Mike Ohan: record, next fight and profile →
Trainer Mark DeLuca knows junior welterweight Mike Ohan Jnr’s reality in the ring. Two obvious options exist for the Massachusetts boxer: he can fight hand-picked local opponents for little reward, or he can take on top-tier talent, often with more experience and backing than he has.
Mark DeLuca, a seasoned trainer with a blue-collar approach to boxing, understood the harsh realities of the sport when he prepared his fighter, Mike Ohan Jr., for a bout against highly touted lightweight Abdullah Mason.
It was all A-sides on the opening portion of Saturday’s undercard in Quebec City, Canada, as Oseleys Iglesias and Abdullah Mason took care of business in particularly quick and spectacular fashion.
Abdullah Mason returns to the ring on Saturday to face Mike Ohan Jr. in an eight-round bout at the Centre Vidéotron in Quebec City, Canada, airing on ESPN.
Former New England welterweight champion Mike “Bad Man” Ohan Jr. (19-2, 9 KOs) has stepped up once again, accepting an offer to fight undefeated, highly-touted prospect Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs), this Saturday night (Aug. 17) on a Top Rank card at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada.
Promoter Camille Estephan has said that super lightweight Steve Claggett won’t face Mike Ohan Jr. this coming Thursday on United Boxing Promotions-Eye of the Tiger co-promotion at the Montreal Casino in Montreal, Quebec
The fightin’ Whitley brothers, undefeated welterweight Denzel (13-0, 7 KOs) and junior welterweight Derrick Jr. (7-4-1, 0 KOs), will fight on the same card as professional boxers on the March 23rd “Pandemonium at the Palladium 3” card, presented on Granite Chin Promotions (GCP), at the famed Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) is bringing boxing back to Quincy, outdoors at Veterans Memorial Stadium for the benefit of Operation Homefront, on Friday night, August 11 (rain date Aug. 12), at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Holbrook junior welterweight Mike “Bad Man” Ohan, Jr. (17-2, 9 KOs) may be fighting for the last time on a local-based show, June 10th on “Fight Night at the Vets Club” card, presented by Granite Chin Promotions’ (GCP), at the Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.