Nahir Albright wants to fight Top Rank’s lightweight prospect Abdullah Mason next, and he believes he’d be the perfect opponent for him to “destroy” to get the rust out after a year out of the ring.
Mason’s Vulnerability
Top Rank probably won’t let Albright fight Mason (16-0, 14 KOs) after his recent performance against Yohan Vazquez on November 8th at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Vazquez dropped the 20-year-old Mason twice in the first round and might have finished the job if he hadn’t suffered a leg injury.
Mason came back in round two to knock out Vazquez, but by that point, he was fighting a one-legged guy. The fight showed that Abdullah doesn’t possess a great Chin and will need more development.
Albright (16-2, 7 KOs) hasn’t fought since his clash against 2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis on October 14, 2023. He initially lost the fight by a narrow 10-round majority decision. It was later overturned by the Texas State Athletic Commission and changed to a no decision due to Keyshawn testing positive for Marijuana.
Keyshawn made a big deal out of his win being taken away and said afterward that he would buy a house to make himself feel better. He was lucky not to lose because Albright staggered him in the eighth and wore him down with pressure from the last four rounds of the contest.
Albright exposed Davis in that fight as not the fighter some had thought, but it didn’t surprise the hardcore boxing fans, who’d seen him lose to Cuba’s Andy Cruz in the 2020 Olympics. They see him as a hype job.
“I’d Destroy Him”
“I want to smoke Abdullah Mason. No one is calling out Abdullah Mason. I want to fight him. His chin is questionable,” said Nahir Albright to YSM Sports Media. “He could fight, but I’d destroy him. I know I’d destroy him. Top Rank needs to make that fight.
“To knock off the rust so I can get Gervonta before he retires. So, I knock him off [Mason]. I shake off my ring rust and then take on Tank. Right now. No lie,” said Albright.
