Jake Paul discusses legitimacy of Tank Davis fight, legal threats to critics, and fiancée’s Olympic hopes

Jake Paul talks to Fox News Digital about the legitimacy of his fight against Tank Davis, legal threats against critics, and being engaged to an Olympic gold hopeful.

Jake Paul is two weeks away from getting into the ring again, and there is once again not exactly a perfect opponent in the other corner of the ring.

On Nov. 14, Paul will face Gervonta "Tank" Davis, who normally fights seven weight classes below the cruiserweight Paul, in Miami.

This fight is not sanctioned, but as Paul pointed out in a recent interview with Fox News Digital, "It’s the same deal. Everyone remembers that there’s a winner."

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Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Jake Paul face off during a "Jake vs. Tank" kickoff press conference at Palladium Times Square in New York on Sept. 22, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Paul has been criticized for fighting Mike Tyson (31 years his senior), Anderson Silva (a former UFC star nearly 22 years older than him) and boxers like Andre August and Ryan Bourland – not exactly household names. The same criticism is coming again for Davis due to the weight-class difference, but Paul, who has constantly spoken about his goals of becoming a world champion (he is eligible for a WBA title fight), argued that this fight is yet another one that proves his legitimacy as a boxer.

"I think people have said, ‘Fight someone your age, fight one of the best in the world.’ This is answering both of those things in one," he said. "And being the underdog with half the internet thinking I'm going to get killed and blah, blah, blah, and proving to people that I can box better than someone who's been doing it their whole life. I think people will be shocked after fight night