Abdullah Mason, Shu Shu Carrington & Tiger Johnson Host Cleveland Press Conference

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Abdullah Mason will defend his WBO lightweight world title against Welsh former world champion Joe Cordina on Saturday, July 4, at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center. Today, the City of Cleveland and Top Rank hosted a kickoff press conference at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to announce the event. Mason was joined by Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb, Top Rank VP of Boxing Operations Carl Moretti, WBC featherweight world champion Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington, and Cleveland native and U.S. Olympian Tiger Johnson. Mason vs. Cordina will be live on TNT and DAZN co-exclusively in the US and on DAZN Worldwide.

In the co-feature, Carrington (17-0, 10 KOs) puts his WBC featherweight world title on the line against Mexico’s Rene Palacios (19-0-1, 10 KOs). Additionally, Tiger (17-0, 8 KOs) takes on fellow unbeaten Christopher Guerrero (16-0, 9 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight battle. And undefeated lightweight knockout artist Deric “Scooter” Davis (11-0, 10 KOs) returns in an eight-round clash against Carlos Ramos (18-4-1, 10 KOs).