Abdullah Mason

Abdullah Mason was born on April 5, 2004, in Bedford, Ohio, U.S., and was raised in Cleveland. He is part of a large family of boxers, with four of his five brothers also having competed: Amir, Adel, Abdur-Rahman, and Ibrahim.^[4][3][5][6] His family, who are practicing Muslims, lived overseas in Yemen and Egypt for a period before returning to a neighborhood in Cleveland that had a local boxing gym. His father, Valiant Mason, who had previously trained his older sons in various martial arts like karate and jiu-jitsu, asked his sons who was interested in boxing.^[7] Abdullah was the first to express a keen interest and began training at the age of nine. His brothers subsequently joined him in the sport, all training under the tutelage of their father.^[8]

Mason developed his skills at the Little Giants Gym in Euclid, Ohio, often training in a dedicated space in his family's basement.^[9][10]

Abdullah won the National Junior Championships in 2017, the Eastern Regional Open in 2017 and 2018, the Junior Open in 2018 and 2019 and the USA Boxing Youth National Title in 2021. He finished with a record of 65-15.^[11]

Mason signed with the promotional company Top Rank when he turned pro. He made his debut on the undercard of Mikaela Mayer vs Maïva Hamadouche in Las Vegas, where he stopped his opponent Jaylan Phillips in the second round following a barrage of punches and the referee jumped in.^[12] Mason's second fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on the undercard of Oscar Valdez vs Shakur Stevenson, where he knocked out Argentine Luciano Ramos in the first round.^[13]

Mason later fought on the undercard of Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko against American Desmond Lyons, where he scored a knockout victory in the sixth round.^[14] Now with a record of 10–0, Mason made his T-Mobile Arena debut on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson vs Edwin De Los Santos, where he scored another knockout victory against the Argentine Jose Cardenas in the second round.^[15]

Mason was scheduled to face Giovanni Cabrera in Las Vegas on April 5, 2025.^[16] On March 21, 2025, it was reported that Cabrera withdrew due to injury, and was replaced by Carlos Ornelas.^[17] Fighting on his 21st birthday, he scored a sixth-round stoppage victory over Ornelas, improving his record to 18–0 and winning the vacant NABF and NABO lightweight titles.^[18]

In his first world title fight, Mason faced fellow unbeaten boxer, Sam Noakes, for the vacant WBO lightweight championship at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 22, 2025.^[19][20] He won via unanimous decision with the judges scorecards reading 115–113, 115–113 and 117–111 and improving to 20–0.^[21][22] The victory made Mason the youngest active male world champion at 21 years old.^[23]

Abdullah is practicing Islam and is open about his faith, often using the phrase "Alhamdulillah" (praise be to God) in interviews and social media posts. This commitment extends to his professional life, as he has trained and competed while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.^[24]

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