Adbullah Mason Vs Jeremia Nakathila (6/7/25)

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00:00From the hearts of the 7-5-7, this is boxing, this is top rank.

00:09Presented by Hall of Fame boxing promoter, Mr. Bob Arum, this is now the main event of the evening.

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00:31This title contest is sanctioned by the NABO supervising Samuel Verwett, and by the NABF at ringside, John Portray.

00:43And the contest is also in the supervision of the Virginia Boxing, MMA, and Pro Wrestling Commissioner in attendance, Jermaine Gray.

00:52And now, introducing your judges at ringside, Mark Dettilio, Benoit Roussel, and Steve Weisfeld.

01:05And in charge of the action, your referee will be Chris Flores.

01:10And now, ten rounds of boxing for the NABO and NABF lightweight titles, live on ESPN from Scope Arena.

01:25Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come.

01:27No fuck, make some noise, cause here we go!

01:34Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner, presented in association with Sunshine Promotions.

01:47He wears the black and gold, weighing in 134.8 pounds as a professional.

01:5226 wins, 21 by way of knockout, against four losses.

01:58Hailing from Windhoek, Namibia, presenting the challenger, Jeremiah Loke Nakatila!

02:08And presenting tonight, the champion out of the red corner, he is presented in association with Antonio Leonard Promotions.

02:22He's wearing the light blue and weighing in 134.5 pounds.

02:27Defending the titles for the first time, the hard-hitting finisher brings a perfect professional record,

02:32featuring 18 victories, no defeats, but an impressive 16 wins by way of knockout.

02:38Right, number four by the WBC, number two by the WBO, fighting out of Cleveland, Ohio.

02:47Presenting the undefeated, defending NABO and NABF lightweight champion, Abdullah Mason!

02:59Okay, gentlemen, we went over the instructions in the dressing room.

03:18I expect a clean fight.

03:19These trunks right here, they're high.

03:21You can work the belt line right there.

03:22That's legal.

03:24These are a little bit high.

03:25You can work, there's the line there.

03:27Touch them up now.

03:28Go back to your corners.

03:30You do not want to blink because Abdullah Mason and Jeremiah Nakatila both have dynamite in those gloves.

03:38The other thing is both can be vulnerable and be dropped.

03:42So that's why this fight is so important for Abdullah Mason in particular because he's one step away from fighting for a world title

03:50that has now been vacated by Keyshawn Davis.

03:54It's the WBO lightweight belt.

03:55But Jeremiah Nakatila knows that one big punch tonight could change his life and put him in line for that.

04:02Yeah, he has nothing to lose.

04:04Nothing to lose.

04:04Everything to gain.

04:05That's why this is a dangerous fight for Abdullah Mason.

04:08And again, you see those eyes open, high guard, that high guard up for Mason already.

04:15Southpaw versus the Orthodox once again.

04:18Opposites attract.

04:19Head, butts can happen.

04:21Lead foot or lead feet can be touching, fighting for positioning, fighting for positioning outside, and also that lead hand will be battling.

04:30Both fighters are going to be looking for the right hands, their back hands.

04:36Last time Abdullah Mason was in this building was November 2024 against Johan Vasquez.

04:41Round one was a round of the year candidate.

04:44He was dropped twice in that first round.

04:46Dropped Johan Vasquez himself and then finished Vasquez with a body shot in the second round.

04:54That was an exciting turn of events.

04:56He hopes to have a little bit less drama against Jeremiah Nakatila, but if it was up to Nakatila, that's exactly how he wants to make this fight.

05:08See what Nakatila's looking for.

05:10He's looking for Abdullah to overcommit.

05:14He's looking for anything.

05:15He's just being patient, being that savvy veteran.

05:19He wants the young man to get overly confident so he can let his hands go.

05:23But you see the defense of Abdullah, very aware of what's coming back.

05:30Those faints are going to set up a shot.

05:32You know, Tim, you don't know what you have until a fighter is tested.

