ABDULLAH MASON VS. ALBERT BELL PRESS CONFERENCE LIVESTREAM

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conor mcgregor fights you're witnessing something [2:41] once in a lifetime surprise surprise the king is back [2:45] the following program is recommended for those 16 and over as it contains sporting violence possible bad [3:18] language and flashing imagery welcome to cleveland ohio a city that knows a little something about [3:59] winning championships we're on july 4th there will be fireworks over lake erie to celebrate independence [4:04] day and maybe a few inside the wallstein center where cleveland's own abdulla mason will make the first [4:10] defense of his 135 pound title against the undefeated albert bell chris maddox alongside the latin snake [4:19] sergio more former junior middleweight champion and sergio it is a phenomenal day to be a boxing fan [4:24] because not only are we getting a big fight card here on the zone a world title defense but this is [4:30] also part of the new partnership with tnt sports that will see it's broadcast all across the tnt [4:37] platforms and it's all part of a six fight card here on saturday beginning with both the young [4:44] mason brothers aduraham and ibrahim mason taking part of the undercard and then the four fight main [4:50] card scooter davis takes on carlos ramos in 135 pound fight tiger johnson 2020 u.s olympian taking [4:58] another step towards welterweight gold he takes on the canadian christopher guerrero and then shushu [5:04] carrington he takes the first defense of his 126 pound title against the mexican renee palacios [5:11] and then the main event abdulla mason the youngest world champion in boxing makes the first defense [5:17] of his 135 pound title against the undefeated albert bell well sergio i mentioned this is part of a new [5:25] deal between dazone and tnt which see one fight card a month broadcast on turner sports you're a guy [5:32] that knows a little bit of something about fighting on big platforms how big a deal do you think this is [5:36] for boxing it's a huge deal because look we're fighting on network television on cable television [5:40] you get new eyeballs you get a new demographic you get a whole new viewership not just a hardcore [5:46] boxing fans that's how you make new fans that's how you create a new star and believe me whenever [5:52] you're fighting on cable and network and all these you get different people watching your fights you [5:57] get the moms the dads the grandparents those are the casuals that you want to pull into the [6:01] beautiful sport you always accuse grandparents of not being able to download apps i had a lot of [6:06] grandmothers fans okay all right that's just a strange thing to say um you mentioned creating new stars [6:12] and it was just a few days ago we had maybe a new star born in the 154 pound division jaron [6:17] jaron boots ennis picking up two pieces of the junior middleweight title knocking out xander zayas [6:23] in seven rounds what are you still thinking about now about that fight from last week i am still [6:29] buzzing from that performance and that electric night at the barclay center in brooklyn this man put [6:34] up one of the fight of the year type fights both these fighters xander showed incredible heart [6:38] but the resilience on that man right there boots ennis being able to get rocked with withstanding [6:45] the fire sticking in the pocket rolling with shots coming back with uppercuts hurting up to the body [6:49] that was an electric performance a pound for pound for performance and i remember that it's just [6:55] greatness that we're watching that's the big question now is boots ennis worthy of being on the [7:01] pound for pound list he is now clearly number one in the junior middleweight division but do you make [7:05] him pound for pound top ten i know what i'm watching boots ennis passed that eye test i i i i think he [7:12] cracks the top ten pound for pound because whenever you have an exciting fighter like that that could put [7:16] butts in seats goes for the knockout has a high knockout ratio but has the skills to back it up [7:21] absolutely pound for pound all right you mentioned the eye test and a guy that passed the eye test his [7:27] last time out is abdullah mason now the newly crowned wbo 135 pound champion he goes over to saudi arabia [7:33] last november and defeats sam noakes by decision sergio what impressed you about that performance [7:40] listen just like boots there's many similarities with abdullah mason and we called this fight [7:44] all credit to sam noakes he put on a fight of the year type performance but that man right there just [7:49] found a way to dig down hurt noakes to the body it was those angles that impressed me with the young [7:54] champ it was the fact that he kept going to the body even when he was getting those headshots going [7:59] around the guard from that southpaw stands look at those body shots right there that makes cowards of [8:03] us all digging to those ribs noakes as brave as he was got the fight taken out of him and this is a [8:09] type of fighter that fans want to pay for and the fact that he's here in his hometown in his home state [8:15] he just wants to shine even brighter yeah i love that he's getting a hometown title defense i think [8:21] that's a great thing for a young fighter it's selling a lot of tickets here in the cleveland area it [8:25] wouldn't be boxing though if there wasn't a little bit of drama involved in it and about a couple of [8:30] weeks ago where joe cordina the scheduled opponent for abdullah mason he was forced to pull out had [8:36] some visa issues trying to get into the united states in steps albert bell who was preparing for [8:41] a fight on july 18th he is undefeated but he's a very different type of fighter than joe cordine isn't [8:47] he a lot different and i would think a lot tougher i mean beware the late replacement especially when [8:53] you were training to fight a shorter fighter now you're dealing with a six foot fighter a guy with [8:57] long arms a guy that knows how to come forward and a fighter in albert bell that's very patient [9:02] carries the confidence of an undefeated fighter but once he gets on the inside those long arms turn [9:08] into uppercuts and body shots very dangerous fight especially as a late replacement i would say [9:15] this is one of those curses that can cut can catch up to you in the hometown curse and the late [9:19] replacement curse now remember top rank is familiar with albert bell they promoted him [9:24] several years ago now they're putting him in a position with their young star to fight for a world [9:29] title well a lot to get to and a lot coming up here on dazone and a lot of ways to watch and enjoy all [9:35] the action we have a fantastic slate of pay-per-view fights coming up on dazone all available on dazone [9:42] ultimate next up see the return of anthony joshua the former heavyweight champion fighting an unknown [9:47] quantity with absolutely nothing to lose in christian prenga on july 25th then generational [9:53] heavyweight moza talma looks to continue his rise against his toughest opponent yet philip hergovich [9:59] one of the best heavyweights in all of boxing followed by canelo alvarez stepping back into the [10:04] ring against christian billy with a wbc title on the line all these fights are available via the dazone [10:10] ultimate subscription this press conference is just about to kick off but as i mentioned [10:15] a lot of ways to watch a lot of great fights here on dazone the first rule of the zone ultimate [10:22] the first rule the first rule the first rule the first rule you do not pay per view you do not do [10:27] not pay per view do not pay per view the ultimate fight night is here second rule the zone ultimate [10:33] is second rule you don't pay per view because ultimate gives you a minimum of 12 pay-per-view fights [10:40] a year at no extra cost you do not pay per view join us ringside and welcome to the zone ultimate [10:49] real favorites in the ring fight a boxing series from tnt sports into zone one night so charged two [11:02] championship belts are on the line let's light it up shushu carrington defends his title against [11:07] renee palacios then albert bell battles wbo lightweight champion abdulla mason the fight [11:14] is on saturday at seven on tnt true tv and stream on the zone well welcome everybody to the final press [11:24] conference for saturday's show which will be headlined by the homecoming of 135 pound champion [11:30] abdulla mason will take on the undefeated lightweight contender albert bell this will be the first event [11:36] in the new monthly series between the zone and tnt which will bring the fight to audiences on tnt's [11:41] linear platform and continue to stream these fights globally on the zone tnt has put together [11:47] its own impressive talent lineup you got former pound for pound king terence crawford you have [11:52] the hall of famer tim bradley and two-time welterweight champion sean porter will be part of what [11:57] should be outstanding pre and post fight coverage and of course on the cards you've got the guy that won a [12:04] reality tv show 35 years ago sergio mora he'd like to remind you 10 million people watched uh that [12:11] show a lot of these a lot of the tickets that are being sold right now are for abdulla mason tickets [12:17] still available over at ticketmaster.com but there is a lot of interest in this undercard as well which [12:24] will include two other masons abduramon mason 2-0 as a super featherweight and ibrahim who is also 2-0 [12:32] in his career at lightweight i think your father is going to be very busy going back and forth [12:37] on the ring on fight night and to open the show we have the heavy-handed scooter davis [12:42] taking on the veteran carlos ramos we have all the fighters here on up here on the stage we're [12:48] going to hear from all of them but first to my left carl moretti vice president over at top rank [12:53] carl it's been i believe 20 years since there's the last championship fight here in cleveland ohio [12:59] it's also been i should note nearly a century since max schmeling fought young sibley i gave you [13:06] that you did give me that note it's a pretty good one and you that was voted bob promoted that fight [13:11] right that 1931 bob i believe you were there uh still a young man back in those days that was an [13:16] electric fight back then i know you're expecting a pretty good night here in cleveland on saturday [13:20] thanks chris and thanks to cleveland and all of oh10 