Tommy Fury is now confirmed to be missing his fight against Jake Paul, which was due to take place on August 6 in New York. However, the event will still take take place with Hasim Rahman Jr looking set to take his place alongside Amanda Serrano vs Brenda Carbajal as the co-main event at Madison Square Garden.
Rahman Jr is the son of former world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman and a former sparring partner of Paul's. The 31-year-old fights out of Baltimore, Maryland and has a record of 12-1, having suffered his first defeat in April.
The heavyweight is part of the Paul camp and could well be the step-up in standard of opponent which Paul was looking for with Fury. The 25-yeat-old YouTube star has a record of 5-0 in professional bouts, however, he is yet to face a full-time boxer with fights against MMA stars Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren his latest victories.
