Hasim Rahman Jr claims he was paid $100 per round to spar Jake Paul - and claims he wasn't allowed to knock out the YouTube star.
Paul, 25, faces short-notice replacement Rahman on August 6 after Love Island star Tommy Fury withdrew pulled out of a fight against him for the second time. Rahman is no stranger to Paul as the pair sparred in February 2020 just one month after Paul knocked out fellow YouTube star AnEsonGib in his professional debut.
Rahman said his first interactions with Paul were mostly positive but things turned sour when Paul gloated about beating Rahman during their second spar together. Speaking about the spar on The MMA Hour, Rahman said: "I actually was asked by his coaches not to knock him out, I was told that, 'If you knock him out, you're most likely not going to get paid'.