for coming out and showing support to the show [13:26] first a quick public service announcement as chris alluded to there are no more comp tickets [13:31] so stop asking the box office is open um reasonably priced the way this is going it's going to sell [13:39] out everybody's on some gate money here so we'd appreciate your support but you know you lead it [13:44] off with the mason brothers one two coming up and then uh the next one we call him he half of dc [13:52] will probably be here with scooter shark season davis coming out um what you want to see a great prospect [13:58] fighting a veteran who you know will give him everything he needs a great team around him with [14:04] his parents barry hunter and the guys from headbangers in dc so all in all it's a great night it's not just a [14:11] duel yeah a lot of great fights here on the card i want to start down the ends with the masons this [14:16] is a mason brothers show on saturday that begins with the two of you uh abduramon 2-0 now in the [14:23] super featherweight division uh how are you feeling about this homecoming fight and uh kind of what are [14:29] you hoping to show in an event like this first i want to say thank you to my brother to top rank [14:37] my dad to anybody else that made this happen i'm looking to put on a performance you know i'm grateful [14:45] to be here this is going to be my first one on tv so i'm looking to do my thing you know you guys [14:51] have been training together i'm sure for some time you've been boxing together since you were very [14:56] young but what's is there a little bit of extra juice when you're all fighting on the same card [15:00] like this usually it is yeah we had it yeah we had a couple times all of us fight together on the [15:10] card so yeah what do you think that people are going to be saying about you after this fight [15:17] you're gonna have to wait and see something special maybe yes sir okay uh ibrahim we'll [15:26] turn to you uh kind of the same question like the being on the same card with your brothers being [15:31] back here fighting at home in cleveland ohio is there a little bit of extra juice in a fight like [15:35] this for sure um we we've been working towards something like this for a while it's finally here [15:43] then we excited to just put on the show for for cleveland you guys are all kind of around the same [15:48] weight divisions roughly do you when you get into training how much sparring is there done together [15:53] how much work is there done together we don't spar too much um we don't be bludging each other up or [15:58] nothing but we we touch around um it's definitely it's definitely like five eyes on on one person on [16:05] every person so that's the good thing about all of us training together you're all looking to perform [16:10] uh on to zone on tnt is there any competition maybe for who's going to have the best performance of [16:16] the night we all focused on our fights i would just say that we all focus to put on the show [16:22] i'll ask you the same question after a fight like this a lot of eyeballs on you a lot of people inside [16:27] the wallstein center a lot of people watching worldwide what do you hope that people are saying [16:31] about you after a fight like this um something like that but i'm not gonna say too much i'm just [16:48] excited for saturday to put on your show i'm pretty sure all the other fighters or most of them [16:53] feel the same way about saturday so we're going out there and performing all right well good luck to [16:58] both of you on saturday open up the show uh here uh carlos ramos you'll open up the main part [17:04] of the broadcast on saturday night uh coming in taking on scooter davis here what are you feeling [17:12] now going into this fight good afternoon to everyone first of all thank you to top rank for the [17:40] opportunity i am very concentrated and i'm very well prepared for this fight we've had great sparring [17:45] we've had a great camp and i'm ready to walk away with the victory on july 4 your advantage coming [17:52] into this fight is probably experience you've boxed i think five times as many rounds as scooter davis [17:58] can experience be an advantage for you in this fight [18:01] yes uh the experience will give me a great advantage and i need to build on that experience [18:27] and so i'm ready for anything that comes and i'm ready to fight against jerek davis [18:32] well and it says i can't wait for the fight to start i'm going to kick his ass [18:36] well along those lines carlos what do you have to do i'm sure there's a lot of things you've been [18:50] working on in this camp but what do you have to do to beat this man on saturday [18:54] yes i have to be focused i have to work on what was done in the gym on the sparring that i've done [19:24] i cannot deviate from the game plan and i have to be on top of everything from the first round [19:29] until the eighth round and be ready to give a war in order to walk away with the victory [19:33] said you're ready to give a war do you think you can stop him [19:36] yes obviously because i have various knockouts in my career and the and i think that can't happen [20:02] if all goes uh as i have planned it and the knockout will come by itself uh but yes of course [20:08] i can knock him out all right