Jake Paul fight canceled due to flap over Hasim Rahman Jr.'s weight

The scheduled Aug. 6 boxing pay-per-view card headlined by Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. has been canceled due to a weight issue with Rahman, Paul's Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) wrote in a statement Saturday night.

The event was to take place at New York's Madison Square Garden.

According to MVP's statement, Rahman's camp told Paul's team Saturday morning that Rahman planned on weighing in this coming Friday at 215 pounds. Rahman had originally signed a contract for a bout at 200 pounds, and the statement said Paul was willing to compromise to do the fight at 205 pounds. The MVP statement read that Rahman's camp said its fighter would withdraw from the fight if the bout was not at 215 pounds.

«MVP and Jake Paul will not reward someone that has conducted themselves in such a deceiving and calculated manner,» the statement read. «Therefore, MVP is left with no choice but to cancel the August 6th event. This forced outcome impacts Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano and every other fighter on this card who have trained tirelessly over the past few months for this event. The boxing community must hold Hasim Rahman Jr. liable for his lack of professionalism.»

A Rahman representative declined comment on the matter to ESPN on Saturday night.

Serrano, one of the top women's fighters in the world, was scheduled to fight Brenda Carabajal in the co-main event of the card.

According to the MVP statement, Rahman signed an agreement to fight at 200 pounds July 6. At that time, Rahman provided evidence of his weight to MVP and the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) that he wouldn't be losing more than 10% of his weight between then and the bout. Rahman, a heavyweight, last fought at 224 pounds in April and had weighed as much as 269