Jake Paul has officially announced Hasim Rahman Jr. as his next opponent on PPV August 6 from Madison Square Garden. Rahman steps in for Tommy Fury, who was denied entry into the U.S. due to family ties with mob boss Daniel Kinahan.
Ring legend Manny Pacquiao is joining the exhibition circuit. Pacman is planning to face YouTuber DK Yoo in December.
Better matchup than Fury, but still NOT PPV worthy! As for PAC….Here we go yet again. Dudes can’t stay out of the spotlight!
No need to as long as there are people willing to pay for staged sparring sessions.
Good choice. & Rahman is probably better than Fury
Good for Paul for taking this fight. It is a more dangerous one than the Fury contest.
Maybe the winners of the exhibitions could face other each and win an exhibition title! As much as the WBC comes up with belts like Cracker Jacks in a bag, why not? Would also give Mauricio Sulaiman (Son of the one and only Jose Sulaiman – WBC President) something to write about since he generally focuses too much on himself rather than boxing.
Scoobes, your sense of humoring is coming out. Keep it coming with your knowledge.
I’m surprised Paul is willing to take this risk. There’s gotta be a reason. Rahman was described as a “former Jake Paul sparring partner”, so Paul obviously wasn’t that impressed with him in those sessions. I doubt he’d be fighting him if he were. Although Rahman sports a decent 12-1 record, it’s been against some highly questionable opposition, but he does have a solid amateur background. Just on the strength of his experience and maybe even pedigree (does that really matter?), I’d have to assume Rahman is the overwhelming favorite, but you never know with Jake Paul
Paq taking another page from Mayweather. Floyd still setting trends to follow. Guaranteed Canelo will be doing the same when he retires. He mimics Floyd business decisions and defensive moves as it is.
Bit of a weight difference here if that matters or have they come to an agreement?
This will be JP’s easiest fight to date…
Arturo-I’m curious why you say that. I know nothing about Rahman Jr other than he’s Hasim Rahman’s son. I’m thinking he can’t really be that good based on his caliber of opposition. The offspring of good fighters rarely achieve their fathers success. It’s the offspring of struggling fighters that seem to flourish
This is way too much of a step up. For starters Jake Paul is not a Heavyweight. On top of the Rahman Jr. is not somebody a new boxer should be facing. We all wanted to see Jake face a boxer, but this is more than a normal step up for a guy with just five fights.
Rahman will be weight drained making 200 pounds he also has stamina issues and isn’t an elite prospect. That said he could easily ring the bell of Paul and end or at least stall these boxing events.
No, you, sir, want to see Jake Paul face a boxer along with thousands of misguided millennial’s. He is a class D fighter and Rahman Jr. is a class D+ fighter. The fix might be on for this one. Rahman weighed 224 his last fight and had a decent amount of amateur fights and fought guys like Steve Geffrad, Trevor Bryan, and Donovan Dennis. The fact that this guy headlines pay for views and gets multi million dollar payday’s is a slap in the face to real boxers honing their craft the hard way. But, I can’t fault him for making his bread the way that he does. This is a capitalist system and people don’t have to buy or watch if they don’t want to. It is a different time in which we live.
Rahman Jr is a much more dangerous opponent for Jake Paul than Floyd Mayweather had for his 50th “win” against a non-boxer who was as slow as molasses & couldn’t break an egg.
Tougher fight than Fury but can’t think that J Paul takes too many risks fighting someone able to expose his skills. Paul by UD or late TKO.