Boxing Legend Proposes to Promote Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz Mega-Fight While Branding Hasim Rahman Jr. an ‘Unprofessional Fighter’: “Will Be Huge!!!”
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Combat sports have beautifully evolved over the years giving fans good fights. We now live in a time where fighters from UFC, boxing, and the WWE are matched up for potential bouts. Recently an anticipated fight between Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr. was decked, and fans are already suggesting opponents to Paul.
Sorry for your cancellation due to unprofessional fighters not making weight. Let’s talk @jakepaul Vs @NateDiaz209 when he’s free from the @ufc imagine the @GoldenBoyBoxing machine behind it? Will be huge!!!
— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) July 31, 2022
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Amidst this, Golden Boy Promotions boss Oscar De La Hoya took to Twitter to propose a potential opponent for Jake Paul. He wrote, “Sorry for your cancellation due to unprofessional fighters not making weight. Let’s talk @jakepaul Vs @NateDiaz209 when he’s free from the @ufc imagine the @GoldenBoyBoxing machine behind it? Will be huge!!!”
Apparently, the former boxing champion now owns a profitable promotions company. In the light of Paul’s fight getting shelved, De La Hoya took this as an opportunity to back a mega-fight happen between Paul and UFC champ Nate Diaz. The fight will undoubtedly be an exciting match, but only time will tell if it actually happens.
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Jake Paul had quickly become the poster boy of celebrity boxing as he entered the sport. Moreover, he even opened a promotions company named ‘MVP Promotions’, which was in charge of the Paul vs. Rahman Jr. battle. However, the Problem Child certainly did not predict the obstacles coming his way. It is the third time that his fight has been canceled. The first two times, Tommy Fury pulled out of the fight. And now, even his clash with Rahman Jr. is shelved.
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UFC boss Dana White was attending a press conference where he was asked, “What did you make of whole the disappointment was too big?”
To which White responded, “I think they sold a million dollars in tickets and it cost five hundred thousand dollars to turn the f*ck*ng lights on in MSG. That’s what I think. Not to mention the fact that hotel rooms in New York, transportation, and everything else is expensive, yeah.”
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Moreover, White has been in the business for a long time. He knows what goes around to make an event happen, and he shared some details about how much it cost Jake Paul as the August 6th match got canceled.
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Ajinkya Aswale