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Mason: Gladiator in the Making

Related Topics: Harvey Mason Jr., Bob Arum

Saturday night’s Top Rank Boxing show on ESPN had it all. Even though the night’s activities were marred by controversial judging in the co-main attraction, yielding to No. 1 WBC Junior Lightweight contender Robson Conceicao scoring a split decision win, the show was still a great outing for Bob Arum‘s promotion.

The TV portion of the evening began shortly after 8:30 pm with the first of four fights. Kicking off the night on ESPN proper was an eight-round affair in the lightweight division pitting Cleveland, OH native Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) and Luis Lebron (20-6-1, 13 KOs.