The verbal jabs continued one week ahead of the Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. clash as Rahman Jr. participated in an open media workout Tuesday night at DLX Boxing in Las Vegas. He wasted little time dissing Paul as a “mockery of our sport” saying he respected Paul’s work ethic, but that he is looking to “expose him for the fraud he is.”
The cruiserweight clash scheduled for eight rounds will take place on August 6 on Showtime PPV from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Here is what Hasim Rahman Jr., Hasim Rahman Sr., and Rahman Jr.’s trainer Yoel Judah had to say…
Hasim Rahman Jr.
“We’ve had an amazing camp and I just want to thank my team. From my track coach to my strength and conditioning, all my coaches have been there for me. Just taking care of every little thing down to my nutritionist preparing my meals. Everyone is in sync and we’re ready to go.
“There’s nothing Jake Paul does that concerns me. I’m just super confident going into this fight. I feel like this guy is not at my level. He made a mistake picking me.
“Being in Vegas is amazing. My family and I came here because of boxing and we’ve been training for what could be the biggest fight of the year. It’s on me now and I have Vegas on my back. I have a lot of support and this is my home. I love it here. There’s not a better place to be and then to go from here to go to the mecca of boxing next week is just a beautiful thing. It’s poetry in motion.
“Fighting in Madison Square Garden happened so fast – I didn’t think it would happen so fast. But it’s here and I’m ready and I know what I signed up for. We’re going to go in there and make it look easy.
“I respect his work ethic but come August 6 I look to expose him for the fraud he is.
“It’s similar to when my father knocked out Lennox Lewis. He had a target on his back. I’m looking to do the same thing and to get that target on my back so I can fight for a world championship.
“I just have one final message: Jake Paul is going to fall!”
Hasim Rahman Sr.
“We’re looking forward to knocking Jake out. I feel like when you get a certain status you start feeling you’re invincible. You start thinking you can do it all. But it’s one thing to say something, and another thing to go out there and do it. So when he has to go out and do it, he’s going to realize it wasn’t as easy as he thought it was going to be. Once he wakes up.
“I just feel like we don’t have to look for a KO. I just feel like we have superior boxing skills. His boxing IQ is much greater than Jake Paul’s and I just personally feel like the knockout is going to come.
“Timing beats speed. We got the bigger, stronger fighter. We’ve got the reach advantage. We control the distance of the fight. We control how this fight goes. If we want to make it a slugfest, we will make it a slugfest. If we want to make it a boxing clinic, we’ll make it a boxing clinic. It all depends on what style we want to fight. The fight you are going to see will be dictated by us.
“We’re not really concerned with Jake Paul’s power. We don’t need to show how good our chin is. We don’t need to show what his right hand can do. What we can do is take his right hand away from him. We aren’t going to get hit with the right hand, but if we do we are going to fire back with our own counter. It’s going to be an interesting fight. Jake Paul can fight. Don’t get it twisted. But I’m not impressed by the knockouts he’s had. I don’t really feel like he’s knocked out a fighter yet.”
Yoel Judah, Rahman Jr.’s trainer
“I see Rahman Jr. is going to win in the sixth round. He’s confident and he’s doing everything by the book. He wants this fight. Jake made a big mistake.
“We’ve been working on everything. Movement, speed, and mainly stamina. We know he has really good punching power, and legs. So, if we get good stamina, we know we are good.
“Jake has a problem. He’s tried to cripple us to get to 200 pounds, then to not go over 214. The best thing about Jake Paul is he’s probably going to be in great shape. But you’re fighting a real boxer now. Good punching power and good combinations and someone who is not afraid of you and who is going to bring the fight to you.
“I’ve been with Hasim about four, five years. He’s right there. He’s where he’s supposed to be for this fight. I see him three years from now fighting for a world championship.”
ok… lots of talk
Yes, agreed. If Rahman so confident with his statements, then let’s see him end the circus show created by Jake Paul. I got a feeling this is nothing more than scripted side show to make cash all while they laugh going to the bank.
man i sure hope its not scripted if it is it sure will be stee decline of the sport most of truly enjoy but if not then Rahman should KO unconscious within 6 easy. just a side not if it is scripted somebody should start filing lawsuits
That would make sense-no other explanation for a You-Tuber being such a heavy favorite over a real boxer.
