Jake Paul vs. Hasim Rahman Jr. Fight Card Postponed Because of Weight Issue

The fight between Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman will not take place next week.

Rahman's promoter, Greg Cohen, said the weight at which the fight was going to occur was changed to 204 pounds because Rahman was having trouble getting down to 200 pounds.

Rahman is struggling to lose weight despite Paul's offer to fight at 205 pounds. Paul doesn't seem to like the cancellation.

"First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman died," Paul wrote on the social networking site. The boxers that I work with are the most difficult to work with because of their lack of professionalism.

The other fighters, our partners, our team and the fans, I apologize for that.

"Hasim Rahman Jr and Tommy Fury were both too afraid to fight me and I'm not the real boxer," Paul's bio says.

Paul was going to fight a pro boxer in New York City's Madison Square Garden.

Rahman is 12-1 in his career with six knockouts, including wins against Nathan Bedwell and Raymond Ochieng. He lost to James Morrison in April.

Paul has a perfect record in the early stages of his boxing career, with wins over AnEsonGib, a former basketball player and a former UFC Welterweight champion.

Next week's bout between Paul and Rahman would have given Paul a chance to earn a ranking in the World Boxing Council. It is not clear where he would rank.

Both of Paul's fights with Fury were canceled. They were supposed to fight in December but they had to pull out due to an illness.

The fight was supposed to take place at Madison Square Garden, but it was canceled due to visa issues for the Englishman, who was denied entry into the US for a press event earlier this summer.

The replacement was supposed to be Rahman.

Paul has expressed interest in fighting UFC stars in the past, but it is not clear who he will fight next. Dana White said in December that a bout between Paul and either of the two would not happen.

White denied that on The Fight with Teddy Atlas. He wants to fight everyone that isn't in his weight class. Find a boxer. Go hump another person's leg.

We will have to wait and see what comes next for Paul.