05:37We saw the reaction from Abdullah Mason.

05:39It happens early on in his career.

05:42That's when you want those tests to occur.

05:44And what does he do?

05:45He comes back with two knockout wins since.

05:47His last one, the longest outing of his career, a six-round knockout against Carlos Ornelas, April 5th.

05:54And what you want to see out of a young fighter's activity, his third fight of 2025 already.

05:58Absolutely.

06:01Activity just helps sharpen your tools.

06:04You know, you're constantly in the gym, constantly working, evolving as a fighter.

06:07And already, Nakatila's reacting to all the faints right there that Abdullah is throwing at him.

06:14Just watch his reactions.

06:16He's trying to anticipate when Abdullah's going to strike.

06:18Watch your feet, guys. Watch your feet.

06:20Abdullah's doing a good job in breaking up his rhythm as of right now.

06:23Nakatila did throw a good right to the body as Mason was trying to set up an overhead shot.

06:31Good jab from Abdullah Mason.

06:33Taking his time.

06:37He says, I want to make sure I know how hard he hits before I overcommit.

06:41Seeing the thing is about Nakatila, when he's coming forward, he's dangerous.

06:46You know, he really don't throw the right hand off the back foot all too often.

06:49Right there, he looked for the looping shot.

06:51However, it's when he's coming forward when he's most lethal with that backhand,

06:55when he throws that one and fully stand with that right hand.

06:58There was an incident with Naheer Albright after his fight with Kelvin Davis, Mark Kregel with a report.

07:07After two years, you win, move up and wait, come back to this dressing room to celebrate what happens.

07:16Yeah, so I'm in here, you know, taking the win.

07:22It was a hard fight.

07:25And Sean and his little brother, like, jumped me.

07:31Like, they started walking up to me all tough, putting his head against mine and then grabbed me.

07:36Then I was about to swing, but my team and everybody grabbed.

07:39They grabbed Keyshawn and everything, and it was, you know, it was crazy.

07:44Coach G and Mike Pabani, your cut man, broke it up.

07:49Yes.

07:49And you're talking about Keyon and Keyshawn Davis.

07:53Now, Mike Pabani says that bump over your right eye was not there before.

07:59Did they do that?

08:00Yeah, I think so, yeah.

08:02So what's your reaction to all this?

08:04It's a good night for you.

08:05It should have been, right?

08:06Yeah, you know, it's definitely a good night, but it adds fuel to the flame.

08:12Like, Keyshawn, you got to run it back with me in the ring, not outside of the ring.

08:17So you're going to turn this into a Keyshawn fight?

08:20For sure.

08:20Like, you feel me?

08:21You approaching me on my best night.

08:25You feel me?

08:25Now we got to settle that.

08:28Have you ever heard of this before?

08:29Guys getting jumped in their locker room after a fight?

08:34Not even in Philly?

08:36I've heard of it.

08:38Well, there you go, fellas.

08:40I mean, he wants a rematch.

08:42Pretty interesting argument.

08:44I mean, that's totally uncalled for.

08:46You talk about a bad weekend turning horrible for DB3.

08:51That's, I mean, I hope the commission figures this out and does something about it.

08:57He gets suspended.

08:57That's what needs to happen.

09:01But, you know, with that being said, I'm letting y'all know right now I'm no longer a fan.

09:10No longer.

09:12It's ridiculous.

09:14Can't take a nail.

09:15Can't take a butt whooping.

09:18Come on now.

09:19But it wasn't Kelvin who did it.

09:21Let's just make that clear.

09:22He took his L.

09:23Well, it's Keon and Keyshawn who are alleged to have jumped.

09:29They're Albright in the locker room.

09:30That's ridiculous.

09:31There's no room for that.

09:32That's ridiculous.

09:33In this world.

09:33So, let's give Abdullah Mason his due here against Jeremiah Nakatila.

09:39He's the main event here in the second round.

09:41Nakatila trying to let his hands go a little bit more here.

