Jake Paul has released a near 20-minute video of his sparring session with Hasim Rahman Jr.
The rivals were due clash in New York last night but the fight was cancelled at a week's notice after a row about a revised weight limit. The pair have traded insults ever since, including about who enjoyed the better of their sparring two years ago.
And Paul has now uploaded the full session in a bid to end the argument with the caption: "Our full five rounds of sparring from two-and-a-half years ago so that you all can see me beat his a** lol. People love to make clip outs to make themselves feel better but I always give you all the truth!"
At the time, the YouTube star had fought just once, knocking out fellow YouTuber AnEsonGib, and was preparing to face retired basketball star Nate Robinson. Rahman Jr had fought eight times as a professional at the time of their sparring session and takes the centre of the ring in the early stages.
But Paul catches his more experienced rival several times with his jab, much to the admiration of his coach BJ Flores. At one point Rahman Jr sends Paul back towards the ropes with a left hook but does not appear to be fully tuned up.
A quiet second round sees Paul remain on the back foot with neither man landing a shot of any consequence. Paul does land a three-shot combination at the start of the third session but Rahman Jr absorbs much of the power on his gloves. Paul does then land a stiff jab to his opponent's head before Rahman Jr takes another combination on his gloves and tells Paul, "Not one, not one... come on, do it again" before forcing the YouTuber back with a jab.
Paul begins to put his hands together in the fourth round but Rahman Jr appears content to let the younger man be the aggressor, occasionally landing a shot of his own as a reminder. It is in this round that Paul 'runs away' after Rahman Jr landed a right hook on the ropes. The son of a legend later mocked his opponent for doing so
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Rahman Jr then starts trash-talking, saying, "Who's going to be first? I'm going to get there... I'm going to the body" to which Paul replies: "You haven't the whole fight, bro". Paul then swings and misses with a left hook to which Rahman says: "No, not that one". Rahman Jr continues to goad Paul in the final round, indicating again that he had long since taken his foot off the accelerator.
Rahman Jr tells Paul he is tired before praising a jab to the body. Paul tells Rahman he has lost each of the four rounds to date. At the end of the final round, Paul climbs on to the ropes and yells, "And still" while Rahman simply returns to his corner and says he was "handicapped the whole time".
"You want to talk s***, make sure it's one-on-one fair," he adds. "That wasn't fair, I was handicapped the whole time. You want to talk s*** to a pro athlete, make sure he's not handicapped because really I should have come here and knocked you out." Rahman Jr then has to be dragged away as he approaches Paul who says, "I'd be mad too if I had my a** beat for five rounds by a YouTuber."
