Footage has emerged of Hasim Rahman Jr weighing 216lb a full month before his fight with Jake Paul, casting doubt on his claim he was struggling to make the limit.
Paul and Rahman Jr were due to fight this weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York but the YouTube star cancelled the entire card while accusing his opponent of being unprofessional. Paul revealed he had agreed to increase the weight limit from 200lb to 205lb to ensure Rahman Jr could lose the final pounds safely.
But Paul then accused Rahman Jr of boasting that he would abandon his weight cut and scale 215lb, potentially a stone heavier than his opponent. Rahman Jr has since claimed he was never confident of making the weight limit and that to ask him to do so was an "astronomical" request.
