The extremely hyped light-weight Abdullah Mason (16-0, 14 KOs) needed to get off the deck twice in spherical one to come back again to defeat Yohan Vasquez (26-5, 21 KO) by a second-round knockout within the undercard on Friday night time on the Scope Area in Norfolk, Virginia.
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The 20-year-old Mason obtained sloppy in spherical one and dropped with a robust counter left hand from Vasquez. Mason was attempting to land a giant left of his personal, and was vast open for the left counter. After that knockdown, Mason got here again to knock Vasquez down with a superbly positioned left uppercut.
Mason then went for the kill however was caught by one other left hook and put down. Fortunately for Abdullah, that knockdown got here within the ultimate seconds of the spherical.
Within the second spherical, Mason damage Vasquez with a left hand within the opening seconds. Vasquez appeared to endure a proper leg damage with that punch and was limping afterward.
Mason took benefit of the damage by on the within and knocking Vasquez to the canvas with a left to the physique. Vasquez was too damage to beat the rely. The time of the stoppage was at 1:59 of spherical two.
Total, it was a great efficiency by Mason, who confirmed a capability to remain calm regardless of being dropped twice. Many fighters would have come unglued mentally in the event that they’d been placed on the canvas the way in which Mason did. He stayed relaxed and continued to take the battle to Vasquez.
The battle was principally over within the opening seconds of spherical two when Mason damage Vasquez with a left hand. Vasquez injured his left with that punch and he couldn’t generate any energy on his photographs from that time.
You’ve obtained to provide Vasquez a number of credit score, too. He had Mason’s recreation all found out and was touchdown his left hook when he’d throw. He’d clearly studied him nicely.
Even after Vasquez injured his left in spherical two, he got here inside inches of connecting with one other left hand which may have put Mason down for a 3rd time had it landed. Vasquez is a wonderful puncher, and quite a bit higher than many followers felt he was going into tonight’s contest.
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