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Hasim Rahman Jr’s inability to make the promised weight led to the cancellation of the highly anticipated showdown at Madison Square garden. Certainly, it was a big setback for Jake Paul, who put in all efforts to keep the scheduled event alive earlier this month after the withdrawal of Tommy Fury. However, ‘The Problem Child’ unveiled on Thursday that he knew about the disaster before it actually happened.

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The 25-year-old exposed Rahman Jr’s intentions by leaking the texts between his promoter Nakisa and Greg Cohen (Rahman Jr.’s promoter).

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In the first episode of his weekly show, the Ohio-based boxer came up with some burning storylines. One of them was the cancellation of his fight with an established heavyweight boxer, Rahman Jr.

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While reading out loud the exchange of information between promoters, Paul said, “He [Greg Cohen] says I’m a fan of Jake’s and wish him continuing success as well. He’s basically exposing the fact that they weren’t going to come in on weight during five weeks. Greg Cohen, the promoter again says regardless the kid was milking himself and I did the honorable thing and told u the truth-most people would have waited till the day of the weigh-in. I don’t play like that.”

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Before this, Paul admired Cohen for being honest because the latter shared the information one week before the actual weigh-in that his fighter was not planning on making weight.

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A look at ‘Betr’, the sports media house owned by Jake Paul

After the cancellation of the fight, ‘The Problem Child’ made a  revelation on social media. A few days later, he dropped a video to clarify his new business venture.

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Labeling the current sports media industry as ‘sh***y’, Paul launched his own venture, ‘Betr’. Basically, he wanted to reinvent the sports media industry as he revolutionized boxing.

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‘BS with Jake Paul’ is also part of this venture. Under the umbrella of ‘Betr’, this show would provide entertaining content with sports updates that would keep fans engaged. The hype for this sports media and gambling venture is so intense that Paul raised $50 million from investors in the initial go.

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Thursday was the first day of this show on which Paul made sensational revelations.

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What do you think of Paul’s new sports venture? Let us know in the comments below.

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Abhishek Singh is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports. Following the completion of his training as an amateur boxer, he is currently preparing to appear for trials at the state and national levels. With over 3 years of experience in playing the sport, Abhishek is also the holder of a Bachelor's in Arts degree from the University of Delhi. He is also a staunch supporter of Canelo Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather, and strongly believes that Canelo is one of the greatest punchers and Floyd the greatest defender of all time. When not practicing his uppercuts and hooks at home, he can be found watching cinematic classics.

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