good luck to you on saturday carlos scooter we'll turn over to you [20:13] i want to get to that knockout stuff but quick turnaround for you 70 days i think it is between your [20:17] last two fights how are you feeling physically going into this fight uh first and foremost i want to [20:22] thank my lord and savior jesus christ for just bringing me here i'm a kid from dc and i'm in cleveland [20:27] ohio in front of my top rank on the zone tnt um hey man i'm ready to do my thing uh i had a nice [20:36] long camp uh took a couple days off after the fight for just to get my body together but i'm ready to do [20:43] this thing man it's time it's shock season you were in uh i believe it was kind of a 50 50 fight [20:48] last time out uh and you showed out in that fight what do you think you showed people in that last [20:53] performance um i showed that i'm able to go around i'm gonna show that i have multi you know different [20:58] things in my my bag i can box i can bang i can use my ring generalships i have iq i listen to my [21:04] trainers i could do anything in the ring do you say you've had a full camp going to this you had a [21:08] chance to study this man carlos ramos what do you see when you watch him and we ain't gonna give him [21:13] too much and we just gonna do our thing man um we're gonna stick to the game plan uh coach barry [21:18] hunter patrice harris boogie harris uh james harris and joshua parker man they they put in a great [21:24] amount of work in the gym for me put a hell of a game plan for me so i'm gonna implement what i do [21:29] and i'm gonna be the shot that's what we do yeah i saw barry and you earlier in the day barry very [21:33] complimentary of what he's seen from you so far what has it meant to you kind of working under him [21:37] and what have you learned in your professional ranks um i've been been with barry since the age of [21:42] 10 man he always just said i was special and he just always wanted to keep that toolage under him [21:47] and i appreciate him for just taking the time out just to see a young kid and say i'm gonna put [21:52] you know saying all this knowledge into him i'm ready to do my thing like it's it is what it is [21:57] he said he's going he can stop me so he might he got a little bit too much dip on his chip but it's [22:02] cool it sounds like he's preparing for a war in the ring to open the show is that the kind of fight [22:07] you're preparing for i'm preparing for a win i'm preparing for a spectacular dominant performance [22:12] that's what i'm gonna do you're the guy from dc on this car you think you can steal the show [22:16] from all the guys from cleveland absolutely i'm sorry to y'all i noticed y'all hometown but i'm [22:20] coming to steal the show i love y'all all right scooter good luck to you on saturday as well good [22:26] luck to everybody up here on the stage we're going to take some pictures with these guys reset and come [22:30] back with the main event press conference the mason brothers two young stars in boxing getting the [23:14] opportunity to fight on the big stage and their brother's undercar what do you think of these two [23:19] well anytime you have a fighting family just like we do with keshawn davis and a lot of a lot of uh [23:24] successful world champions it's always a younger brother that always ends up panning out uh i don't [23:30] know why that is but the younger brothers always do well but these guys are undefeated they're all [23:34] punches they all have that ohio championship bloodline and here you see the schweiz that is going to open up [23:41] our broadcast on saturday scooter davis undefeated in the pro ranks got a tough test in front of him but [23:47] this is about scooter davis dc rays barry hunter as his trainer a lot of people think he's special [23:53] good power what do you think of him yeah anytime you have a high knockout ratio like he does 10 [23:58] knockouts and 11 fights i like i like davis you know but these are the type of fights that actually [24:03] make you better because he's not in there with someone that's just going to fall over ramos [24:07] ramos is a tough guy he's been through the fire i like that both these guys are saying that they're [24:12] prepared for war big stage for both of them a lot of opportunity here opening up the show [24:17] ramos goes for the handshake scooter says no no we're not doing that right now that should be [24:22] a tremendous fight to open this show all part of a terrific card here on the zone a lot to get to [24:29] when it comes to that uh that press conference and a lot of activity i think on the bottom of the card [24:33] i like this one i'm seeing out of scooter ramos but it's all about what we're going to get on the [24:38] main portion of the car two championships on the line 126 pound title with shushu carrington of course [24:44] abdulla mason's 135 pound crown it opens the show sergio with tiger johnson who might be inching his [24:50] way towards a world title shot of his own 2020 u.s olympian undefeated now in the pro ranks what do [24:56] you like about tiger johnson just like everyone on this card i like what i see with johnson i mean [25:01] he fights good on the outside fights good on the inside is more of a boxer than a puncher but he can [25:06] punch uh he gets on the inside always