09:44The former world title challenger.

09:47Abdullah Mason missing wildly with that left.

09:51Just a matter of time.

09:52In that first round, Abdullah, towards the end of that first round, Abdullah.

09:56Nice counter left.

09:58He had Nakatila with a straight left hand.

10:00Buzzed him momentarily.

10:01He's just inching, getting closer little by little.

10:05Letting Nakatila.

10:08Let some of that steam off by missing with shots.

10:11Throwing and missing with punches.

10:13And he's looking to line up that backhand.

10:17Can't get too comfortable, though, because the right hand of Nakatila continues to be dangerous.

10:21But you're right, Tim.

10:22Those feints have Nakatila biting every single time.

10:25He got him dancing.

10:27Got him dancing.

10:31But you know the power is real because you see how composed Abdullah is.

10:40He's not willing to take that many chances.

10:42He's willing to take his time.

10:43He knows he has 10 rounds to work.

10:46So he's taking his time.

10:47He's going to warm up into the fight.

10:48He's going to get the stoppage.

10:49And Tim, to be honest, Abdullah Mason wants his rounds because he may be fighting for a world title up next if he accepts the challenge after the vacancy left by Keyshawn Davis.

11:04He's never been past six rounds.

11:06So he also wants to know how he can do down the stretch of a fight.

11:10Stop!

11:11Step back!

11:12Time!

11:13He's going to take it, he's going to take it, he's going to take it, he's going to take it.

11:19Throw!

11:20You got him throwing it!

11:24In and out.

11:25Go in there.

11:26Get your work.

11:27Move around.

11:28Get your work.

11:29He's going to break down.

11:30He's going to break down.

11:31Yeah.

11:31Right?

11:32Take your time.

11:33Don't rush in there.

11:34They can boo all damn day.

11:35Stay cool.

11:37You got to stick to it.

11:43You know, you got to stick to it.

11:45The jabs is killing him.

11:46Disturbing him.

11:46Get in there.

11:47Get back out.

11:48Daniel Elliman, that student, will be like, not it.

11:51It's over.

11:52Listen, you got to stand, you got to step to the right with the stance.

11:55He's super, he's super open for everything.

11:57Listen, look, tap, tap to the right.

12:00Offside with the zip, right?

12:02You understand what I'm saying?

12:04But be patient.

12:06You understand?

12:06Be patient.

12:11At the same time, be patient.

12:15Round three of our scheduled 10-round main event.

12:19Abdullah Mason in the Tiffany blue trunks, taking on Jeremiah Nakatila in the gold trunks, trimmed in black.

12:26So far, 24-9 punches landed through three rounds.

12:32Nothing too spectacular here.

12:34We're through two rounds.

12:35We're around three.

12:37There's that jab from Abdullah Mason.

12:39Feint setting up another jab.

12:42Mark Kregel, do you have an update as to the situation that occurred earlier in the locker room?

12:54Yeah, I do.

12:55Yeah, I do.

12:56Something like an update.

12:57If someone came out from the episode, they would not be commenting.

13:03Okay.

13:05We tried to give them an opportunity to get their side of the story out.

13:10They do not want to speak.

13:11That's their prerogative.

13:12But we will be talking about Abdullah Mason, the undefeated contender.

13:18Number two ranked WVO, lightweight, taking on Jeremiah Nakatila, ranked number 11 in the world.

13:26Nice right hand there from Nakatila.

13:28Getting around the guard of Abdullah Mason.

13:31What I love about Abdullah Mason is that I like the fighters that like to stay close to the fire, man.

13:37And they don't get burned, right?

13:39Did he just shake out that backhand, Abdullah?

13:42A little bit.

13:43Let's see if he uses it.

13:44You know, you typically see fighters shake that backhand like that or shake either hand.

13:49They felt something in that glove when they landed a shot.

13:53So let's see if he uses it.

13:56He's heavy on that jab right now.

13:57Still haven't used that backhand yet after he shook it.

