The choice to drag the plug on the battle got here after disturbing allegations have been made in opposition to David in an intensive lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend accusing him of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and intentional infliction of emotional misery. Paul’s firm Most Priceless Promotions instantly began looking for different opponents however with nobody out there on such brief discover, the bout in opposition to Davis was scrapped and now the previous YouTuber is awaiting phrase on a brand new matchup with designs on competing in December.
Simply after the announcement was made that the battle with Davis was off, Paul took to social media to unload on his now former opponent for his habits.
“Gervonta Davis is an precise strolling human piece of rubbish,” Paul wrote on Instagram. “Working with him is an absolute nightmare. The unprofessionalism, the weird requests, the exhibiting up hours late to shoots. To the quite a few arrests and associated accusations and lawsuits. In the event you assist this man, you assist probably the most vile sin a person can commit.
“I didn’t wish to give this girl abuser a platform to develop his followers and to develop his checking account. My firm champions ladies. I’m so sorry to everybody concerned. Principally to the undercard fighters, to my workforce at MVP and to my workforce who labored so laborious prepping for this battle. Sacrificing time with family members and youngsters only for this idiot to lose his unintelligent thoughts once more. It’s scary that devilish males like this will rise to the highest of tradition and sports activities, together with in positions of energy.”
Whereas Paul’s assertion clearly admonishes Davis for the allegations in opposition to him, this latest lawsuit was removed from the primary incident involving home violence accusations.
Davis was arrested again in 2020 on fees of home violence in opposition to an ex-girlfriend after which once more in 2022, though the case was finally tossed when the alleged sufferer refused to maneuver ahead with the case.
Davis was additionally taken into custody in July on one other battery cost after an alleged altercation with an ex-girlfriend however as soon as once more the home violence accusations have been dropped after the sufferer declined to press fees.
Now this lawsuit looms overhead and that was sufficient for Paul and Netflix to chop ties with Davis and cancel the upcoming battle.
“I hope you individuals transferring ahead look past his pretend streetwear items ‘SWAG’ and seek for one thing deeper to be a fan of,” Paul wrote. “As for me, it’s onto the subsequent one as at all times. Anybody, any time, anywhere.”
Whereas nothing has been determined but so far as potential opponents, Paul’s workforce has reportedly reached out to a number of attainable opponents together with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, who already turned down the battle, and a possible rematch in opposition to Nate Diaz after they first clashed again in 2023.
On that night time, Paul gained a unanimous choice in opposition to the previous UFC famous person nevertheless it’s now attainable they run it again in December.
