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Jake Paul's boxing match against Hasim Rahman Jr. has been cancelled, according to the Problem Child's boxing promotion, after the 12-1 fighter allegedly ...

Paul -- who weighed in at 190 pounds for his second fight with Woodley -- says he agreed to the change. This forced outcome impacts Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano and every other fighter on this card who have trained tirelessly over the past few months for this event," a statement released by the promotion said. It all has to do with the weight of Hasim, who previously fought at heavyweight, weighing more than 260 pounds. "MVP and Jake Paul will not reward someone that has conducted themselves in such a deceiving and calculated manner. Jake responded to the cancelation, saying ... "First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman Crumbled. These boxers are the most difficult people to work with and continually lack professionalism and confidence to fight me." A few weeks ago we talked to Rahman Jr. ... and he seemed to take issue with the weight cut. For the fight with Jake, Rahman Jr. agreed to weigh a maximum of 200 pounds at weigh-ins, the day before the fight. That's where Jake drew the line ... and that's why MVP says the fight isn't happening. But, MVP claims Rahman Jr. then demanded the match be fought at 215 pounds ... a huge jump from the originally agreed upon 200 pounds. However, MPV says Rahman Jr. was obligated to show the NY state athletic commission officials he was losing weight in the lead up to the fight, in an effort to prevent a big weight cut in an attempt to make 200 pounds. Rahman Jr. was set to go down August 6 at Madison Square Garden in NYC ... but just one week before the highly anticipated scrap, Most Valuable Promotions announced the fight was off. Jake Paul Hasim Rahman Jr. Fight Canceled ... Over Weight Issue

Rahman's failure to meet contracted weight marks scuttles Paul's second attempt for an Aug. 6 fight.

Fury was forced to withdraw from the bout because of those visa issues. Above everything we want to thank our fans for their commitment to the athletes and the sport of boxing." Rahman Jr. had not shown the proper progress in weight loss as of this week, prompting NYSAC to move the contracted weight up to 205 pounds. There has been endless work, time, and money put into building this event and we want to thank our team, Showtime, Madison Square Garden, Holden Boxing and all of our partners for their continued support. The fight was expected to take place at the crusierweight limit of 200 pounds. Because of that, the New York State Athletic Commission required weekly weight checks for the son of former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman Sr., according to Boxing Scene.

Here are the details behind Jake Paul and Most Valuable Promotions' decision to drop the fight.

That prompted the New York State Athletic Commission to declare that it wouldn't authorize the fight unless it was held at 205 pounds, a move Paul and his team supported. Rahman was Paul's sparring partner until the two got into a feud over Paul's antics. Rahman rebuffed the offer and indicated that he planned on fighting at 215 pounds. The Baltimore native had previously fought at heavyweight. Rahman weighed 216 on July 7 but vowed to make weight by Aug. 6, Most Valuable Productions claimed, In fact, Rahman said that Paul and his team added a clause in Rahman's contract that didn't allow for Rahman to gain weight prior to the fight. According to Most Valuable Productions, Paul and Rahman were slated to face off at the cruiserweight limit of 200 pounds but Rahman did not follow that requirement.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Paul's boxing match at Madison Square Garden next week has been canceled after his promotional team said opponent Hasim Rahman Jr. did ...

The YouTube star-turned boxer than moved on to Rahman, the son of the former heavyweight champion who had fought entirely at heavyweight in his 13 pro bouts, weighing as much as 278 pounds. Most Valuable Promotions said Saturday that Rahman had signed a contract July 5 to weigh a maximum of 200 pounds. Jake Paul's boxing match at Madison Square Garden next week has been canceled after his promotional team said opponent Hasim Rahman Jr. did not intend to honor the contracted weight limit.

After UFC 277, Dana White weighed in on news Jake Paul vs. Hasim Rahman Jr. was canceled – and took a shot at Nakisa Bidarian.

Rahman has yet to speak publicly on the situation. “Just because you were an accountant here doesn’t mean you know what the f*ck goes on here and doesn’t mean you can run a fight promotion company,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters at the UFC 277 post-fight news conference. Hasim Rahman Jr. was canceled in the middle of UFC 277.

YouTube creator turned professional boxer Jake Paul was scheduled to box Hasim Rahman Jr. on Aug. 6 at Madison Square Garden, but the fight is off.