14:03So, but what I like, see how active he is coming forward, taking the space?

14:09Uh-oh.

14:10Yeah, he already smelling it.

14:11He already smelling it.

14:12The spotting shot.

14:12He already smelling it.

14:14He's like, I told you.

14:17He know you don't belong in the ring with him.

14:19He's going to get you up out of there.

14:20But Nakatila says, hold on, I got a left hook too.

14:23Yeah, Nakatila threw that left hook.

14:24It rids past his face.

14:25I know he heard it.

14:26When I fought Pacquiao, I heard him pass my face.

14:31I know he heard that.

14:32That was a zooming shot by Nakatila.

14:38Nakatila telling the youngster, Mason, you better stay aware because I could crack.

14:44And it's about who gets who first.

14:49Yeah, taking a nice little angle right there, seeing that right hand and understanding that.

14:52Good defense right there from Adola.

14:54Again, staying close, putting him on his back foot, putting that pressure on him.

15:00Now, there it is.

15:01Oh, nice left hand.

15:01Oh, thank you, Mason.

15:02And Nakatila's legs are shaking up.

15:06And now a right hook.

15:09The clock may be his best friend.

15:11Nice body shot from Dola Mason.

15:16He called him up with that.

15:18Got it.

15:25Right here for round four of the scheduled 10 round main event of Dola Mason with excellent work there.

15:32Outstanding work, taking his time, being patient, not rushing himself, being a seasoned pro right now.

15:41And you've got to do that against a fighter with 21 knockouts in 26 victories.

15:47Like the Namibian, Jeremiah Nakatila, who throws a right hand to the body of Abdullah Mason.

15:54Abdullah right now, he's just working on things inside the ring.

15:56He knows that Nakatila don't belong in the ring with him.

15:58And you see the legs shaking once again on Jeremiah Nakatila.

16:03We've talked about the chin being shopworn.

16:07And every time that Mason makes contact with the power shot, you see that Nakatila feels it.

16:15It's like you put him on eggshells, don't it?

16:18And I think just Nakatila's balance in general is just not there.

16:23You know, that's helped me right there.

16:25He's definitely a faded fighter.

16:27Ooh.

16:28Nice counter right, though, from Nakatila.

16:30He's still dangerous.

16:31He's still going to throw.

16:32Oh, he's still dangerous.

16:33Absolutely.

16:34He's got a cutover side now, too.

16:47Nice grab from Abdullah Mason.

16:50Just measuring out Nakatila.

16:52Trying to land that shot.

16:53That straight leg stiffen the legs of Jeremiah Nakatila.

16:58Nakatila's done the right thing right now, tying up, buying himself in time.

17:02Got a minute and 38 seconds left on the clock.

17:04Let's see if Abdullah Mason can get the stoppage in this round.

17:09I call it four.

17:10I call it four.

17:12Ooh.

17:13Left from Mason and Nakatila trying to land that right hook.

17:17And you see that left eye closing.

17:20Big hematoma under the eye of Jeremiah Nakatila.

17:24That's a bloody mess.

17:25And look, a hurt fighter is always a dangerous fighter, especially when you have a hurt fighter

17:32that is fighting for his life right now in Nakatila.

17:36Referee Chris Flores tells Nakatila, show me something.

17:41Shows him a right hand.

17:42Look at that.

17:47Putting that poison on him.

17:48That jab.

17:48And that jab is hard.

17:50It's almost like a backhand.

17:52Like the left hand.

17:55It's the weakest punch in the tool bag.

17:57But when you can step in like that, the way Mason does, it becomes a power shot.

18:01Oh, filter.

18:02Oh, filter.

18:03Oh, you left or right.

18:05Oh, you want to know that.

18:06That's what it is.

18:07Oh, nice counter left from Nakatila.

18:11Both missed.

18:11They're opening salvos, but then that was sweeping left hook from Nakatila.

18:16And there's a right.

18:18Man, that's some power.

