Jake Paul has cancelled his fight with Hasim Rahman Jr after claiming his rival refused to cut to the agreed weight limit.
Paul was due to take on Rahman Jr in New York next Saturday night after the American stepped in at short notice to replace Tommy Fury. Rahman Jr, a heavyweight, agreed to cut to the cruiserweight limit of 200lb and faced stiff financial penalties if he failed to do so.
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. At this point, the YouTube star and his promotional company pulled the plug on the whole event.
