Jake Paul, on a promotional swing for his exhibition fight against Gervonta Davis, has found time to exchange verbal shots with Ryan Garcia.
Garcia fired first, last and hardest.
On Sept. 23, Garcia ripped Paul for Paul’s handling of the weight discrepancy between Paul and Davis. Paul weighed in at almost 200 pounds for his last fight and Davis weighed in at less than 135 pounds for his last fight.
“It’s really sad to see how dishonest he is,’’ Garcia wrote of Paul. “You are 200 pounds plus, you’ll make the 195 pound limit then shoot to 215 most likely. And you lie to yourself to hype yourself up, you are fighting a 135 pound fighter, but you don’t see how that is a bit misleading. Lying to yourself sucks.’’
“This just proves that the new blueprint is get popular be a decent fighter,’’ Garcia added. “Pick fights to win that gives you advantage and continue to rack in money. Integrity of the sport is getting ruined everyday.’’
Belatedly, Paul has fired back.
Paul, in an interview that appeared to be taped Sept. 22 in New York, responded.
“I think he’s just mad that I’m going to get an opportunity to beat Tank,’ Paul said. ‘And he obviously got knocked out and embarrassed (in Garcia’s loss to Davis in 2023), so his insecurities are coming out.”