Jake Paul's mum raced to her son's side as he waged verbal warfare with Hasim Rahman Jr following the cancellation of their fight.
Paul announced last night that he was scrapping the entire Madison Square Garden card due to be staged next weekend and which also featured world champion Amanda Serrano. The YouTube star blamed his opponent for the cancellation, claiming Rahman Jr was refusing to cut any weight from his 215lb frame.
The fight was initially set at the cruiserweight limit of 200lb before Paul agreed to move it to 205lb, but he claims he baulked at the suggestion of fighting at 215lb given he normally weighs in at 190lb. Rahman Jr, on the other hand, questioned why he was not allowed a final week to lose as much weight as possible.
