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‘I told you he’s a runner!’: Hasim Rahman Jr taunts Jake Paul with video of rival running away from him in sparring – as fallout continues from collapsed fight
- Hasim Rahman Jr weighed in just over the limit for his fight with Jake Paul
- Even though the weigh in took place a week before the bout, it was cancelled
- Paul has blamed Rahman’s ‘lack of professionalism’ for the cancellation
- Rahman responded by posting a video of Paul running away in sparring
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Hasim Rahman Jr has posted a video of a sparring session he had with Jake Paul that shows the YouTuber-turned-boxer run away from him.
It comes after Rahman’s fight with Paul at Madison Square Garden was cancelled due to a disagreement over the weight class.
Rahman Jr had originally signed to fight Paul at 200lb, the cruiserweight limit, before the New York commission insisted it was moved up to 205lb. But the bout was cancelled with concerns he would not make the weight, and then on Friday he tipped the scales at 206.
Following the fight’s cancellation, Rahman posted a video of Paul running away in sparring
Hasim Rahman Jr weighed in over the agreed limit ahead of his fight with Jake Paul
In a video posted on Rahman’s Instagram, Paul lands two punches on Rahman but run always immediately afterwards.
The caption took a swipe at the fight’s cancellation and pinned the blame on Paul. It said: ‘Never in the history of boxing has someone pulled out a fight a week in advance over weight issues. I tried to tell y’all, he’s a runner he’s a trackstar.’
Both teams have blamed each other for the cancellation of the fight, with Paul’s team claiming they had been assured that Rahman would make 205lb for the weigh in after he weighed in at 216lb on July 7.
Paul continued to parry blame in a tweet that read: ‘First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman Crumbled. These boxers are the most difficult people to work with and continually lack professionalism and confidence to fight me.
‘I apologize to all of the of the other fighters on the card, our partners, our team and the fans.’
Paul’s, production company, Most Valuable Productions, also put out a statement claiming ‘The boxing community must hold Hasim Rahman Jr. liable for his lack of professionalism.’
Paul blamed the fight’s cancellation on a ‘lack of professionalism’ from Rahman
Meanwhile, Rahman has claimed that the fight was called off too early and that he could still make the weight. He said in a press conference: ‘We can fight at 205lb that is no problem to me, we can get it on.
‘I’m definitely highly interested in hurting this man and it would not be at a detriment to me to do it at 205lbs. I am ready to do that I will make 205lbs on Friday.’
Rahman though weighed in at 206 when he took to the scales on Friday.
Paul has won each of his five professional fights to date but Rahman would have been his first bout with a career boxer, with his wins so far coming against MMA fighters, a basketball player and a YouTuber.