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Jake Paul has reportedly learned his subsequent opponent.
Basically primarily based completely on Chris Mannix of Sports actions Illustrated, Paul is finalizing a deal for a fight on Aug. 6 towards Hasim Rahman Jr., the son of used two-time heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman. Paul became once at the initiating planning to face Tommy Fury, but he became once barred from traveling to america remaining week.
The fight between Paul and Fury became once scheduled to happen at Madison Sq. Garden in a co-critical occasion alongside unified featherweight champion Amanda Serrano, who shall be making an foremost title protection towards Brenda Carabajal. Or now not it is the second time a fight between them has been canceled after Fury had an injury that forced him to withdraw from a December bout in Tampa.
Paul (5-0, 4 KO) as an replacement faced used UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in a rematch on Dec. 18 and earned a sixth-round knockout victory.
Basically primarily based completely on Harry Davies of Mirror, Paul has sparred with Rahman (12-1, 6 KO) a pair of cases in the past. The 31-365 days-used heavyweight praised Paul for his improvements in between their sparring sessions.
“I roughly expected the linked thing that I boxed the first time and that’s now not what I purchased,” Rahman told Sky Sports actions. “I purchased someone that had the next accurate hand, I had someone that became once undoubtedly stepping in with the jab. Basically the most attention-grabbing thing about it is some distance—I had someone that would possibly possibly possibly administration his distance.”
Rahman is coming off a TKO loss to James McKenzie Morrison in April. Peaceable, his trip and family lineage assemble him Paul’s most legitimate opponent of his boxing profession.
