Nahir Albright wants to fight next Top Rank lightweight, Abdullah Mason, and believes he would be the perfect opponent for him to “destroy” to get rid of the rust 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 8 at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. Vazquez dropped the 20-year-old Mason twice in the first round and could have finished the job had he not suffered a leg injury.
Mason came back in the second round to knock out Vazquez, but at that point, he was fighting a guy with one leg. The fight showed that Abdullah does not have a great Chin and needs more development.
Albright (16-2, 7 KOs) has not fought since his bout against 2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis on Oct. 14, 2023. He initially lost the fight by majority decision 10 times tight. 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 kicked out and said afterward that he would buy a house to make himself feel better. He was lucky not to lose because Albright defeated him in the eighth and took him with pressure from the last four rounds of the contest.
Albright exposed Davis in that fight as not the fight that some had thought, but it did not surprise the hardcore boxing fans, who had seen him lose to the Cuban Andy Cruz in the 2020 Olympics. They see him as a hype job.
“I destroyed it”
“I want to smoke Abdullah Mason. Nobody calls Abdullah Mason. I want to fight him. His chin is questionable,” Nahir Albright told YSM Sports Media. “I could fight him, but I destroyed him. I know I destroyed him. Top Rank needs to make that fight.
“To get rid of the rust so I can get Gervonta before he retires. So, I got him (Mason). I’ll shake off my rust ring and then get Tank. Get it now. No lie,” said Albright.
