Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) will probably be taking an eight-round stay-busy combat in opposition to Augustin Quintana (19-2-1, 12 KOs) on the undercard of Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko on August seventeenth.
Quintana, 27, was knocked out lately by Juan Javier Carasco within the fifth spherical on December thirtieth, 2022. He gained’t possible give the red-hot Abdullah Mason any hassle, nevertheless it’ll be a special look. The Argentinian Quintana will come to combat will put strain on Mason, which ought to make it an attention-grabbing one for so long as it lasts.
The occasion will probably be on the Centre Videotron in Quebec Metropolis and will probably be proven stay on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT.
High Rank is holding the 20-year-old prospect Mason as busy as potential to get 5 fights this 12 months. Mason says he hopes to combat for a world title in 2025, however that’s unlikely.
It’s laborious to imagine that Mason outperformed the previous High Rank fighter, Shakur Stevenson. He additionally has appeared a lot better than two different lightweights signed to the promotional firm, Raymond Muratalla, and Keyshawn Davis.
Final weekend, Mason massacred Luis Lebon in three rounds within the combat of the evening on the Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan card on ESPN on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey. Mason outshined everyone on the cardboard, together with Keyshawn Davis, the 2020 Olympic silver medalist.
If Mason retains trying spectacular the way in which he has, the best-case situation is for him to problem for a world title in 2026. High Rank is attempting to angle one among their different prospects, Keyshawn Davis, right into a world title.
If he wins a title, that will be the man that Mason would in all probability combat until Shakur Stevenson remains to be holding a title by then. He’s arguably the weakest hyperlink among the many present champions at 135, and Mason would clear up a man like him.
In one other undercard combat, heavyweights Arslanbek Makhmudov and Guido Vianello will probably be battling it out in a match that needs to be a warfare.
