [65:49]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
No, you, the 12 ounce came from your guys side. No, it's not on, on God. Perfect then what do you want 10?
- [65:57]
Jake Paul
No, I didn't say that. So 10 ounces, it don't matter to me. It don't matter. Perfect.
- [66:01]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
It doesn't matter to him. So back to what I always wanted which was 10 ounces. Great.
- [66:07]
Jake Paul
You just made something clear to me because I was. I didn't know because you fight at 10, he fighting 8.
- [66:12]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
Yeah, your guys decide. So I'm like show the emails and the screenshots. You guys asked for 12 ounces.
- [66:18]
Wade
Part of negotiation. I get it.
- [66:20]
Gervonta 'Tank' Davis
No, let's do it. 10 ounces. Let's do it. That's great. That's going to make it more exciting for the fans. Thank God. I wanted tens really badly. Let's do it.
- [66:28]
Announcer
Ten out.
- [66:29]
Jake Paul
Cool.
- [66:29]
Wade
All right, bro. No. Okay, now again the initial reaction is going to be like oh yeah, Tank got tens, Jake's in trouble. I disagree, I disagree that this works out better for Tank. And it'll help Tank's power, right? It'll help with that. But Tank is used to fighting in eights anyway so it's a heavier glove regardless. But Jake fights in tens and he hits harder. Again, I think it's gonna be very difficult for Jake to land flush but if he does and he lands directly on the freaking front knuckle of that glove. 10 ounces is not a lot. All right, here we go. Apparently the audio went out here. Yo, this is one of the craziest shots again, just the size difference, man. Like middle schooler wants to stand up to the high school bully that took his kickball away. Man. This is what it looks like. Oh, a little shove. Okay. Okay, Tank. There we go. Get it started. Then little shove. They kind of went back a little bit. Wasn't expecting it. And then look at Tank's reactions. He's quick with these reactions, man. Very interesting part. The only like breakdown worthy interaction that they've had, honestly, even the verbal stuff is this Right here, Jake goes to try to give Tank a little shove back, a little jab kind of shove. But Tank, yeah, he gets touched with it. But he's quick. Pull that shoulder back. You know, I'm saying he's quick to pull that shoulder back. I just don't know if he could get to that reach, man. That's the biggest question from that spot right there. Could a left hand rain through on the backside? Because Tank is absolutely going to look to throw that left hand if Jake overextends on his jab. Southpot Orthodox matchup up left hand down the pipe. You can even see here. I'm not even trying to do the whole body language breakdown, but you could even see Tank could get under that left hand because he's five nothing. He could roll under that left hand. And here comes the brick hand over the top. If he lands something like that in 10 ounces, I'm gonna tell you this. Jake's 200 and something pounds. That's still gonna hurt at the very least. And who knows what because Tank's got ridiculous power. So Jakey a little sloppy on the push there. He got a little. He got pushed. He wanted to get it back. Something. There's something to be taken away from that. But lines up perfectly for a counter left hand. And you even see his promoter here is kind of grabbing his left hand because Tank wanted to let it, let it fly. And Jake backed up a little bit. He said, oh, and Tank comes take, man. Tank said, where I'm from, the bullies get bullied. All right, dude, there you go. Listen, takeaways from this thing, I don't know. Tank seemed to have a little bit more energy today. He seemed to be more lively. Him going back and forth with the media, with Jay Leon, with Jake, with Aiden Ross. There seemed to be a bit more energy today. That's. That's all I really asked for. So in terms of, you know, selling us on something, sure. Better job today from both guys. Jake, you know, seemed a bit more locked in here with Tank as well. They had a little bit more fun. Tank going after Nikisa was pretty funny. But listen, this doesn't change anything in my mind. The 10 ounce gloves. Gloves doesn't really change anything to me. I mean, again, I think that's a bad idea for Tank. More so because even if Jake doesn't land clean, those are 10 ounce gloves still gonna hurt. Tank is still punching in gloves that are 2 ounces heavier than he normally uses. So I don't know how that's a win for him. The two million dollar bet almost certainly won't happen, which I didn't think would in the first place, but Tank pretty much confirmed it. And we're all left with the same kind of idea that we thought about this to begin with. This is an entertainment exhibition, circus style fight that we know is going to draw a ton of eyeballs. I'm going to watch and there's going to be great high level competition boxing on the underneath card. And even in the main event, if something is to happen, if someone is to get knocked out, it will go mega viral and both these guys are going to make a ton of money. But the one takeaway I would have if, if anything at all was watching that little push back and forth with