Abdullah Mason focused on James, but the champions are in his mind

Abdullah Mason thinks he is now ready to fight for a world title against one of the champions in the light division. Mason (16-0, 14 CO) is fighting Manuel James (16-2-1, 11 CO) in eight rounds this Friday, February 14th, at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.

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Mason's ambition

The 20 -year -old Mason has a chance to overtake the main event between the WBO Lightweight Denys Berinchyk and Keyshawn Davis. That would be impressive if he could do it because Keyshawn attracted most of the attention during the event of the event on Friday with the speaking of the garbage and the top rank that puts it in the spotlight, hoping to be Their next big star.

Mason did not perform well in his last match against Johan Vasquez on November 8th. Fighting for the Keyshawn proprietary in Norfolk, Virginia, Mason had dropped twice in the first round, but returned to Knockout Vasquez in the second round.

Friday's event will be shown Live on ESPN and ESPN+, starting at 9:00 pm/6: 00 pm pt.

Title

“I see me with the boys holding the titles. Skill, I feel like I can hold my own in one of these battles and go to the top, “said Abdullah Mason. “But we prove ourselves and will continue to take these steps forward. Let's hope we grab a fewer title this year. “

“He's coming to fight. He will release his hands and he will bring it, “Abdullah Mason said Fighthype For his opponent for Friday, Manuel James. “I'm here to do my job and it's to make it look like everyone else.

“We'll make it look easy. I'm here. Doing the same thing I did to everyone else, anyone before. If they put me in front of champions, they will see what is happening, “Abdullah said.

Top rank is unlikely to move Mason to a world title soon due to his age and last performance. He is too young and inexperienced to take on one of the champions in a cure. The best rank will probably wait until Mason is 24 or 25 years old before putting him in a world title situation.

– Absolutely. This is the division I am in, so why not? “Said Mason, when asked if he sees himself fighting Kishaun Davis at some point. Whoever goes up, you will see all the drawbacks. If they give me the opportunity, why not?” He wanted to fight the Gervona Davis.

“When I get the opportunity, we will go everything and take the best route,” Mason said.