Abdullah Mason, the light-weight prospect, shall be trying to take the shine from the headline act in opposition to Mike Ohan Jr. this Saturday, August seventeenth, on ESPN.
The southpaw Mason’s one-punch energy, mixture punching, and killer intuition are thrilling to observe as a result of he doesn’t waste time attempting to field his opponents like many fighters.
Mason’s Rising Star Energy
Mason stole the present from WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on July sixth, destroying Luis Lebron by a third-round knockout on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey.
That was alleged to be Shakur’s present, however Mason made him look dangerous, knocking out Lebron and getting probably the most applause from the Newark crowd.
This wasn’t the primary time Mason took the highlight from the primary occasion as a result of he’s lately made it a apply. He’s more likely to do it on Saturday when he fights Ohan Jr. (19-2, 9 KOs) on the Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko undercard on the Centre Videotron in Quebec Metropolis, Canada.
U.S. followers are extra all in favour of Abdullah Mason than seeing tremendous middleweight Mbilli preventing veteran Derevyanchenko within the headliner. Mason is considered because the star of this occasion by far.
High Rank’s Cautious Strategy
High Rank has Mason stowed away beneath the primary occasion struggle Mbilli vs. Derevyanchenk and the co-feature conflict between Aslanbek “The Lion” Makhmudov and Guido “The Gladiator” Vianello collide.
The 20-year-old Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) is seen as the very best prospect within the sport, however he’s nonetheless being introduced alongside slowly by his promoters at High Rank. Nonetheless, Mason appears ok already to defeat WBC champion Shakur Stevenson and former undisputed 135-lb champ Devin Haney.
Mason’s energy and the relentless stress on his opponents can be a nightmare for Haney or Shakur. It’s too dangerous Haney moved up in weight as a result of he and Mason can be an attention-grabbing struggle to observe.
High Rank will maintain the 5’9″ Mason again to attend till he will get extra expertise earlier than placing him in a title shot in opposition to Shakur if he nonetheless holds the WBC belt or one of many different champions.
“I’m very seasoned and able to present High Rank what I’m all about,” Ohan Jr. stated. “Don’t blink!”
Prepared for the High 10
Abdullah Mason appears able to struggle the highest 10 contenders at light-weight now. Considered one of these fighters can be ideally suited for him to face subsequent:
– George Kambosos Jr.
– Joe Cordina
– Artem Harutyunyan
– Giovanni Cabrera
– Gustavo Lemos
– Nicholas Walters
– Angel Fierro
– Edwin de los Santos
