Last year, before Jake Paul clashed with Anthony Joshua, “The Problem Child” was scheduled to take on Gervonta Davis. However, the Paul vs. Davis fight was canceled. It was noted that the fight was scrapped amid renewed assault allegations against Davis. Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Netflix announced on Nov 3, 2025 that the event, originally set for Nov. 14, 2026 at Miami’s Kaseya Center, was officially canceled.
MVP officially called off due to battery and kidnapping allegations stemming from a civil lawsuit against Davis. However, almost a year later, MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian confirmed that MVP remains open to revisiting the matchup sometime in the future. However, he also made it clear that the potential match remains open only if Davis figures out his legal situation.
“If he figures out his legal situation and there’s no like conviction of any kind around things he’s done, of course, we would always try to give fighters the best opportunities possible,” Bidarian said while speaking on FightHub TV.
What did Jake Paul say when the Gervonta Davis fight was canceled?
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Last year, after the fight was scrapped, Paul addressed the situation directly on X (formerly Twitter) and shared his feelings about Davis. “Gervonta Davis is an actual walking human piece of garbage,” Paul wrote. “Working with him is an absolute nightmare. The unprofessionalism, the bizarre requests, the showing up hours late to shoots. To the numerous arrests and related accusations and lawsuits. If you support this man you support the most vile sin a man can commit.”