Cleveland Native Abdullah Mason to Defend WBO World Lightweight Title Against Joe Cordina on July 4 at Wolstein Center

Cleveland native Abdullah Mason set to defend world title at Wolstein Center

Cleveland's boxing world champion will hold his first title defense in his hometown.

‘He doesn’t know what he got coming’: Abdullah Mason unfazed by Joe Cordina’s trash talk ahead of world title defense

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Joe Cordina couldn’t be at Tuesday’s press conference in person. He was back in the U.K., deep in training camp, preparing for the most important fight of his career.

Cleveland native to headline boxing fight

A Cleveland-native fighter is coming home to defend his title this summer.The undefeated World Boxing Organization Lightweight Champion, Abdullah Mason, is headlining at the Wolstein Center as he takes on former world champion Joe Cordina on July 4.We introduced you to Mason back in 2025 after he became the youngest world champion in men's boxing. How Cleveland's Abdullah Mason became the youngest world champ in men's boxingRELATED: From a basem…

Cleveland native Abdullah Mason to defend WBO world lightweight title against Joe Cordina on July 4 at Wolstein Center

Abdullah Mason will return home on July 4 to fight Joe Cordina for the WBO world lightweight title. Fellow Cleveland native Tiger Johnson is also on the card.

Press Conference Notes: Abdullah Mason’s Hometown Title Defense Against Joe Cordina

The City of Cleveland and Top Rank, boxing’s leading event and content company, hosted a press conference Tuesday, May 5, making announcing the upcoming Top Rank Boxing Show, Saturday, July 4 at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center. Cleveland natives Abdullah Mason (WBO lightweight champion) and Tiger Johnson, along with WBC featherweight champion Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington were in attendance, along with Mason’s four brothers, collective…

Joe Cordina plans to mess up Abdullah Mason's homecoming

Abdullah Mason returns home for world title defense against Joe Cordina Bruce Carrington to defend WBC Featherweight World Title against Rene Palacios in co-feature Boxing’s youngest world champion is set to make his first defense in front of a hometown crowd on the 250th anniversary of American independence as part of TNT Sports and DAZN’s […]