dicks to the body tall lanky frame i like what i see with him [25:12] all these guys pass the eye test manix that's why this side of the world every time i remember [25:16] ohio michigan these guys can always box they have that toughness that meanness so they're always going [25:22] for the knockout they never forget about the body and they do well against the come forward aggressive [25:27] style they do well against mexicans against puerto regans they do it well well against that pressure [25:32] come forward boxing type so look that's what i'm impressed with the fact that he can dig the body [25:38] go for the knockout get it and move on to the next one yeah i think he's got a good test in [25:42] christopher guerrero could a good litmus test for where he is as a fighter if he looks spectacular [25:46] in that fight we could be talking about tiger johnson fighting for a world title in the very [25:51] near future the co-main event shushu carrington the newly crowned 126 pound champion goes into his [25:57] backyard of new york city scores a spectacular knockout win over carlos castro what i liked about [26:02] that performance sergio is that shushu had to go through the fire he got hurt in the mid rounds of [26:07] that fight but he found a way to close the show it was a chef's kiss just like we saw with boots [26:11] uh getting rocked we saw a little bit of that as well with shushu it's always dangerous fighting in [26:16] your hometown especially in the city of lights in new york that man right there from brooklyn put a [26:21] brooklyn beat down right hands like that they're not gonna you can't take too many shots like that [26:26] right on the tip of the chin you can see that castro was out on his feet did not forget the body [26:29] picked them up boom that's what fans remember that's what we want to see a lot more of shushu carrington [26:35] the shoe era as he says shushu carrington taking on renee palacios in a big fight he's hoping for [26:41] bigger fights to come out of that unification fights hopefully later this year three other [26:45] champions out there at 126 pounds shushu wants a piece of any one of them the main event sergio [26:51] abdullah mason 135 pound title it goes over to saudi arabia to knock off sam noakes that was a tough [26:58] fight sam noakes was not someone that was too well known globally but he was an older fighter he had just as [27:03] much professional experience in terms of rounds he was tough he was durable but abdullah mason found [27:09] a way to get the job done yeah i um i praise sam noakes for the performance that he put up and it [27:13] was a fight of the year candidate in my opinion but mason passed the test which is what we want to see [27:18] with with young fighters that are going to fight for a title and a challenge they went through the fire [27:24] they were able to be resilient passed the test and he did it in a fight where it went the distance he had [27:29] to stay focused the entire times against noakes who was hungry this was a brit that came across the [27:34] pond to do something great it panned out as a great fight but he was on the end of of the of the of the [27:39] decision but we got a star and mason a future star yeah it's great to see abdullah mason in his [27:44] hometown you heard carl moretti from top rank up there moments ago no more comp tickets available [27:49] this fight is selling extremely well ticketmaster.com is where you get your tickets i think it's gonna be [27:54] a great crowd at the wolstein center on saturday night where there are a lot of great fights coming [27:59] up here on the zone and a lot of ways to watch these fights it begins anthony joshua making his [28:05] return on july 25th taking on the unknown but dangerous puncher in christian prenga and then we've [28:12] got the future of the heavyweight division moses etalma undefeated he gets the toughest test of his [28:18] career when he takes on philip herkovich who has been one of the best fighters in this weight class [28:23] for quite some time and then coming in october canelo alvarez the return he takes on christian [28:29] and beely trying to become a super middleweight champion once again that will be a firefight over [28:36] in riad saudi arabia lots of ways to watch the dazone ultimate package is where you want to get it so [28:43] we're ready now for the main event press conference which is one of the setting up one of the many great [28:48] fights coming up on the zone the first rule of the zone ultimate the first rule the first rule [28:55] the first rule do not pay-per-view you do not do not pay-per-view do not pay-per-view [29:01] the ultimate fight night is here second rule the zone ultimate is second rule you don't pay-per-view [29:07] because ultimate gives you a minimum of 12 pay-per-view fights a year at no extra cost [29:14] you do not pay-per-view join us ringside and welcome to the zone ultimate future legend [29:23] the real favorite will be in the ring the fight a boxing series from tnt sports ends his own [29:31] one night self-charged two championship belts are on the line let's light it up shushu carrington [29:37] defends his title against renee palacio then albert bell battles wbo lightweight champion abdula mason [29:44] the fight is on saturday at seven on tnt true tv and stream