18:20But I love the fact that Abdullah Mason is just spooked of it.

18:24He's staying close.

18:25Again, getting underneath it, avoiding that power and landing his shots.

18:28That's the beauty about Abdullah Mason.

18:31He's in the pocket.

18:33Yes.

18:33He's in the danger zone because he says, if I'm in danger, you're in more danger.

18:38There's that left hook from Abdullah Mason.

18:39Referee Chris Flores steps in.

18:41At the back.

18:43At the back.

18:49Not okay.

18:50Oh, not okay.

18:51Yeah.

18:52Okay.

18:54Make sure you say, make sure.

18:56Come here.

18:57Doctor.

18:58Cut!

18:59Cut!

19:00Cut!

19:01There's timeout being called in the corner of Jeremiah Nakatila so they can attend to the cut.

19:06Let's listen in.

19:07The doctor is coming up to check on that left eye.

19:10I think he's saying he's out of here.

19:13It's a big gash.

19:14I never want to go.

19:15Do you want more to go?

19:16You're going to see.

19:17No.

19:17I'm not going to see.

19:18No more.

19:19I can't see.

19:20Okay.

19:20The fight is stopped and Abdullah Mason will get the technical knockout win.

19:29Unfortunate, but the cut was bigger than it looked originally.

19:34Tim, it was a bad gash over the left eyelid of Jeremiah Nakatila.

19:38You know what, I didn't like the way Nakatila was moving around the ring when he was trying

19:42to position himself or even get out of harm's way.

19:45You can just tell his gait is completely off.

19:48Like, I'm telling you right now, he needs to go ahead and hang up the gloves, you know,

19:52because every time he got touched, even with the jabbing spots, even when he was just trying

19:56to find his footy, he was all over the place.

19:58He was like a drunk person coming out of a bar.

20:02That's the way his feet were.

20:04But let's give it up to Abdullah Mason.

20:05He took his time, you know, started slow, built, respected the power like a seasoned

20:11pro, and he ended up getting a stoppage.

20:13Now, it might not be like how he wanted it to be, you know, in spectacular fashion, but

20:17at the end of the day, he got the job done in great fashion.

20:20And that's all that counts.

20:21In the end, he's the number two WBO contender for the title that's been left vacant by Keyshawn

20:28Davis.

20:29The crowd starts to file out here in Norfolk, Virginia.

20:36Let's take a look at the beginning of the end where Abdullah Mason hurt Jeremiah Nakatila

20:42in round four.

20:42Adam trapped in that corner.

20:43He knew he had to bite.

20:45Stepped inside.

20:46Boom.

20:48Triple straight left hand.

20:50Had him bagging out.

20:51You see Nakatila trying to get distance for himself.

20:58Again, pent up in the corner right there.

21:00Just looking for a spot.

21:02Boom.

21:02Right downstairs.

21:03Weakened him a little bit.

21:04Come around that guard.

21:06Just look at the footwork.

21:08Look at how unbalanced, unbalanced that Nakatila is during that sequence.

21:13I'm so glad that the doctor stopped the match.

21:17I'm so glad because, look, the ref, I don't know if he wanted to stop the match, but the

21:24reason why he went to the doctor is because he was hoping that the doctor stopped the match.

21:28Sometimes they do that, man.

21:29We're going to listen in, and someone in the corner said he does not look good.

21:33So let's listen to what happened in Nakatila's corner.

21:36It's not okay.

21:41I'm not okay.

21:41You all right?

21:43No.

21:43It's not okay.

21:44No, it's okay.

21:45You're okay.

21:46It's not okay.

21:47I'm not okay.

21:48It's not okay.

21:49Oh, not okay.

21:50Yeah.

21:50I don't think he does.

21:52Okay.

21:52Make sure.

21:53Make sure.

21:54Come here.

21:55Doctor.

21:56Doctor.

21:57Doctor.

21:58Doctor.

21:59Doctor.

22:00Doctor.

22:02Hey, you guys.

