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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.

Jake Paul's next fight called off as opponent slammed for 'lack of professionalism' in weight cut.

Still, Jake Paul was prepared to move forward with the fight at this new weight and a new contract was sent to Rahman’s promoter reflecting a 205 lbs. “Upon receiving this new contract Saturday morning, Rahman’s camp indicated for the very first time that he planned to weigh 215 lbs. “This prompted the commission to declare that it would not sanction the fight at less than 205 lbs.

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.

Jake Paul's has savaged Hasim Rahman Jr. after the fight was called off at the last minute.

“Therefore, MVP is left with no choice but to cancel the August 6th event. “The boxing community must hold Hasim Rahman Jr. liable for his lack of professionalism.” And drastic action was taken with the fight axed and refunds offered to ticket holders and PPV buyers. weigh-in at 205 pounds and informing Most Valuable Promotions that they are pulling out of the fight unless the fight was agreed to at 215 pounds,” the statement read. And it read: “The boxing community must hold Hasim Rahman Jr liable for his lack of professionalism.” Jake Paul’s next fight is off as the YouTube and boxing star threw the entire blame at the feet of his rival’s “calculated” ploy.

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.

"MVP and Jake Paul will not reward someone that has conducted themselves in such a deceiving and calculated manner," the promotion said.

“First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman Crumbled,” Paul wrote. “These boxers are the most difficult people to work with and continually lack professionalism and confidence to fight me. Above everything we want to thank our fans for their commitment to the athletes and the sport of boxing.” At that point, the bout, and event as a whole, was called off. 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 our partners for their continued support. Boxing Scene was first to report the news Saturday.

Jake Paul and and Hasim Rahman Jr's showdown next week has been cancelled. 'First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman Crumbled,' he wrote on Twitter Saturday ...

Still, Jake Paul was prepared to move forward with the fight at this new weight and a new contract was sent to Rahman's promoter reflecting a 205 lbs. 'At the time of signing Rahman provided evidence of his weight to give comfort to Most Valuable Promotions and the New York State Athletic Commission that he would not be losing more than 10 percent of his weight over the four weeks leading up to the fight. '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 boxing community must hold Hasim Rahman Jr. liable for his lack of professionalism. 'Therefore, MVP is left with no choice but to cancel the August 6 event. 'Upon receiving this new contract Saturday morning, Rahman's camp indicated for the very first time that he planned to weigh 215 lbs. 'This prompted the Commission to declare that it would not sanction the fight at less than 205 lbs. 'These boxers are the most difficult people to work with and continually lack professionalism and confidence to fight me. It's as clear as day that these guys have been so unprofessional to work with, looking for any excuse to such more money out of this event. The bout was called off over a disagreement about Rahman's weight. at the official weigh-in and would not agree to weigh-in at 205 pounds and informing Most Valuable Promotions that they are pulling out of the fight unless the fight was agreed to at 215 pounds. To coerce us into doing things.

Jake Paul's boxing match against Hasim Rahman Jr. has been canceled due to a flap over Rahman's weight for the fight, according to Paul's Most Valuable ...

A request for comment to the NYSAC on Saturday night was not immediately returned. A new contract was then sent to Rahman's team, according to MVP, with the weight alteration and imposing strict penalties if Rahman missed the weight. "If you beat me up while I was 230, what's the problem fighting me at 215?" Rahman said Paul wants him to be a "shell" of himself in the ring. Rahman had originally signed a contract for a bout at 200 pounds, and the statement said Paul was willing to compromise to do the fight at 205 pounds. He said he would fight Paul for the $5,000 minimum, because "that's how much faith I had in me knocking him out."

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.

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.

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.

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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UFC president Dana White has suggested Jake Paul cancelled his boxing match with Hasim Rahman Jr. after failing to sell enough tickets.

Speaking at UFC 277's post-fight press conference, he said: "I think Jake Paul probably needs to get some different people around him. It's been alleged the 31-year-old wanted the bout to be held at 215lbs, 25lbs higher than Paul fights. If he's going to stay in the sport, he needs to be with guys that really know how to put on fights."

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.”

UFC chief Dana White has suggested Jake Paul cancelled his anticipated upcoming bout with Hasim Rahman Jr due to a lack of interest and a failure to sell ...

Still, Jake Paul was prepared to move forward with the fight at this new weight and a new contract was sent to Rahman's promoter reflecting a 205 lbs. The boxing community must hold Hasim Rahman Jr. liable for his lack of professionalism. 'Therefore, MVP is left with no choice but to cancel the August 6 event. 'At the time of signing Rahman provided evidence of his weight to give comfort to Most Valuable Promotions and the New York State Athletic Commission that he would not be losing more than 10 percent of his weight over the four weeks leading up to the fight. 'Upon receiving this new contract Saturday morning, Rahman's camp indicated for the very first time that he planned to weigh 215 lbs. 'This prompted the Commission to declare that it would not sanction the fight at less than 205 lbs.

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 was due to take on the son of a legend in New York next weekend but has scrapped the fight after his opponent allegedly refused to lose weight.

Paul then agreed to fight Fury again next weekend but the brother of heavyweight world champion Tyson was banned from flying to New York for a pre-fight press conference and Paul pulled the plug, drafting in Rahman Jr at short notice. Still, Jake Paul was prepared to move forward with the fight at this new weight and a new contract was sent to Rahman's promoter reflecting a 205lb. Paul later tweeted to add "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. But Paul has now claimed his opponent failed to lose any weight and after agreeing to a new limit of 205lb, Paul was then told by Rahman Jr that he would scale 215lb the day before the fight. A statement read: "On July 5, Hasim Rahman Jr signed a bout agreement to fight Jake Paul on August 6 at Madison Square Garden at a maximum weight of 200lb. This prompted the Commission to declare that it would not sanction the fight at less than 205lb.

Rahman Jr responded to the news of the cancellation claiming that while he had informed Paul that he would be unable to make the weight, that it was Paul ...

Still, Jake Paul was prepared to move forward with the fight at this new weight and a new contract was sent to Rahman's promoter reflecting a 205 lbs. 'Therefore, MVP is left with no choice but to cancel the August 6 event. 'Upon receiving this new contract Saturday morning, Rahman's camp indicated for the very first time that he planned to weigh 215 lbs. 'At the time of signing Rahman provided evidence of his weight to give comfort to Most Valuable Promotions and the New York State Athletic Commission that he would not be losing more than 10 percent of his weight over the four weeks leading up to the fight. 'This prompted the Commission to declare that it would not sanction the fight at less than 205 lbs. 'These boxers are the most difficult people to work with and continually lack professionalism and confidence to fight me.