Jake Paul claims that the New York State Athletic Commission wouldn't allow him to replace Tommy Fury with a number of big name MMA stars.
Paul's last three fights have taken place in Florida, Cleveland and Georgia, all of which have considerably more lenient commissions than states like New York or California. And after Paul brutalised basketball star Nate Robinson in California in his second professional fight, there is likely to be more scrutiny on bouts involving novice fighters.
The YouTube star is no 5-0 as a boxer, having knocked out his four opponents, and was told that there were certain MMA fighters he couldn't fight in New York. But that script was flipped when he came up with his next opponent Hasim Rahman Jr, who is a 12-1 heavyweight that they believed was too tough of a test.
