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When Chad Dawson first got the call to serve as a sparring partner for Jake Paul, he was skeptical. Dawson is a fighter’s fighter. He was once a mainstay on pound-for-pound lists, had two stints as light heavyweight champion, fought the best of his era and has two wins each over Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver, and single victories over Bernard Hopkins, Tomasz Adamek and Eric Harding, among others. He was vaguely aware of what Paul, the social media star, was doing in boxing because it was… Source link

Jake Paul’s upcoming bout with Hasim Rahman Jr. has been canceled. The fight, which was set to take place next week at Madison Square Garden, was canceled on Saturday night due to an issue with Rahman’s weight. According to Paul’s promotion company, Rahman had lost less than one pound than he had initially agreed to for the fight — which was supposed to take place at a max of 200 pounds. Rahman weighed 216 pounds on July 7, and his team wanted the fight to take place at 215 pounds. Paul… Source link

PHOENIX — The Dallas Mavericks had their bags packed for San Francisco while the favored Phoenix Suns were ready for Bora Bora, 10 minutes into an elimination game. With every basket, the Suns got tight and the Mavericks got more confident, squeezing on the Suns’ All-Star backcourt until they were dry — except it was the first quarter, with Chris Paul and Devin Booker looking out of sorts and out of answers. The lead could’ve ballooned to 60 if Dallas wanted it to, playing loose and… Source link

PHOENIX — He manipulates everything, from the clock to the opponent’s defensive coverages to the officials with some well-timed chicanery. It’s fair to say the Dallas Mavericks fell apart in the final 12 minutes of a winnable Game 2 that would’ve given a young team so much momentum before heading home for a couple games. But it’s more apt to say Chris Paul tore them apart every which way with yet another sterling fourth-quarter performance, his last as a 36-year-old. A six-point lead… Source link