Abdullah Mason, Albert Bell, Bruce Carrington and Rene Palacios make weight
Jul 3, 2026 • 2:34 PM ET
Gabriel Rivas/Top RankAbdullah Mason has the belt, and now he’s on to the challenge of staying power.
The 22-year-old WBO lightweight champion from Cleveland weighed in at the limit 135lbs Friday for his first title defense headlining TNT’s new monthly series, “The Fight,” when he’ll meet No. 6-ranked contender Albert Bell at Cleveland State’s Wolstein Center.
DAZN will also stream the action.
“This is gonna be big for Cleveland,” Mason said after weighing in. “I’ve got an appetite for smoke.”
Bell weighed in at 134.9lbs after replacing Joe Cordina as the opponent last month when Cordina was denied a travel visa from the U.K.
For the co-main, new WBC featherweight champion Bruce “ShuShu” Carrington is also making his first title defense, meeting ProBoxTV product Rene Palacios of Mexico, a hard-hitting southpaw who elbowed Carrington as they posed for photos after weighing in.
Carrington weighed 124.9 and Palacios was at 125.7.
“I’m gonna smoke him. He’s getting knocked out,” Carrington said.
U.S. Olympian Delante “Tiger” Johnson was also on weight at 147lbs for his meeting with unbeaten Christopher Guerrero, who was 146.6lbs.
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted in his admiration and appreciation for the fighters, gladiators who have proven to be the most forthcoming and candid of all the athletes he has interviewed over a career dating to 1990. Lance was honored to be named the 2022 winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence and he’s collected many BWAA writing awards in categories ranging from breaking news to deep-dive long features.
