The announcement that Jake Paul 's next opponent will be WBA lightweight champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis on Friday, Nov. 14, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta (streamed live on Netflix) came out of nowhere , as Paul had been in the news for a potential heavyweight showdown with former unified champion Anthony Joshua , and Davis had been linked to a rematch with Lamont Roach Jr. after their majority draw in March . However, Paul and Davis came to an agreement Wednesday for a fight between two of the biggest names in boxing that, for now, is labeled as an exhibition.

After the news comes the question: Why is this fight happening?

How did it come together, what happened to the other names each fighter was linked to and, ultimately, what does it all mean? Let's try to make sense of thi

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