Tank and Jake, how Tank was able to keep his ground when Jake came to push him back and came to touch him with that jab and overextended just a little bit on that jab. And while Tank's arm was being held, he was still right in line for that counter left hand to snap back and I think was within range to do it. One of the questions that you will have as we get closer to this fight is can Tank find ways to close the gap and I mean in distance to catch Jake with the brick hand, the backhand, that left freaking grenade he puts on everyone watching that little interaction and knowing the skill level of Tank and knowing his timing and knowing his feet and knowing his accuracy, for a guy that doesn't, doesn't throw a lot of punches, I think he just might be able to. And if he's able to knock Jake Paul out, that would also be absolutely crazy. I'm ready to watch the show. November 14th, one day before Chris Eubank Jr. Takes on Connor. Ben, that's going to be a banger. And UFC322 is the same day Jack Della, Madeleina and Islam Makachev, you can watch them all here with me. We will be live. Until then, the question is who wins this exhibition that apparently has judges 10 ounce gloves? Jake Paul, Tank Davis, Netflix. November 14 don't have those answers but guess we'll find out. Did Tank deactivate his account? What is going on, bro? Okay, let's, let's get into this one for the history books in the sport of boxing pertaining to Gervontae, Tank Davis and Shakur Stevenson. I have been watching this somewhat casually, but it's been a back and forth based on the fight with Jake Paul, Tank potentially wanting to retire and Shakur Stevenson essentially saying yeah, Bro, you don't want to fight me. It's been heated and Tank apparently has deleted his Twitter account and then remade it public, then deleted all his replies. So we have to talk about this whole thing. What is going on between Tank Davis and Shakur Stevenson? Is this a build up to a fight that we're not seeing behind the scenes or is this just truly Tank going outside the breakdown? Let's go. There's the first tweet and I can't. We can't even click on it to zoom in on it because of like Tank deleting his watch. Gone. That's insane. Anyway, it started out this morning. He said boxing definitely did a turn. It went from this side to that side with the sunglasses. And this has no loyalty, so why would I care? I move accordingly. Oh, that's kind of a bar. Boxing is dead. This is Gervonta Davis who's about to fight in less than a month, declaring boxing, the sport of boxing, dead. I don't know what the, the innuendo is there. It went from this side to that side. Has no loyalty, so why would I care? There could be a couple of things that he's referring. Could he be referring to, I don't know, people switching sides. Could it be referring to formerly being with Floyd Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions, to then being specifically with Al Heyman, PBC and Leonard Ellerby? Could he be referring to the rise of, of Turkey? Allah shake in boxing, we know that Tank and Turkey have not had a great relationship. Remember all the way back Tank was saying, you get me two Ferraris, I'll come fight over there. But if Tank is talking about boxing being dead, look no further to who potentially is contributing to that in the sense that he's talking about than him. And again, I don't mind Tank fighting Jake as just as long as he retires after this is done, which he might actually do. But he's a sitting world champion. Talking about boxing's dead, boxing's dead. When a sitting world champion is doing an exhibition whilst being a world champion, not giving his belt back, not saying essentially I'm done at the highest level, but just holding on to his belt, which again, that's also on the sanctioning body, the WBA just being like, yeah, go do whatever. But foregoing matchups with Lamont Roach in the rematch, which should have happened, happened, that should have been the number one fight. We're going a matchup with Shakur Stevenson even after the Jake fight. Now we're learning that's probably not going to happen. If boxing is dying or boxing is dead, it is because you as a sitting world champion took a fight with Jake Paul in an exhibition. Stuff like that is what kills boxing. That's what it. That's what does. And again, I'm not sitting here blaming anybody, but world champions are meant to fight world championship level fights, not forego their world championship, hold on to the belt and go fight in an exhibition position and then retire. I just don't know what these things are responding to now. Gervontae responded to a tweet of Shakur Stevenson's. I don't know what the tweet was, but he said, how much you making to fight Tio? Like I said, you was hurt. And you know, I know that's why you in my mentions right now. I know what I did to you when we sparred. And you know how good or excuse me, and you know how you will feel, feel if I said I would give you a payday, but I'm turning my back. Get it out the mud. I assume that says so. Gervonta, I assume is referring to the William Zepeda fight where Shak was, was, quote, unquote, hurt. Hurt. Number one, Shakur was not hurt in the Williams a pay to fight. Shakur got hit