Tim Bradley lectured Gervonta Davis on his channel today over losing his $40 million bag to fight Jake Paul as a result of a civil lawsuit filed against him by his ex-girlfriend last October.

$40 million gone

As a result of the lawsuit, the YouTube star-turned-boxer’s Most Valuable Promotion (MVP) canceled its November 14 exhibition match against Tank Davis. Bradley berated Tank for wasting his chance to get a $40 million bag. He didn’t just crush Davis. He also started looking for MVP, pissing them off for even choosing Tank. In other words, they should have known better.

“The Dumbest Guy in Boxing”

“Let’s lean on Tank for a moment. You have to be the dumbest guy in the history of boxing. $40 million down the drain,” said Tim Bradley in his YouTube channelcriticizing Gervonta “Tank” Davis for an exhibition fight against Jake Paul in connection with a civil lawsuit filed against him. “I have $40 million, brother, literally wealth down the drain. I don’t understand it.”

The lawsuit was officially filed in October, after Tank Davis had already signed a contract for the Jake Paul exhibition, which will take place on September 23, 2025. He wouldn’t know. That’s a huge payday that Tank Davis is missing out on, $40 million down the drain.

Rookie MVP moves

“MVP promotions, whatever you call those promotions. They’re more like rookie promotions. You don’t know what you’re dealing with. You had no idea,” Bradley said. “That’s always been Tank’s focus. It’s always come up in the last few fights of Tank’s career. MVP, more like rookie promotions, you all should have a backup plan. You should have a backup fighter.”

From the very beginning, Jake Paul had the bad idea to operate Tank Davis as his opponent in an exhibition match on November 14. With his history of legal troubles outside the ring. Moreover, the reaction to cruiserweight Paul using the much smaller, 135-pound Tank as his opponent made him look pathetic in the eyes of fans. It wasn’t worth it.

“You guys should have a plan B in case that guy Tank Davis doesn’t show up. You guys look like idiots. I heard on the phone that this place isn’t selling at all. Yeah, because everyone is unwell of your bullshit, Jake Paul. As soon as you moved to Florida, I knew this place wasn’t selling, bro,” Bradley said.

It would have to be a large name for Jake if he had a plan B if he sold out the 20,000-seat Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. For this type of fight, the backup option would have to be an energetic star or one of the mega-names that fans would like to see Jake on the show with.

Exhibitions are a thing of the past

Boxing fans are tired of exhibition matches. Floyd Mayweather Jr. he has overdone it in the last seven years and people don’t want to see this type of fight en masse.

Bradley says Jake needs to start fighting “real fighters, someone in the top ten.” The problem is that there are no real large names in the cruiserweight division that fans would like to see Paul fight.

The most popular players, Jai Opetaia and Gilberto Ramirez, are not stars in the US. Although Ramirez fought in the US throughout his career, he did not become a large name. The only way Jake can attract fans is if he faces popular heavyweights or fighters in the 175 or 168 pound division. Paul needs to bring in these warriors:

• Anthony Joshua
• Tyson Fury
• David Benavidez
• Terence Crawford
• Canelo Alvarez
• Jaron Ennis
• Artur Beterbiew
• Dmitry Bivol

The downside to Jake Paul fighting one of these guys is that he would probably lose and get embarrassingly knocked out. He won’t be able to compete with any of them without landing a robust punch that will result in a knockout.