The light competitor Abdullah Mason (17-0, 15 KB) fights the replacement opponent Carlos “Chinito” Ornelas (28-4, 15 kos) in a 10 round this Saturday April 5 with the start of the event at 5.30 p.m. and / 2h30 PT, live on ESPN + from the time of the event Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Mason, 20 years old, was originally to fight the experienced competitor Léger Giovanni Cabrera, but he retired due to an injury problem. Top Rank has chosen the Superpaw Super Featherweight Ornelas, 30, as a replacement opponent. It is not ideal for Mason because Ornelas is not as well known as Cabrera, but it is always a good option.
10 laps test
Ornelas traveled the distance of 10 laps with Rafael Espinoza in 2021 before later capturing the WBO belt of 126 lb.
Boxing fans on social networks are not happy to see Abdullah fight another guy who apparently has no shot to win or even be competitive with him. They want to see Mason face someone like Andy Cruz, who called him this week for a fight, or Raymond Muratalla.
There is no way that the top of the Mason to Mason near Cruz or Muratalla because it is still too early. Abdullah’s trembling performance against Yohan Vasquez on November 8 of last year showed that the first row should move it slowly. Vasquez dropped Mason twice in the first round.
“This fight back too. He knows how to move his head and his feet. He can hit. We will be prepared for what he came,” said Abdullah Mason about his fight against the opponent of the Ornelas replacement.
For Ornelas to have taken the distance from Espinoza, it means that it can take a good blow. If he can hang there long enough to test the fragile chin of Mason, he could finish what Yohan Vasquez started last November.
Move forward
“This is my first official at 10 rounds. Now you can call me a competitor when I intervene on April 5,” Mason told the Akin Reyes and Barak Bess YouTube channel. “I’m pretty well moved [by Top Rank]. Giovanni Cabrera was a good fight back, but he fell back. After that, I’m probably going to have a co-principal or something like that, like a former champion.
“We are there. I am classified n ° 7 WBC and # 10 WBA. So this is only a matter of time in the next two or three fights before going up in the ranking. Everything else accompanies him,” said Mason.
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Last update on 04/03/2025
