Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ assistant coach, Kenny Ellis, says he charges Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) because the #2 light-weight within the 135-lb division after watching him steamroll Luis Lebron (20-6-1, 13 KOs) by third-round knockout final Saturday night time on ESPN on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey.
Kenny Ellis views his fighter, Tank Davis, as #1 at light-weight and Abdullah Mason now as #2 within the division, which is spectacular given his age. He’s solely 20 years previous, however he has the ability, expertise, and intuition to set him aside from the opposite lightweights within the division.
Kenny didn’t give a whole checklist of who he views as the highest lightweights within the division, however we’re to imagine he sees it like this:
- Gervonta Davis
- Abdullah Mason
- Shakur Stevenson
It’s troublesome to put Shakur forward of Vasily Lomachenko after final night time’s efficiency aganist Harutyunyan. Had that been Lomachenko, he would have embarrassed Harutyunyan.
Ellis stated that if WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson didn’t cease Artem Harutyunyan final Saturday night time, he would place Mason because the #2 fighter at 135.
He stated he believed Abdullah Mason would knock out Harutyunyan, and plenty of followers agreed. Had Mason been contained in the ring with Harutyunyan not less than night time, he would have knocked him out, doubtless inside six rounds.
Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) struggled to defeat Harutyunyan by a twelve-round unanimous determination in a poor efficiency. Lots of them booed the combat within the later rounds, with a bunch heading in the direction of the exit, maybe displeased with what they witnessed.
Buried on the undercard, Abdullah Mason knocked Lebron down twice in spherical two after which completed him off within the third spherical to get a knockout. Lebron has by no means been stopped earlier than in his profession, which made Mason’s feat extra spectacular.
“If Shakur don’t cease Artem, Abdullah Mason will get quantity 2 spot on my checklist because the second finest light-weight,” stated Coach Kenny Ellis on Instagram. “The child is the actual deal of the brand new technology. I consider Abdullah Mason will cease Artem.”
Within the third, Lebon’s staff pulled him out of the combat after a physique shot by Mason harm him. The time of the stoppage was at 1:18. It was an clever transfer by Lebron’s nook as a result of he wasn’t going to make it out of the spherical. Mason was unloading on him at will with laborious punches, and Lebron would get taken out regardless.
Lebron had been bleeding badly from spherical two, and he checked out his nook after being knocked down for the second.
Mason seems to be like a greater fighter than WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson now, which promoters will observe because the Newark native turns into a free agent. After how Shakur carried out in opposition to Harutyunyan, exhibiting no energy and searching common whereas preventing aggressively, he’s not on the extent of Abdullah Mason.
