NEWARK, NJ — It’s a little laborious to consider that Abdullah Mason remains to be in his embryonic stage. Anybody between 135 and 147 higher watch when this part passes, which it seems to be like it’s occurring quick. The 20-year-old southpaw seems to be awfully good, too good, proper now as his younger profession blossoms.
The 5-foot-9 Mason was speculated to be going through his hardest opponent Saturday evening on the undercard of the Shakur Stevenson WBC light-weight title protection in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan on the Prudential Heart.
It didn’t appear to be it, the way in which Mason took aside 31-year-old veteran Luis Lebron in three rounds.
Abdullah Mason labored properly to the physique in opposition to Luis Lebron (Photograph by Mikey WIlliams/High Rank)
Mason (14-0, 12 knockouts) barely labored up a sweat in getting the stoppage victory at 1:18 of the third.
“I’m right here, I’m coming, they see me,” Mason stated. “I fed him slightly little bit of smoke, and he didn’t occur have the urge for food for it. I’m on ESPN and I’ve a whole lot of talent to provide out. I didn’t need to finish the evening too early. It was the (second) spherical that I dropped him twice.
“I took my time slightly bit. I wished to take my time and provides the folks one thing to look at. I wasn’t shocked (Lebron got here out for the third).”
Within the opening spherical, Mason, in glowing purple trunks, poked and prodded in opposition to Lebron. Lebron (20-6-1, 13 KOs) tried to stress the recent prospect, and he couldn’t discover Mason. Within the meantime, Mason labored completely different ranges properly, stabbing on the physique and when Lebron would convey his palms down, Mason would work up high.
Within the opening 10 seconds of the second. Mason drove a left uppercut by means of Lebron’s face. Utilizing his proper shoulder, Mason bore into Lebron and had him backing up within the second half of the spherical with a physique shot with 1:40 left within the spherical.
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With 50 seconds left within the second, Mason bounced a left uppercut off Lebron, adopted by a proper hook, which despatched Lebron down. About 20 seconds later, Mason dropped Lebron a second time with three proper hooks.
Within the third, Lebron, with blood streaming from his nostril, Mason nailed him with a proper, adopted by a left to the physique. Mason closed the quick, correct mixture with a proper hook, which compelled Lebron’s nook to toss within the towel at 1:18 of the third.
“This can be a course of and he’s getting it increasingly,” stated Valiant Mason, Abdullah’s father, and coach. “We didn’t need to rush issues. We wished to do every thing behind our protection. I preferred every thing about tonight. It was lovely. I preferred his execution; he positioned his punches.
“All the pieces went the place it was speculated to go. All the pieces I instructed he listened to, and I get virtually every thing I ask virtually instantly. I don’t suppose something was discovered. I believe we did some instructing tonight.”
Joseph Santoliquito is a Corridor of Fame, award-winning sportswriter who has been working for Ring Journal/RingTV.com since October 1997 and is the president of the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America.
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