22:02I think he's saying he's not okay.

22:11He's bleeding.

22:12He doesn't want to go.

22:13You want to go?

22:14I don't know.

22:14You're going to see.

22:15Nope.

22:16I don't know.

22:16I can't see.

22:16No more.

22:17Can't see.

22:18Okay.

22:22Sometimes you just have to listen to the fighter, Tim.

22:25Yes.

22:25And that's exactly what the corner did.

22:28That's exactly what the referee did.

22:30And that's exactly what the doctor did.

22:32Yeah, but this is my problem.

22:34The referee heard it, right?

22:36He's the closest man to the action.

22:38He sees what's going on.

22:39I mean, he could have stopped it after he even said that.

22:43However, look, I'm not complaining.

22:45I'm just saying, at the end of the day, the fight got stopped at the right time.

22:50All right.

22:50Let's get the official time of the stoppage with Dula Mason getting the victory over

22:55Jeremiah Nakatila.

22:56It's all yours.

22:59Ladies and gentlemen, in the main event of the evening, the ringside position steps in,

23:05waves off the contest.

23:07Your official time.

23:08One second.

23:09In round number five, he is the winner by TKO.

23:13And still, the undefeated NAPO and NABM lightweight champion, Adela Mason.

23:26Dula Mason cups out clean from this fight against Jeremiah Nakatila.

23:31And this belt may turn into the big boy belt, the world championship at lightweight, if that's

23:38the pass that number two ranked, Adela Mason, decides to take.

23:42We're going to take a short break.

23:44And when we return from Norfolk, Virginia, we'll wrap it all up, including what's going

23:48on backstage, which is totally unacceptable.

23:51To shut down top-ranked boxing on ESPN's show.

24:02But after us, we'll have SportsCenter Ryan Smith and Michael Eves live from Bristol.

24:09Let's send it up to Mark Kriegel now for our post-fight interview with Abdullah Mason.

24:15Abdullah, the week got off to a start with Keyshawn Davis calling you out.

24:20You turned it into a statement for yourself tonight in the main event.

24:25Describe what happened in the ring tonight.

24:27It was a great fight.

24:28I knew that he had some power, so I took my time a little bit and eventually broke him

24:33down and got him out of there.

24:34Did he hit you?

24:36Not that I remember.

24:38What was the message that you sent tonight?

24:41For everybody watching me, you know, especially for the ones that's watching for the first

24:45time, because I'm on the main card on ESPN, I hope that you gain a new favorite fighter.

24:51Okay.

24:51There's a lot to be favored about.

24:53Listen, you're number two, or at least you were going into this night.

24:57Sam Noakes of the UK is number one.

25:00You could set that one up pretty easy, I think, right?

25:03Oh, that should be workable.

25:05And that's something we definitely want.

25:07You know, we want to head towards those titles.

25:10Would you go over to the UK to fight him?

25:12Anything that could be worked out, I'm willing to make it happen.

25:16And we're working, you know, to the top.

25:18That's what I'm here for.

25:20Has anything come too soon to you?

25:23I'm prepared for everything.

25:25Look, every night, tonight was your first main event.

25:27It was a more eventful week than you usually have.

25:30You know, you got called out in a fight you weren't even part of.

25:33What did you learn about the game, and what did you learn about yourself this week?

25:37Anything can happen in the sport of boxing, and you got to be ready for it.

25:41But, yeah, anything can happen, you know.

25:44Congratulations.

25:45I hope a star was born tonight, man.

25:47Really well done.

25:48One thing is, this is my first main event, so I want to shout out Norfolk for being here

25:52and watching me fight.

25:54Hopefully, when I have my main event back at home, that's something I want to do real soon.

26:00That's my priority.

26:01I want to go home.

26:01That's Cleveland.

26:02That's Cleveland, Ohio.

26:03I want Norfolk to come up.

26:04All right, you're a good politician, too, and a good salesman.

26:08Bernie, back to you.

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