Jake Paul has no opponent again. Social Media Star’s latest PPV event was scheduled to take place on August 6th for Hasim Rahman Jr. at Madison Square Garden, but the rest of the card set to take place at Showtime PPV. Along with, the match was canceled due to weight issues around Rahman Jr.
Showtime Sports and Most Valuable Promotions announced Saturday night.
The battle was expected to occur at the limit of the 200-pound Crusaders. However, the natural heavyweight Rahman Jr. has never fought lighter than £ 211.75 since turning pro in 2017. As a result, the New York State Athletic Commission has requested a weekly weight check for the son of former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman Senior. To the boxing scene.
Rahman Jr. has not shown proper progress in weight loss as of this week and has urged the NYSAC to move their contract weight to 205 pounds. However, according to Paul’s promotion, Rahman Jr., in a subsequent offer, indicated that he would weigh at 215 pounds in official weighing and would withdraw from the fight unless Paul agreed to those terms.
“MVP and Jake Paul do not reward anyone who acts in such a deceptive and calculated way, so MVP has to cancel the August 6th event,” said Most Valuable Promotions. Stated in a statement. “This compulsory result affects Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano, and all other fighters on this card who have been energetically trained for the event over the past few months. Boxing community Hasim Rahman Jr. must be held accountable for his lack of professionalism: the work, time, money spent building this event, and our team, Showtime, Madison Square Garden, Holden Boxing, and Thank you for the continued support of all our partners. Athletes and boxing sports. “
Paul was originally expected to fight Tommy Fury on the same day, but Fury was denied entry to the United States when he tried to fly from England for an introductory press conference. These visa issues forced Fury to withdraw from the match.
