Jake Paul agreed with Gervonta Davis and his trainer, Calvin Ford, to change his glove size from 12-oz to 10-oz gloves during today’s press conference in Miami, Florida, to discuss their November 14 fight on Netflix.
During the press conference, Tank’s trainer, Calvin Ford, asked Jake Paul why he was using 12-oz gloves and Davis had 8 oz. Paul revealed that someone from their team had asked for the 12-oz gloves. It didn’t come from his side, but he would be happy to use 10-oz gloves.
A Trainer’s Puzzling Question
They eventually agreed that Paul would use a 10-oz for their exhibition match now. It’s weird that Ford would complain about Jake using larger gloves because that would work better for Davis. Why would they want a cruiserweight to be hitting Tank Davis with 10-oz gloves rather than 12-oz? It doesn’t make sense. Of all the things to complain about, why that?
Trainer Calvin Ford: “I’m Gervonta’s coach. Where did the 12-oz gloves come from? Why y’all couldn’t take 10, and he had eight? Already, he’s giving up four ounces of the gloves. I had to say this because you guys are bettering all this money [$2 million].”
Jake Paul: “You were the guys that wanted 12-oz gloves. I’ll do eight,” said Paul during today’s press conference in Miami, Florida.
Trainer Calvin Ford: “I wasn’t aware of that because I know he can handle himself.”
Switching to Ten-Ounce Gloves
Jake: “So what do you want? 8 oz? 10-oz? What do you want? The 12-oz came from your guys’ side. Then what do you want, 10?”
Gervonta Davis: “I didn’t say that. It doesn’t matter to me.”
Jake: “It doesn’t matter to him. So, back to what I always wanted, which is 10 ounces.”
Ford: “You just cleared up something I didn’t know. You fight in 10s, and he fights in 8s.”
Jake: “10 ounces, let’s do it. Great. That’s going to make it more exciting for the fans. I wanted 10s really badly.”
