Abdullah Mason stopped Jeremia Nakathila via a technical knockout in the sixth round as the main event of a Top Rank card on ESPN, at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
Prior to the fight being stopped at the beginning of the fifth round because Nakathila’s vision was obscured by a cut on his left eye, it looked like Mason was closing in on a stoppage victory. After two cautious rounds, Mason stepped on the gas in the third round, landing 11 of 21 power punches. Mason found more success in the fourth round, landing 18 of 34 power punches. Mason connected on 52 percent of his power punches, and 54 percent of them were body shots.