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Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. are ready to clash on August 6th at Madison Square Garden, New York, after Tommy Fury pulled out of the fight citing visa issues.

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Moreover, the fans got a taste of what was coming their way during the pre-fight press conference where the pair got into a heated argument, which had Paul fire back at a heckler.

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Rahman Jr. reveals a rehydration clause and Paul warns a heckler

at the pre-fight press conference ahead of the match, Rahman Jr. accused Paul of stacking the deck in his favor and stated that there was a rehydration clause in the contract.

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You stacked the deck, don’t forget you stacked the deck, you trying to bring me back to cruiserweight. The man has a rehydration clause in the contract don’t forget none of that.” He said. Paul responded by stating that Raham was just making excuses.

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Moreover, Raham also added that he would fight at cruiserweight and not heavyweight. “When you talk about me. Oh, he’s bigger than me. Oh, he’s a heavyweight all this and all that. That’s cut cause I’m coming to cruiserweight,” He told Paul, who responded by stating that he would weigh in at 195 pounds compared to Rahaman Jr.’s 215 pounds.

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Furthermore, this led to a heckler calling out Paul and stating that the weight difference didn’t matter,” 15 pounds ain’t nothing” He told Paul who then hit back at the heckler calling him a “Dumb s**t” and defended weight classes in boxing, “Then why are there weight classes in boxing. Shut up dumb s**t whoever the f**k you are, sit the f**k down,” said Paul.

The bad blood between Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr.

Rahman Jr. is a familiar face for Paul, as this is not the first time that the pair will face off. The heavyweight boxer has been a former sparring partner for the Problem Child and trained with him for his fights against Ben Askren and Nate Robinson. However, leading up to the fight, they both have not been shy of taking shots at each other. Paul has leaked footage of training sessions with Rahman Jr. and stated that he wanted to fight him since Rahman ran his “big mouth 2 years ago.”

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In the video, Rahaman looked visibly angry at Paul after he called him a “b**ch” and confronted him, also stating that he would “finish him”.  “Now who’s the b***h. You wanna talk s**t, I said I will finish you. Cause I was a b**h a minute ago.” He said.

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It looks like the pair can now finally settle their differences in the ring on August 6th to claim the begging rights.

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