with a shot from Williams a Payta and his. I think he got either stepped on or his foot slipped and he kind of fell backward a little bit. But he was not hurt in that fight. He got hit with a punch for sure. It's boxing. If you swim, you're going to get wet. And he did have a different fight with Zepeda than a lot of people expected. He kind of took it to Zepeda or at least stood in the pocket with him a lot more than people expected. But Gervonta is like, oh, you know what happened to you in sparring? And you did get hurt. Okay. That's why he what doesn't want to fight Gervonta. Then he says, how much you making to fight Tio? And then this is again, this is how you know that Tank doesn't give a about the sport of boxing or anything to do with, you know, boxing being alive or dead. The first thing he mentions is how much you make. Like, let's go ban for ban on what you making Again. There's nothing wrong with Tank going to get his money, but let's, let's all be clear that that's all the fight is for. Tank, he's telling you without telling you that he's fighting Jake just because he's getting 40 million. When we talk about boxing being dead, Tank has to line up at the front of the line. I can't blame him. But don't, don't throw around. All boxing's dead and people switch sides and all of that. You chose not to be great. That's it. You chose not to be great. Stuff like that. Choices like that will kill boxing for sure. On a competitive level, it won't kill it on a business level. On a business level, until people run out of interest in these kind of matchups, it'll do well. On a competitive level level, choosing not to fight the best will kill the sport. So maybe it's better if people like Tank aren't in the sport. And I, I don't even say that because I want that to be the case. I think Tank is ridiculously talented, but you can't want a fighter to fight more than what they want to. You can't. Tank fans or Tank people that like Tank and, and think he's one of the best, you can't want it for him. And then Shakur came back with, that's how I know you soft. I can't even go back and forth with you soft ass. You rather pop to me on social media than get in that fire and get embarrassed. I get it. Peace and blessings upon you, Cuz. He says the people got your chest out so bad. You talking like you a killer. Forgetting that you the one that runs, bitch. I'll be bring the fight to you. This dude a made up character. Quote, blessings upon you, clown ass. Dude wanna be Kevin Gates. Oh my goodness. I mean, here's the thing though. You can't say that stuff about Shakur if you're not willing to fight him. This is the point I think, that we're gonna come to today is that Tank can say all this stuff he wants. But if you're not willing to fight Shakur, then none of it means anything to me anymore. Even if you believe that Tank is going to knock him out, even if you believe that Shakur is a runner or that he's not in the trenches, or he's not a boxer that's willing to bring the fight or whatever, none of it matters. You're talking from the sideline because you won't fight him. What does that say about Tank? If you talk all that stuff, you better want to fight. Otherwise no one. Why, what does it matter? His opinion on calling him a runner? This and that. You have an opportunity to show the world what he is. You have an opportunity to show the world Shakur is not on your level. Shakur would run from you. Shakur would lose. You'd beat him up like you did in sparring. But you're not taking. Taking that fight unless this is some big work and I'm getting caught in it. This is Tank bowing out of the fight in real time. Does anybody else not see this? This is him bowing out. Shakur says, you took a knee in the middle of your last fight like a fucking amateur, talking about you got grease in your eyes because the fight was getting tough. Then you got on here crying about people being fake, but you the fakest dude in boxing. What happened to a six? What happened to your six, seven fight deal? Wait, is that some kind of. Some kind of Gen Z6,7 thing? What happened to the 6,7 fight deal? I don't know if that's a. If that's a real reference point there that I'm missing, but I assume that is in response to Tank's deal with the pbc. But, yeah, now we're talking about Tank. If you want to talk about someone getting dropped or got hurt. He's talking about Shakur getting hurt versus William Sabada, which he did it. Tank is the one that took a knee in this fight versus Lamont Roach, Hurt or not, he's the one that had to take a break. He's the one that took the knee and ran to the corner talking about, I got grease in my eye again. You can say what you want about Shakur, but Shakur shows up. Shakur is taking tough fights. Shakur says, I want Teofimo Lopez. Tank said he wanted Teofimo, but we never got got that fight. Tank said he'd smoke Shakur, but we never got that fight. And it's starting to become clear as to why we're not getting those fights, because Tank didn't really want it. Again, I think Tank is one of the most talented boxers in the sport. I think he's got underrated defense. I think his feet are fantastic. His hand speed is great. He has got an insane catch counter. His reactability, his