Abdullah mason next fight tickets

Abdullah Mason and Sam Noakes will square off for the vacant WBO lightweight title during a Riyadh Season event in November, it was announced Thursday.

The exact date and venue will be revealed at a later date, but the fight will be featured on the card that already includes WBC welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. taking on Devin Haney and WBC light heavyweight champion David Benavidez defending his crown against Anthony Yarde.

The WBO ordered a fight between the No. 1-ranked Noakes and No. 2 Mason last month after its former champion, Keyshawn Davis, was stripped for failing to make weight in his canceled contest against Edwin De Los Santos.

Mason (19-0, 17 KOs), a 21-year-old phenom from Cleveland, Ohio, stepped in to save the Superior Rank on ESPN show as the new main event by stopping former title challenger Jeremia Nakathila in five rounds.

Noakes (23-1, 17 KOs), a 27-year-old Brit, last fought in May and scored a third-round knockout against Patrik Balaz.

Noakes is ranked No. 9 by The Ring at 135 pounds, and Mason is rated No. 10.

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Turki Alalshikh announced today on X that Abdullah Mason will face Sam Noakes for the vacant WBO lightweight title in a “massive Riyadh Season” event later this year in November. That fight will be on the undercard.

Turki’s November card

• David Benavidez vs. Anthony Yarde – main event
• Brian Norman Jr. vs. Devin Haney – co-feature
• Abdullah Mason vs. Sam Noakes

Fans are pleased with the card. The only issue they have is the order of the card. WBC light heavyweight champion Benavidez’s fight against Yarde isn’t one that fans are excited about, as it appears to be a mismatch. People would rather have seen Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) fight a rematch with David Morrell than defend against the veteran Yarde (27-3, 24 KOs).

People are more interested in the clash between WBO welterweight champion Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) and Haney. That fight promises to be competitive as long as it lasts.

The former two-division world champion Haney (32-0, 15 KOs) will be out to prove a point after the way he was dumped on my fans after his performance last May at the Times Square event in New York City. He knows that he must fight hard to make fans for