{"id":210219,"date":"2025-10-19T03:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T03:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210219\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T03:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T03:59:16","slug":"every-time-ive-been-tested-ive-passed-with-flying-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210219\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Time I\u2019ve Been Tested, I\u2019ve Passed With Flying Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abdullah Mason<\/a> admits Sam Noakes<\/a> will be the most dangerous opponent of his career.
The hard-hitting English lightweight contender has won 88 percent of his bouts by knockout in six years as a pro. Shakur Stevenson<\/a>, the unbeaten WBC lightweight champ, touted Noakes\u2019 power after they sparred early this year in London.
Noakes, The Ring\u2019s No. 8 lightweight contender, has demonstrated durability as well while earning a shot at the vacant WBO 135-pound championship. Mason, No. 9 in The Ring<\/a>\u2019s top 10, considers Noakes exactly the type of fighter he needs to beat impressively to prove he is an elite-level lightweight.
Cleveland\u2019s Mason (19-0, 17 KOs) and Maidstone\u2019s Noakes (17-0, 15 KOs) will fight for the WBO lightweight crown that was stripped from Keyshawn Davis for coming in 4.3 pounds overweight<\/a> for a canceled title defense against Edwin De Los Santos four months ago. The 12-round bout between Mason and Noakes will be part of \u201cThe Ring IV: Night of Champions\u201d<\/a> card November 22 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of those fights where you\u2019re just gonna test something out that\u2019s never been tested before,\u201d Mason stated on the most recent episode of \u201cInside The Ring,\u201d co-hosted by Max Kellerman and Mike Coppinger. \u201cAnd every time that I\u2019ve been tested, I\u2019ve passed with flying colors. Even in November, where I got caught with a shot, I came back and I got him out of there that second round. So, this is gonna be another test on the table. And every test that I ace, it solidifies me more and more into the sport of boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mason referred to heavy-handed Dominican Yohan Vasquez dropping him twice in the first round last November 8 in Norfolk, Virginia.<\/p>\n

A composed Mason emphatically responded by sending Vasquez to the canvas once apiece in the first and second rounds. Their scheduled 10-rounder was stopped 1:59 into the second round.<\/p>\n

Those troublesome moments versus Vasquez created some doubt about Mason\u2019s chin. Mason is certain those difficulties helped him improve defensively and become more focused early in fights.<\/p>\n

He beat all three of his opponents by technical knockout since his victory over Vasquez (26-6, 21 KOs). The skillful, strong southpaw still hasn\u2019t boxed beyond the sixth round, whereas Noakes has gone 12 rounds twice.<\/p>\n

\u201cA world championship [fight] is a huge step up,\u201d Mason said, \u201cso once I do this, this is kinda solidifying me in the sport as one of boxing\u2019s biggest up and coming names.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mason is a 4-1 favorite to defeat Noakes, according to DraftKings. He nonetheless knows Noakes will force him to show dimensions to his game he has yet to unveil.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might have to bring some stuff,\u201d Mason said, \u201cthat I haven\u2019t had to bring out for the rest because he\u2019s a durable opponent as everybody can see. And that\u2019s just what it is. I’m gonna have to bring a little bit more smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mason-Noakes will be one of four title fights DAZN<\/a> will stream as part of \u201cThe Ring IV: Night of Champions.\u201d Phoenix\u2019s David Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) is scheduled to defend his WBC light heavyweight title against England\u2019s Anthony Yarde<\/a> (27-3, 24 KOs) in the 12-round main event.Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abdullah Mason admits Sam Noakes will be the most dangerous opponent of his career.The hard-hitting English lightweight contender…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":["post-210219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-results","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}