Hiram Moreno
No, you are not reading a repeated news item. Once again, Jake Paul’s scheduled fight has been canceled, so Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jr. will no longer take place, especially since the bout was scheduled for next week.
This time the fight has been canceled due to weight discrepancies between the fighters, as it was announced by Showtime on Saturday night. With this, the event that was going to take place at Madison Square Garden this August 6 and that was going to be the headlining act of the evening’s card seems impossible to happen at this point, as Most Valuable Promotions canceled it.
Most Valuable Promotions, Jake Paul’s promoter, also announced that Hasim Rahman Jr. agreed to fight at 200 lbs. and received clearance from the New York State Athletic Commission that he would not reduce his weight by more than 10 percent in the four weeks leading up to the fight.
Heading into the Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jr. fight, Rahman Jr. tested his weight on Friday, and the result was that the boxer has lost less than a pound since agreeing to fight Jake Paul on July 5.This is why the aforementioned commission declared that the fight would not take place for less than 205 pounds.
Far from reaching an agreement, the representatives of Rahman Jr. stated that the fighter would not fight at less than 215 pounds, as Most Valuable Promotions announced. They offered him at least a move down to 205 pounds, but when he refused, they had no choice but to cancel the event because “they will not reward someone that has conducted themselves in such a deceiving and calculated manner.”
What Was Paul’s Opinion After the Cancelation of Jake Paul vs Hasim Rahman Jr?
Jake Paul’s comments were not going to take long in coming, as was predictable, and so it was after he posted videos on his social networks commenting visibly frustrated that the fight was canceled.
There is reason for him to feel that way, as this is the second setback for the event after Tommy Fury, who was intended to be his opponent in the first instance, withdrew due to his inability to enter the United States.
In fact, these incidents were even enough for Jake Paul to change his Twitter bio, alluding to those who don’t call him a “real fighter.”
Beyond this, comments of such nature continued to emerge on networks, with sports fans continuing to label Jake Paul as a phony.
However, Paul will surely be presented with another opportunity to silence his detractors in the future, although it’s already clear that it won’t be on August 6 at Madison Square Garden.