on the zone welcome back everyone for [29:57] the main event portion of the press conference and the reason that we are here in northeast ohio last [30:03] november abdula mason not only became boxing's youngest world champion when he knocked off sam [30:09] noakes he also became cleveland's first title holder since mickey bay held a piece of the 135 crown back [30:16] in 2014 i know everyone at top rank sees a future star in abdula but he's going to have to prove it [30:23] on saturday night against albert bell the undefeated long-time contender in this weight class who wins [30:29] most of his fights either by knockout or by shutout we also have a couple of other excellent fights on [30:35] this undercard bruce shushu carrington one of the best young fighters in all of boxing he will make the [30:41] first defense of his 126 pound title against renee palacios and tiger johnson another cleveland native [30:48] fast rising welterweight contender he will take on undefeated christopher guerrero tickets for this event [30:55] at the wolstein center are on sale now over at ticketmaster.com if you can't be here on fight night [31:03] you can watch live on tnt over in the u.s or globally on the zone we've got most of the fighters up here [31:10] on the stage i want to introduce the two fighters that are fighting in the main event first up the [31:15] challenger undefeated from toledo he is albert prince bell and next up we have the defending champion [31:37] making the first defense of his 135 pound championship the youngest world champion in boxing [31:44] today the undefeated abdullah mason all the fighters up here on the stage plenty of gold up here [32:06] on the stage as well with these championship belts going to be a great show beginning at eight o'clock [32:12] eastern time five pacific on tnt and disown and carl this is what it's all about right you've got [32:17] world champions up here in world title defenses a young man abdullah mason making his homecoming [32:23] in front of a packed house here in cleveland it's pretty much as good as it gets it is and to prove [32:28] that um the combined record of all these guys is 117 and 0 with one draw and 53 knockouts so three [32:37] guys are going away with something on their mark but it's a it's a credit to all of them to fight [32:42] that kind of quality opposition on this type of show and uh you know we can't wait for it yeah some [32:48] great fights right from the very beginning and i want to start to my left christopher guerrero [32:52] uh who will take on tiger johnson and christopher tiger johnson is the undefeated prospect you are [32:57] also undefeated i'm sure you also believe that you belong amongst the names of the very best [33:03] in your weight class how are you feeling going into this fight uh first off i want to thank top rank [33:08] and everyone that put together this thing to give me this opportunity um yeah i feel uh i feel great [33:15] i feel amazing i feel uh it's gonna be a good show it's gonna be a good night so what do you have to do [33:21] to win a fight like this going into somebody's backyard fighting an olympian like tiger johnson [33:27] what are the musts that you have to do he's just he's got to remain calm you know you got to remain [33:31] confident and just don't block out the all the noise you know you hear the chirps you hear everything [33:37] so just block it out and you know and just keep going so there's plenty of footage out there about [33:44] tiger from tiger johnson from the olympics the pro ranks now when you watch that footage of him [33:49] what do you see i see a good uh a great opponent a valiant opponent you know uh we got to get ready [33:56] for this we got to get ready for this uh we have to get ready for him the best way we could and [34:00] i'll be ready saturday night so how do you see this fight playing out on saturday me victorious [34:08] for sure all right well good luck to you christopher saturday night christopher guerrero undefeated [34:13] trying to keep that perfect record and he'll try to do it against tiger johnson 2020 [34:18] u.s olympian also undefeated and also from right here in cleveland ohio tiger we've talked a lot [34:24] about the masons but this is your backyard here as well how are you feeling about making this fight [34:29] here in cleveland oh no man i feel good man you know um i want to give a huge shout out to top [34:35] rank um you know huge shout out to bob baron you know my manager uh dave mcwaters and um man i feel [34:42] good man you know this is a dream come true you know uh you know um outside of my olympic dream [34:49] you know uh i wanted to always fight in cleveland in front of you know my friends and family so [34:54] you know we're gonna put on the show saturday last time out you were in something of a 50 50 fight [34:59] going into it and you put out your maybe your best performance one of your best performances [35:03] of your career what do you think you showed in that last fight i mean they say it was a 50 50 fight [35:10] you know um you know i i told y'all what i was gonna do uh i told parley i told chris algeri i [35:17] was gonna knock him out and you know everybody was sleeping on me so i had to sleep him to show [35:23] everybody to stop sleeping on me you're going up against an undefeated guy in