On The Watch “It’s All About Abdullah Mason vs Albert Bell”

WBO World Lightweight Challenge

Last night’s Top Rank/TNT/DAZN Main Event was an intriguing bout as it unraveled for the hometown WBO World Lightweight Champion Abdullah Mason (21-0, 18 Kos) who had to defend his title for the first time against late replacement undefeated challenger Albert Bell (28-1, 9 Kos) at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland.

Bell understood what was presented to him at the last minute and accepted the opportunity with open arms. He then proceeded to box beautifully in the first half of the bout where he visibly and effortlessly outworked the champion by being one step ahead of him in every department.

That being said, the youngin Mason never wavered. Mason stayed cool, disciplined and patiently waited for his opportunity to strike like the “Black Mamba’ and that he did when he drew first blood by damaging Bell’s nose in the eighth round.

With Bell’s nose hindering his breathing and clearly breaking his focus, the fatigue started to show as Mason starting to press the action and his punch output working over Bell as the rounds progressed.

By the championship rounds, Bell wasn’t looking himself inside that squared circle but still pushed to stand his ground while slowly being broken down. By the 12th round the fans in attendance became alive in the building and fuelled their champion who moved in on Bell and knocked him down with a barrage of punches and a well-placed body and chin shot that gave him a standing 8 count. Still visibly in pain, Bell continued only to be dropped again by another well-placed left hand to the dome. Although Bell did not show signs of quitting the referee at hand took the opportunity to wave the fight off. Unbelievable.

I understand that Bell looked deflated but stopping the bout with 45 seconds left in the round after the man fought his heart out is suspect in my eyes.

Nevertheless, Mason listened to his cornerman and proceeded to close the show and retain his WBO World Lightweight Championship Title.

Well done, Champ!

Blaze

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On the Watch “It’s All About Xander Zayas vs Jaron Ennis”

WBA/WBO Unified Junior Middleweight Showdown

Last night’s Matchroom/Top Rank/DAZN Main Event between undefeated Unified WBA/WBO Junior Middleweight Champion Xander Zayas (23-1, 13 Kos) and former undefeated Unified Welterweight Champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis (36-0, 32 Kos) was an entertaining showdown that brought the fans in attendance to their feet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Jaron walked it like he talked it and stepped up to the bigger Champion and managed to drop Xander in the opening round establishing his power right from the jump. As big as Xander stood inside that squared circle, his body language was that of a man who might have been drained from a serious weight cut. His punch resistance looked compromised but nevertheless, Xander proved to be a worthy warrior by the way he stood his ground and fought fire with fire.

Xander thought he could bully Jaron with his size alone but soon found out that Jaron is the real deal inside that squared circle and his speed, power and boxing IQ are levels above him.  The “game plan” that Xander walked in with wasn’t the right one. However, he did have some moments yet fell short of capitalizing on them as he was looking weaker as the rounds progressed.

Once Jaron refocussed his energy the right way, he proceeded to put a beating on Xander by landing a hard left hand and right uppercut that dropped him to a standing 8 count in the fifth round.

The inevitable was near but Xander continued to stand his ground. He eventually succumbed to Jaron’s hands by being dropped and beaten down prompting Xander’s corner to stop the bout in the seventh round at the 1:49 mark.

This was an entertaining bout from start to finish, in which Jaron looked vulnerable at times but eventually worked his way to delivering another convincing ending. With this impressive win now under his belt, Jaron is now a two Division Champion and the new undefeated Unified WBA/WBO Junior Middleweight Champion of the world.

With Jaron now holding two of the major pieces in the Super Middleweight Division, Undisputed is his only mission. Jaron has made it clear to the other Champions in the Division that he wants them belts.

Now who’s next?

Blaze