Abdullah Mason put on a show-stealing performance on the Ring IV card in Saudi Arabia. Mason's fight with Samuel Noakes of the United Kingdom stole the show as the young man from Ohio became boxing's youngest world champion at just 21.
Abdullah Mason became boxing's current youngest men's world champion when he unanimously outpointed Sam Noakes to win the vacant WBO world lightweight title.
Undefeated boxers Abdullah Mason and Sam Noakes face off for the vacant WBO Lightweight Title on November 22, as we preview the upcoming fight. Mason enters the title fight with a stoppage victory against Jeremia Nakathila.
Abdullah Mason is ready for his post-fight ice cream. Mason will face Sam Noakes (17-0, 15 KOs) for the vacant WBO lightweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 22, 2025.
When 2025 dawned, Abdullah Mason was “boxing’s top prospect.” By year’s end, the 21-year-old believes he’ll be something else entirely: the sport’s youngest world champion.
Sam Noakes upheld his unsullied record and triumphed over the European lightweight title holder Gianluca Ceglia in London’s York Hall. The 27-year-old Brit systematically broke down the Italian, Ceglia, throughout the fight, eventually forcing him to stay on the stool after seven rounds.
Sam Noakes (15-0, 14 KOs) remains the European lightweight champion with an eighth round technical knockout victory over Gianluca Ceglia (21-5-1, 4 KOs).
Sam Noakes (14-0, 13 KOs) soon defends his European lightweight title against Gianluca Ceglia (21-4-1, 4 KOs). The two fighters headline a Queensberry Promotions card at York Hall in London, England.
The current European lightweight champion Sam Noakes (14-0, 13 KOs) will defend his title against the Italian fighter Gianluca Ceglia (21-4-1, 4 KOs) at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
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Undefeated lightweight contender Sam Noakes (14-0, 13 KOs) is the British, Commonwealth and European lightweight champion, defending his European strap against Gianluca Ceglia on September 6.
On Saturday, April 20, at York Hall in London, England, Sam Noakes (14-0, 13 KOs) ran out a comfortable unanimous decision winner against Yvan Mendy (48-7-1, 22 KOs) for the vacant European lightweight title, with the card shown on TNT Sports in the UK.
Sam Noakes (13-0, 13 KOs) and Yvan Mendy (48-6-1, 22 KOs, 1 NC) clash in the hopes of becoming the latest European lightweight champion. Both men face each other in the headline event of a Queensberry Promotions card at York Hall in London, England.