christopher guerrero [35:28] asked him what he saw when he watched you what do you see when you watch him um you know he's 16 [35:35] and 0 for a reason you know i mean um you know but at the end of the day uh i don't believe [35:41] there's nobody in my division that is talented as me and has the abilities that i got so i'm here [35:48] to prove again saturday why i'm the best at what's with it along those lines you know you're itching [35:53] to get that first world title fight you're climbing the rankings how close do you think you are to [35:59] getting that opportunity uh i feel like i'm real close you know um but you know we got to take care [36:04] of business saturday then we're worried about that after and you said you told the commentators [36:09] going into the last fight that you were going to win that fight by knockout how are you going to [36:14] win this fight same thing you know uh you know i'm going there and have fun you know listen to my [36:20] team you know we had a very good camp you know we worked on you know a lot of things from my last [36:26] fight and you know we're gonna keep improving each fight we're gonna go in there and have fun [36:30] all right good luck to you on saturday tiger also too i want to give a huge shout out to [36:34] someone who who played a big impact in my life you know um coach renard safo so you know he was my [36:41] he was my olympian coach you know um yeah he played a big part in my life man so he was shout out to [36:48] coach safo all right uh renee palacios over here to my left your first world title fight your first [36:56] scheduled 12 round fight how are you feeling going into this one [37:00] first of all thanks to all the people here thanks to all the media thank you to top rank [37:31] to mauricio suleiman and of course to shushu for giving me the opportunity at this world title [37:36] and of course above all at this world title and of course above all i want to thank god [37:42] uh because i'm here today god uh because i'm here today i feel happy i feel uh enthused because the [37:49] day is coming uh where i will fight for a world title you were a big underdog in your last fight [37:56] and you came away with the win you're a big underdog going into this fight do you think you're being [38:01] underestimated again si si pasa yo creo que así pasó mi pelea pasada pero vengo listo estoy preparado [38:09] para para lo que sea mentalmente vengo fuertísimo hizo un campamento impresionante espectacular perfecto [38:15] entonces yo sé que el día cuatro julio es el día de la independencia lo respeto mucho pero esa noche [38:20] se va escuchar el grito mexicano yes for everything i come mentally strong i had an impressive camp [38:30] had an impressive camp a spectacular camp and i know that the fourth of july is the independence day [38:34] here in the united states and i respect that but mexico will win on saturday shushu's coming off [38:40] that world title win over carlos castro back in january did you see things in that fight that you [38:47] think you can take advantage of claro como todo yo creo que hay hay cosas que mejorar hay cosas que ver [38:54] del rival siempre hay algo que hemos visto sus errores hay que seguir el plan de trabajo [39:01] seguir el plan de trabajo como lo hicimos en el campamento porque estamos listos yes of course like all [39:14] fighters there are things that you can prove on things that you can see in your opponent there's [39:17] some things that you can correct we've seen those errors and so we're gonna stick to that game plan [39:21] and work on that on fight night all right well good luck to you renee on saturday shushu will turn [39:26] to you got that green belt carried it everywhere i see you proud champion right now uh deservedly so [39:34] when you look back at that win you had against castro back in january how do you feel about it now how do [39:40] you think that performance went for you um the performance went exactly how it was supposed to you know [39:45] uh we had a great uh training camp throughout that fight and uh you know we executed you know [39:50] everything that we wanted to do in that fight we were able to do break him down and get the victory [39:55] the way we got it um you know but you know as of right now and i'm just super just looking forward [40:02] to this saturday i got my mom focused on this opponent that i have coming up with me right now [40:06] uh you know with him or even uh renee palacios he's a good fighter uh i like to challenge myself you [40:13] know there's actually there's a lot of guys that uh carl tell you that didn't accept this fight [40:18] you know i'm saying and uh you know renee palacios he he took it he took it quickly and i respect him [40:24] for that you know i'm saying i see that he fights with his heart on his sleeve his style is something [40:27] that's challenging and i'm looking forward to it i'm looking forward to it carl you want to go down [40:31] the list we don't have enough time but as i mentioned in the initial press conference and i believe [40:38] this shushu is the best story of the year and will i think continue to be that you know looking [40:43] back at that night in january at madison square garden he lives 11 miles from madison square garden [40:49] in brownsville and a lot of people don't get out