Gervonta Davis, a native of West Baltimore, gathered hundreds of children on the basketball courts at the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center. The boxing star handed out backpacks and had fun, including dancing competitions. It’s an annual tradition, the back-to-school campaign, that Davis has been organizing in partnership with Unlimited Potential, a nonprofit organization.
This comes at a time when the “Tank” has received harsh criticism for facing Jake Paul in a fight that offers him a good sum of money, instead of facing a renowned boxer. But, despite the criticism, Gervonta Davis has not forgotten his tradition.
Will Jake Paul hurt Gervonta Davis?
Former British light welterweight champion Amir Khan is very sceptical about the exhibition fight between Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis. The obvious difference of more than 40 kilos between the two is perhaps the most alarming thing, and Khan is sure that Davis has no way of avoiding being hit by Paul, who is heavier. All this seems too “desperate” on Tank’s part, according to the former boxing champion.
“In my opinion, Jake Paul is going to hurt Gervonta Davis. Davis is a little man compared to Paul. I think it’s a very uneven matchup,” Khan told the BBC. “This just shows that Tank is desperate to take a fight like this. Someday someone is going to get hurt badly. Nobody wants to play in the MMA cage, but they take boxing lightly and take it as a joke,” he concluded.
The same opinion is shared by Nate Diaz, who already faced Paul and lost. But he also said that the weight difference will make it an unfair fight and that Davis will have to give much more than Paul to be able to win the exhibition.
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