Jake Paul slams Hasim Rahman Jr over \u201cabsurd\u201d fight cancelation IG: JakePaulYouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul has lashed out at Hasim Rahman Jr following their fight cancellation over weight issues, branding his opponent \u201cscared\u201d and \u201cunprofessional\u201d. The news that Jake Paul\u2019s bout versus Hasim Rahman Jr was canceled dropped late on July 30 and stunned fans across the internet community. It was already a hastily reorganized fight after British boxer Tommy Fury pulled out because of issues entering the USA. Now, Haism Rahman Jr\u2019s failure to make sufficient weight losses has prompted a cancellation in the fight, just days ahead of the scheduled date of August 6. Jake Paul slams \u201cscared\u201d Hasim Rahman Jr It appears that Paul was caught as off guard as the rest of us, describing himself as \u201cdevastated\u201d in a series of videos responding to the cancelation. In the videos, posted to Twitter early on July 31, Paul explained that Rahman initially agreed to fight at a body weight of 200lbs. Initial weigh ins put the boxer at 216lbs but, when weighed at the commission\u2019s request three weeks later, he had lost just 1lb and came in at 215lbs. As a result, Rahman\u2019s representatives asked to up the weight limit for the fight to 205lbs, which Paul agreed. However, further failures to lose weight on Rahman\u2019s side resulted in a last minute request to fight at 215lbs, which Paul rejected out of hand. \u201cWhatever, I know I can still beat his a** at 205lbs,\u201d Paul said. \u201cAnd that was that. We moved forwards. And then today out of nowhere his team called and said Hasim\u2019s not going lower than 215lbs. If the fight\u2019s not at 215lbs then we\u2019re pulling out. My manager goes \u201cf**k you guys\u201d\u2026 this is clearly an excuse.\u201d Paul went on to criticize Rahman for being \u201cscared\u201d and \u201cunprofessional\u201d, claiming that from the off he had doubts about whether his opponent really wanted the fight. He concluded: \u201cThe biggest pay day of his life times ten and he\u2019s fumbling it. For what? Because he knows he\u2019s gonna get knocked out by me. The pressure starts to set in and it\u2019s exactly what happens with all of these guys. Same sh*t with Tommy Fury, I\u2019m sick of it. I\u2019m devastated.\u201d Refunds have already been confirmed to everyone who bought tickets and preordered the fight\u2019s PPV. Who Jake Paul will fight next thus remains a mystery but, with cancelations taking the headlines once again, anticipation to see him in the ring will only build.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul slams Hasim Rahman Jr over \u201cabsurd\u201d fight cancelation IG: JakePaulYouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul has lashed out at Hasim Rahman Jr following their fight cancellation over weight issues, branding his opponent \u201cscared\u201d and \u201cunprofessional\u201d. The news that Jake Paul\u2019s bout versus Hasim Rahman Jr was canceled dropped late on July 30 and stunned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}