“I think they sold under a million dollars in tickets and it costs $500,000 to turn the f**king lights on at MSG. That’s what I think. White wasn’t buying the boxing promotion’s press release stating that the event was cancelled due to weight issues. “Upon receiving this new contract Saturday morning, Rahman’s camp indicated for the very first time that he planned to weigh 215 lbs.

Jake Paul's boxing match at Madison Square Garden next week has been cancelled due to a weight issue with his opponent Hasim Rahman Jr., his promotional ...

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The anticipated Aug. 6 bout will not take place after Hasim Rahman Jr. was unwilling to meet the fight's contracted weight limit.

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.” The promotion said it submitted a new contract to Rahman’s promoter “reflecting a 205 lbs. “I apologize to everyone who was working hard,” he said. “This is just another case of a professional boxer, just like Tommy Fury, being scared to fight me. The Youtuber-turned-boxer even went as far as declaring that both Rahman and Fury were scared to face him at MSG. Showtime Sports and Most Valuable Promotions announced the decision Saturday night in a statement chronicling the fighter’s inability to meet the bout’s contracted weight limit.

First Tommy Fury fumbled and now Hasim Rahman crumbled, Jake Paul has announced the cancellation of his next fight against Hasim Rahman Jr which was set to ...

The fight isn't happening on there accord not MINE!" "First Tommy Fury fumbled and now Hasim Rahman crumbled," Jake Paul has announced the cancellation of his next fight against Hasim Rahman Jr which was set to take place at Madison Square Garden in New York on August 6 Jake Paul has cancelled his next fight against Hasim Rahman Jr due to a dispute about the weight limit for the bout.

His fight vs. Hasim Rahman Jr. won't be happening, so Jake Paul clearly had a lot to say when he weighed in on the topic.

They want to change the weight to 205 pounds. This is clearly an excuse to say, ‘OK, the fight is not at 215? So he signed a contract to fight me at 200 pounds and was going to cut the weight down to 200 pounds. From the jump, I knew in the bottom of my heart that this guy didn’t want to get in there with me. We’re going to have to change this fight to 205 pounds. Do you want to do the fight still?’ I said, ‘No problem. From the jump, I knew in the bottom of my heart that this guy didn’t want to get in there with me. The commission wanted to track his weight cut to make sure he was doing it in a healthy way. He’s a big guy with a ton of weight to lose. Paul echoed much of what the initial news release from his promotion, Most Valuable Promotions said. While Paul initially issued a brief written comment, he dove more in-depth in a pair of videos uploaded to social media. According to Most Valuable Promotions, Hasim Rahman Jr. deceived the promotion, commission, and Paul about his weight.

Paul has been forced to cancel his fight with Rahman Jr just weeks after drafting him in as a replacement opponent for Fury.

Between him and Tommy they have cost me and my partners millions and millions of dollars." "For anyone who is thinking about getting Hasim to fight on any of your cards, do yourself a big favour and don't. Paul then claims Rahman said he would weigh in at 215lb, forcing the social media star to cancel the Madison Square Garden card.

The official reason given for Jake Paul canceling his pay-per-view bout againstHasim Rahman Jr. was a disagreement over.

Rahman is not a nationally known name, and Paul's promotions team seemed to be banking on the social media star's name alone selling the fight.

I apologize to all of the of the other fighters on the card, our partners, our team and the fans. Paul announced the fight's cancellation Saturday, saying Rahman had not made any progress in getting his weight down to the contracted 200 pounds. First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman Crumbled. These boxers are the most difficult people to work with and continually lack professionalism and confidence to fight me. However, it appears much of the novelty has worn off. Not to mention hotel rooms in New York and transportation is very expensive.”

Hours later, Rahman took to social media to respond to the bout — and the entire event that was set for next Saturday at Madison Square Garden — being called ...

I already made 4X what you offered off of sparring now you want to paint the narrative to not let me on anyones cards cause you KNOW the people going demand us.— HASIM RAHMAN JR (@_HasimRahmanJr) #JakeFraud pic.twitter.com/nDQItZEeeD July 31, 2022 Jake don’t want that he’ll only take the fight if I agree to 200 or 205. Like we both said I was 215 YESTERDAY and I’m getting fined 25% per pound! Why am I weighing in 2,and 3 weeks before the fight Daniel? I didn’t even get a chance to hit the scale on 8/5 like the contract said. “Why am I weighing in two and three weeks before the fight? Pt 2/2— HASIM RAHMAN JR (@_HasimRahmanJr) pic.twitter.com/uC7uUjDXBv July 31, 2022