power. Obviously, he's got a lot of tools that people don't even give him credit for. He is one of the most accurate boxers. Boxers, while not throwing punches like other guys will you. Yeah, 50 mil. I get it. It's all great. I can't. I can't. Like I said, I'm not mad at Tank for taking money, but you then have to reserve yourself to going, okay, especially if you're not going to fight other guys, if you're going to walk off into the sunset, you got to go, yeah, you know what? I didn't want it with Shakur. I didn't want it with tl. That's what you have to say. Because all this talking about it after the fact, that doesn't mean anything anymore. So whether you. Whether you agree that Tank should have taken the money or not, whether you agree he should have fought tough level competition or exhibition with Jake Paul, what you can't do is sit online talking like you're gonna beat these guys when you never. You never got in the ring with them. You never wanted to. That's the thing. I. I'm sitting here like, you can't do this if you weren't willing to put it to the test. And after the Jake fight, which we'll pull up the tweet in a second, it looks like Tank's gonna retire. You can't. You can't act like you were the boogeyman that no one wanted to fight when it was actually you that didn't want to fight them anyway. We continue. Tank quote tweets they trying to cash you out, fam. What you're not realizing, nobody wants to see you fight. You boring in the ring and you boring outside the ring w a big ass gap. The pushing, the narrative that I'm scared of you. When you and me know this is not true, it's. No one wants to see you fight. They loses money. Jesus Christ. They loses money when you fight. Your own daughter said you almost got knocked down. Yeah, okay, again, the daughter line. It's a funny line because, yeah, what his daughter said was really funny, but it doesn't mean anything. Shakur was not in the least bit hurt. And Tank is saying, I don't want to fight you because no one wants to see you fight Again, I get it. You want to make your 50 million. You want to. You want to be in big fights. But to me, that just shows that Tank had no interest in being the best in this. Because Tank fought guys that had no clout, had no drawability. Before that fought Lamont Roach. Lamont Roach was drawn. Fuck no. If Tank beats Jake, Turkey gonna make the Tank Shakur fight. This is what I hope that in some way shape or form, we still get the fight. Because all this back and forth, it's making it more interesting to me. The build is happening whether they're trying to or not. Not. And I'm hoping that both guys see this. Maybe I'm getting worked a little bit, and I'm hoping this is what is happening, is that we're getting a bit of a. Them throwing it out there and then the fight happens. But if he goes. If he up and retires in the middle of it, then it's like, what the fuck? Which is probably what's going to happen. Knowing Tang, that's. That's what's going to happen. Well, this was what. When someone responded to him when he said boxing did a turn, all that someone said, please retire. Then he said, I am in eight weeks. I tend to believe him. Shakur came back. Yeah, I'm done with you, gang. You got it. It man's bragging about my daughter saying what she said, tank, I wish you nothing but the best for your career. And your family never had no hatred for you. It was business. But I'm better than you at boxing, and you know it, and I'm satisfied with that. Tank can't come back and be like, you're not better if he's not willing to fight. And Shakur is very smart for putting it that way. That's a great response from Shakur, because all he's telling Tank is, I'm better than you, and if you think differently, come and prove it. Which is the entirety of the sport of boxing, the predication of the sport. The best in the world. I think I'm the best, and I'll beat you. Come and prove it if you think it's different. Come and prove it if you think I'm wrong. Every sport ever is predicated on that. You're not. And just how you say all that buddy, buddy stuff, I know that's what you want. Shake up right after the fight and shit, right, Fam you, that right there is a duck. And he said, stay blessed, little sis. He's trying to go Tank into a fight. And I respect it because why not? These are the names you need to beat to become a superstar. Tank is like, clowning him like, you're not a super superstar. Haha. Not realizing that him and Shakur is probably the biggest fight outside of Jake Paul he could do. Why not keep your options open after the Jake Paul fight? Why not try to keep your options open for potentially Turkey Ala Sheikh to come through and say, hey, I got one more massive fight for. But this last interaction is the. Is the. The checkmate for me. What? Shakur says, I'm better than you at boxing, and you know it. I'm satisfied with that. Like, he's like, listen by you not fighting me I won. By you not wanting to prove you were better. I won one. I'm better than you and your responses and you continually not taking the fight and finding reasons not to tells me that I'm better and that you didn't want it. And Tank's like, no, you're not. But you're all saying that, buddy, buddy.
