Paul will hurt Davis in mismatched bout - Khan

Amir Khan says Jake Paul is "very bad for boxing" but has warned nan YouTuber-turned-boxer is "going to hurt" Gervonta 'Tank' Davis successful their upcoming accumulation bout.

The erstwhile world light-welterweight champion told BBC Sport nan immense size and weight quality betwixt nan brace makes nan fight, which takes spot connected 14 November successful Atlanta, a vulnerable mismatch.

Paul, 28, will look undefeated 30-year-old lightweight world champion Davis, who has won 30 of his 31 fights, pinch 28 knockouts, in an exhibition that will not count towards either man's master record.

"Jake Paul, successful my opinion, is going to wounded Gervonta Davis," Briton Khan said. "Davis is simply a mini small man compared to Paul. I deliberation it's a large mismatch."

The weight disparity betwixt nan 2 fighters is stark - Paul weighed successful astatine 200lbs for his past bout, while Davis campaigns astatine 135lbs.

There is besides a important tallness and scope difference, pinch 6ft 1in Paul opinionated six inches taller and having a nine-inch scope advantage.

"It shows to maine that Tank's acting hopeless by taking a conflict for illustration that," Khan said.

"One time personification is going to get wounded truthful badly. No-one wants to messiness astir successful nan MMA cage but they're taking boxing truthful lightly and they're taking it arsenic a joke."

Bolton's Khan, who besides won Olympic metallic astatine lightweight successful 2004, appeared stunned erstwhile BBC Sport told him nan conflict - which will beryllium shown unrecorded connected Netflix - had been confirmed.

"Is it really happening? What? Wow. You conscionable shocked maine there, I had nary idea. That's crazy, bro," Khan said.

While nan contracted weight, number of rounds and size of gloves for nan accumulation are yet to beryllium confirmed, Khan formed uncertainty connected whether nan conflict will moreover return place.

"I don't deliberation it happens, but if it does happen, Gervonta, being arsenic bully arsenic he is and he's an astonishing fighter, he'll extremity up getting hurt," Khan said.

"I don't deliberation Davis tin wounded Paul."

Khan besides took purpose astatine nan wider domiciled successful nan athletics of Paul, who outpointed 39-year-old former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr successful June, taking his master grounds to 12-1. He besides hit a 58-year-old ex-world champion Mike Tyson by determination past November.

"I deliberation group for illustration Jake Paul are very bad for boxing, to beryllium honorable pinch you," Khan added.

"Fighting an aged man for illustration Mike Tyson and trying to punch his caput in. The measurement they beforehand things and talk rubbish is disrespecting nan sport. I can't judge nan boxing bodies, because of nan costs they are getting, fto it happen."