Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr face off in Madison Square Garden

Jake Paul and Hasim Rahman Jr’s showdown next week has been called off, with the YouTuber-turned-boxer saying it was “clear as day” that his opponent didn’t want to face him in the ring.

The bout scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden on August 6 was canceled due to Rahman’s weight issue.

Paul’s promotion team, Most Valuable Promotions, broke the news on Saturday night, saying they couldn’t work with someone who was himself “in such a deceptive and calculated way.”

The former YouTuber then took to social media to claim that Rahman, like Tommy Fury, was afraid to face him in the ring.

“First Tommy Fumbled and now Hasim Rahman Crumbled,” Paul wrote on Twitter Saturday night.

“These boxers are the hardest people to work with and continually lack the professionalism and confidence to fight me. I apologize to all the other fighters on the card, our partners, our team and the fans.

The fight was called off due to a disagreement over Rahman’s weight. According to Paul’s promotion company, Rahman had lost less than a pound than he originally agreed for the fight – which was to take place at a maximum of 200 pounds.

Rahman weighed in at 216 pounds on July 7 and reportedly assured Paul’s team that he was on track to gain weight at the August 5 weigh-in.

However, Paul’s camp says it “has become clear that these assurances were not made in good faith.”

Paul had initially not wanted to go over 205 pounds, but after Rahman weighed less than a pound less on Friday than he did on July 7, the New York State Athletic Commission said that ‘She wouldn’t sanction the fight under 205 pounds.

The YouTuber’s former team claimed that Paul was ready to go ahead with the fight at a 205lb limit, but Rahman’s team indicated they wanted the fight to take place at 215lbs.

Paul and his promotion team said they were unwilling to work with someone who was cheated “in such a calculated, calculated way” and the fight was dropped.

Paul called an ’emergency press conference’ as he posted a video on his Twitter account where he called Rahman ‘unprofessional’, before immediately changing his bio to read: ‘Hasim Rahman Jr and Tommy Fury were both too scared to fight me and me ”I’m not the ‘real boxer’…lololol.’

“All right folks, emergency press conference,” he said. “You may have seen the news that Hasim Rahman Jr. has pulled out of the fight, that’s no joke.

‘I am devastated. I can’t f*****g believe this. We have just heard this news.

“This is just another case of a professional boxer, just like Tommy Fury, being scared to fight me. It’s plain as day that these guys have been so unprofessional to work with, looking for an excuse to take more money from this event. To compel us to do things.

“And from the jump I knew from the bottom of my heart that these guys didn’t want to get in the ring with me, that’s as clear as day.”

Paul was originally set to face Tommy Fury, the younger brother of Tyson Fury.

But that clash was also called off earlier this month when Fury had to pull out due to a visa issue which saw him turned away from the airport.

Paul grew frustrated with Fury after pulling out of their fight for the second time, saying the 23-year-old needed the fight.

He even threatened to sue Fury after his father, John Fury, mentioned that he “wasn’t exactly in training”.

Paul tweeted: “I should sue this fool. My own father explains why he pulled out a second time.

Paul then turned to Rahman, the former heavyweight champion’s son who had fought all the way at heavyweight in his 13 pro boots, weighing in at 278 pounds.

The card was also expected to include female star Amanda Serrano defending her featherweight title.