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Jake Paul
Shit.
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Wade
Fuck you. Tank, once again emotional and Shakur trying to stick it on him. And then the freaking cherry on top is that Gervonta just deleted Twitter after he deactivated after the entire exchange. If that's not a 10, eight, I don't know what is a back and forth with Shakur. Stevenson made him delete, complete his Twitter complete deactivation. How does that not tell you who got more emotionally involved? How does that not tell you who can't stand this idea that someone's better, that people are calling him a duck. You know what you do about that, Tank? You fight him. H e Turkey. Elisheik has got to get involved here. I'm just saying it. That's the only way this fight happens. Big he needs to get these two in a room and make a fight happen. After this Jake Paul fight, it has to. Again, intentionally or not, they are building more and more interest in this thing as the days go by. I'm starting to want more and more for Tank and Shakur. If I didn't want it already, I want it more now. Maybe it's the principle of wanting the thing I can't have, but there's more than that to this fight. There is this back and forth. It is personal. They are two of the best in the world. They do have conflicting styles. Their approaches to the fight are different. All of that makes for an insane matchup that we just need the high level technician and Shakur Stevenson again, Tank, I think underrated technician, but the power, the demolition, the devastation you want to talk about boxing is dead. It's because we don't have fights like this. And again, Shakur and Teofimo Lopez, fantastic fight. That's another one that I, I think is a fantastic world class fight. Top of the bill, best in the world fight to make. But even that one, it doesn't measure up the way Shakur and Tank does. That fight is one that I think just has to happen. And sadly, the way Tank is, is, is moving it, maybe never will. That is the only reason to me, you take a Jake Paul fight to have one more right off into the sunset. And again, it's not like Tank is lied about. What he what he wants out of the sport. He wants to make a ton of money and bounce. That seems like what he's going to do. But I. I will say this. Back and forth with Shakur, it's getting interesting, and I'm a pro wrestling mindset, so I'm always wondering if I'm getting worked. Am I getting worked here? Is this back and forth more than just two guys talking shit? Is this potentially a build? Is this potentially the start of a build between Shakur and Tank? Tank deleting the Twitter, getting more people to be involved, More people taking a look. Look, more people discussing the hype is building. Like I said, Turkey Alice shape. If you can get him in a room and make this fight, this would make boxing ready. I know, I know Shakur's got a fight lined up with Tfimo Lopez. I know that's probably going to be in the early part of 2026, but mid-2026, right there in the middle, where Tank has a couple of months after this Jake Paul exhibition to sit back at home and be like, you know what? I still got one more. I got one more in me. It could happen. But the reality of the situation, when I look at it on Twitter, when I see the way Tank responds, when I see how emotional he gets, the reality is it probably won't. That's unfortunate. But you guys tell me what you think in the comments below. Will Shakur and Tank fight? Can he put it together? I don't have those answers, but I guess we'll find out. Ever go to make nachos on game day and realize the cheese is missing? Or the chips or both? It happens all the time. But check it. Walmart Express Delivery gets what's needed in as fast as one hour. One hour, people. And it's not just food. It's phone chargers, pet supplies, toilet paper. Try it now and get free delivery on a first order with promo code Express. Walmart Express delivery in as fast as 1 hour. Promotion valid for First Express delivery order $50 min. Subject to availability restrictions apply. Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest for Albertsons and Safeway. Cough and cold season is coming, so make sure you're prepared and stock up on your family's favorite personal wellness products. Now through October 7th, shop in store and online for savings on products like Mucinex Kickstart Combo, Zyrtec Allergy Relief tablets or liquid Gels, Halls Cough Drops and Mucinex fast day and night, so you and your family are armed and ready for the season ahead. Offer ends October 7th. Restrictions apply. Offers may vary. Visit albertsons or safeway.com for more details.
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Jake Paul
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