Hasim Rahman Jr was meant to be the one fighting Jake Paul.
He would have been the first opponent with a boxing background that Paul would have fought. Instead a dispute over the weight that contest would take place at saw that event called off.
Paul went on to box Anderson Silva, a 47-year-old former MMA fighter, this weekend in an eight-rounder which Paul won.
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Jake Paul sent a message to UFC president Dana White after beating MMA legend Anderson Silva
“He wanted me to come down to 200lbs, the commission forced him to give me an extra five pounds and it wouldn’t be safe in my camp’s eyes or my eyes to go as low as they wanted me to go,” Rahman Jr told Sky Sports.
“They wouldn’t budge. They never really wanted to make a fight, or at least a fair fight.