Gervonta "Tank" Davis And Jake Paul Fight Falls Through Following Roach Draw

Davis and Paul were set to go head-to-head in an exhibition bout until Davis-Roach result scuppered plans.

Tank Davis and Lamont Roach fought to a controversial draw earlier this month / IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire

It's been three weeks since Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Lamont Roach battled to a controversial draw and the fallout continues.

Dan Rafael from Fight Freaks Unite has today broken the news that Davis and Jake Paul were due to meet in an exhibition bout if Davis was able to beat Roach on March 1.

These talks now look to have been scrapped with Davis and Roach heading for an immediate rematch this summer for either June 21 at T-Mobile Area in Las Vegas or June 28 in either Atlanta or Miami.

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Sources: @Gervontaa-@jakepaul exhibition was in works until @OneOf1x draw; Tank instead invokes rematch right, June sequel planned. Read my story for details, including #TankRoach PPV total, and sign up for my #boxing newsletter: https://t.co/jMpgsuSgXt pic.twitter.com/1GIXj47mI4

— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) March 20, 2025

Paul was present inside the Barclays Center, Brooklyn to witness Davis and Roach fight to a draw first hand, and perhaps, was waiting to call out the 30-year-old if he was successful in defeating the lightweight challenger.

This news once again underlines the pull that Jake Paul has in boxing and the amount of money that fighting him generates is proving harder and harder for fights to turn down.

Fighting at 135-pounds in the lightweight division, serious conversations would have been held in regards to a possible catch-weight considering Paul's last fight against Mike Tyson saw him weigh in at a whopping 227-pounds.

This is a rivalry that seemingly sparked into life at the end of 2024 when Davis called out Paul following his fight with Mike Tyson, with Tank claiming that it was "disrespectful" for Davis to have agreed to that fight.

Floyd’s little son calling me out?…come on little tank, you know better. I saw you pretend like you didn’t know who Amanda Serrano & Katie Taylor are…do better & maybe 1 day I give u a platform to shine again after that budget basic press conference you just had https://t.co/k3TaNAYFdm

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) December 8, 2024

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