The anticipated clash between Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. at Madison Square Garden will no longer be taking place due to issues regarding Rahman’s weight
for British fighter Tommy Fury, who was denied entry into the United States in late June.
Shortly after the announcement, Paul shared a video on Twitter explaining the situation, and offering his thoughts on losing a second opponent in a little over a month. The Youtuber-turned-boxer even went as far as declaring that both Rahman and Fury were scared to face him at MSG. “This is not a joke. I am devastated, I can not f------ believe this,” Paul said. “This is just another case of a professional boxer, just like Tommy Fury, being scared to fight me. It’s as clear as day that these guys have been so unprofessional to work with, looking for any excuse to suck more money out of this event, to coerce us into doing things and, from the jump, I knew in the bottom of my heart that this guy didn’t want to get in the ring with me.
According to MVP’s statement, the fighters signed their contract on July 5 at a max weight of 200 pounds. Rahman, who agreed to submit weight checks after weighing in at 216 lbs. on July 7, submitted a report on Friday showing he had lost just one pound in the 24 days since. The promotion claimed the weight checks were agreed to in order to assure Rahman “would not be losing more than 10% of his weight over the 4 weeks leading up to the fight,” assurances MVP said were “not made in good faith.
As a result of Friday’s update, the New York State Athletic Commission declared it would not sanction the fight at less than 205 lbs., which MVP said Paul agreed to move forward with. The promotion said it submitted a new contract to Rahman’s promoter “reflecting a 205 lbs. limit, imposing strict penalties should he fail to make weight.
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