Who knows what’s really going on in Jake Paul world, but I do believe there is a reason he chose Rahman Jr as an opponent. At face value, in no way possible is this a competitive fight. Paul should not even be able to make it past the 3rd round, let alone 1st. With that being said, Jake Paul seems to live in a world where reality and logic do not play a signifigant roll. At this point in his career, he should not be making Millions headlining a card at MSG, he really should not have beaten the guys he has with such ease, and he should not have the entire boxing world, including Mike Tyson, trying to secure a fight with him. YouTube Boy has completely defied logic! But!!! if you a closer look at what he’s accomplished in the ring, it really isn’t as impressive as it may seem. He’s beaten a fellow YouTuber, a 5′-6” former basketball player, and two washed up cage fighters who’s forte’ in MMA was certainly not boxing. Now I have never seen Rahman fight, just little clips, but what I have seen is very unimpressive. I watch him fight and even train and wonder what he learned, if anything, in the amateurs and why he never listened to his old man!. He has a pretty extensive amateur background, but you would never guess it. He makes a lot of very fundamental mistakes. I’m not going to sit here like I’m some kind of master trainer and name them, but if you’ve ever boxed or have an understanding of the craft of boxing, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Shame on me, and all of us for being so interested in this fight, but I am.
I will not spend a dime to watch it. Free highlights good enough for me.
I agree totally. Seems something is quite awry in his mitt workout, specifically a week jab used a feint. If Rock reverts to what I have seen in those training clips, Paul will exploit it. I am not a trainer or boxer at all and I noticed it easily could be exploited. I do have fighting experience in kickboxing and studied ITF Take Kwon Do for close to 18 years, however and have some idea….lol. I am 70 and started in my 20s took a break and seriously resumed training at age 38. Still train on my own, however. Very thankful.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jr goes in there thinking he’s Ali, tires, then gets clocked and falls “like a sack of potatoes”, like his father did in the rematch with Lennox Lewis. Paul knows this, which is why he chose this guy as an opponent.
Circus act with a great script for the actors.
I will not spend a dime on this fight either. My conscience won’t allow me to contribute to the whole charade despite my curiosity. But even posting on here about the fight is contributing. If we all just completely ignored Jake Paul and paid no attention to his fights at all, he would quietly just fade away and go back to farting in peoples faces on YouTube or whatever the hell he did on there. At this point however, I want to see him get blasted out of the ring before he goes.
It sure seems so, Oscars performances, and quite convincing, at that.. I believe there will be some controversial narrative in this events wake will make lame excuses for the soul purpose of a near future multi million dollar PPV. I hope I am wrong. I think Paul is just a child, a 14 year old in a 24 year old body..He is abrasive and annoying as hell…
He’s capable but I, like many, question his heart.
this should not be counted as a real fight i guess its all about the money not that many people care about this
Why not. Jake trains hard and hits hard. He brings millions of new viewers to the sport. He will never satisfy some critics.
Always the most comments on fighters you guys swear your’re gonna ignore. You can see how its profitable to be hated. There are scores of dedicated boxing professionals thats been Boxing for the last 20 years and you have hardly nothing to say.
Boxing is a wonderful sport that provides opportunity for anybody willing to put in the effort. If you cant respect what Paul has done for himself you likely never tried anything worthwhile. I give credit where its due. Paul pursued a dream to become a professional fighter and stuck with it.
Many of you fans dont understand Boxing is a very difficult sport.
Enough already right?! All this back and forth High School drama is making me nauseous!!
Great fight! Can’t wait!!
The winner is already pre determined. This is WBE world boxing entertainment. Just like the WWE winner and loser already known before it takes place.
Jack Paul knows what he does, he’s a businessman and guy’s like that don’t take risks !