of brownsville but to get out of brownsville and [40:55] do what he did and win the title that night is just the best story in boxing that keeps going [41:00] and to reward him we put him in with a 19-0 southpaw puncher from mexico to celebrate that [41:06] so but he had you know he'll fight anybody in the division renee stepped up and took the challenge [41:12] and here we are shushu to me what was most impressive about that win was you had to go [41:17] through adversity to get it you had to walk through fire a little bit to get that win you [41:21] closed the show spectacularly what did you learn from that experience last january i mean well to be [41:26] honest it wasn't too much that i learned because it was something that i already seen in myself that [41:30] others just haven't seen i had that championship mentality you know i've been through adversity all of [41:35] my life just coming up in brownsville losing my brother uh plenty other things that i've gone [41:40] through in life all the losses that i've put on myself self-sabotaging and then praying to god [41:46] and getting over those things that's that's the real uh uh journey and the fights in life you know [41:53] what i'm saying so me going through all of that i knew i was gonna be able to go through something [41:56] small like that inside the ring conquer that and then become victorious so it was nothing to me [42:02] you've got one belt now 126 pound division you've made it clear to everyone that you want all four [42:07] you want to be undisputed at 126. what kind of message do you want to send to the rest of this [42:12] division on saturday man to be honest i'm not really focused on the future right now i'm focused [42:16] on this saturday i'm focused on getting through renee palacios and then once that day once that day [42:22] comes that day is going to come oh i also wanted to uh uh kind of touch base on a little something [42:28] uh shout out big shout out to bob arrow brooklyn in the house hey man i was a little disappointed [42:32] last time press conference man when i mentioned the bone thugs and harmony in new york with biggie [42:38] to collab we've been doing this how you ain't know that uh how you know that cooperation man [42:42] i'm a white guy from boston nah nah man you gotta know you gotta know biggie and bone thug bro this [42:48] this has always been brooklyn it's always been new york and it's always been cleveland baby and listen [42:53] i'm super happy to bring that collaboration back to the city and it's the shoo shoo show man [42:57] we're gonna perform we're gonna have a great time and i can wait to see y'all good luck to shush you [43:02] always entertaining in the ring looking forward to seeing you back in action uh on saturday night [43:07] albert bell stepping up and stepping in for this fight vick green representing uh albert i want to [43:12] ask you first when you got the call to uh take on this fight albert was preparing for a showdown [43:19] against andy cruz july 18th what was your reaction when this opportunity came up um it's something that [43:26] you know i called him immediately we talked and uh said he went to talk to you know his dad about [43:31] it was his head trainer and uh you know he called me back and said you know man i'm ready you know [43:36] he's in colorado springs already um he already you know he's been training and uh they said let's go [43:43] you know now if he's if he tells me that he's confident in this then i'm confident because i know [43:48] what he can do and others do as well so what was i guess your feeling you know what you asked him [43:53] what his feeling was his dad very different type of opponent i mean ade cruz fights one way abdullah [43:59] mason fights the other one was a title eliminator now it's for the full title what was going through [44:03] your mind as your as a solving process i mean it's uh it's a lot uh i mean skipping the eliminator going [44:09] straight to the title um i mean abdullah you know we know a doula is a phenom you know and so you [44:16] kind of you know you think for a second but again if he tells me i can do it i'm gonna believe him [44:22] because i've seen him in the ring and uh i mean i feel like the big question here is is albert bell [44:28] really that guy you know you know he's been avoided he got the number one in the wbo uh he was number one [44:34] for over a year and uh he's avoided he's been avoided by everybody at 130 pounds from 2020 2019 on [44:43] after he beat andy vences so um the question is is albert bell really like that and he's going to [44:48] show it on sunday saturday i'm sorry when we're here in the new all right albert we'll turn to you when [44:55] you got this call you were preparing to fight andy cruz uh what was your thinking as you were [45:00] trying to make this decision i mean it caught me out by surprise you know um it was an ideal opponent [45:07] for me you know i didn't really have thoughts on fighting abdullah like especially no time soon but [45:11] um everything made sense you know so talk to my pops about it um talk to the masons um and stepped [45:22] in you know i mean say the card give my world title opportunity you know i mean and put on the show for [45:27] all of ohio you're preparing to face andy cruz who fights a certain style abdullah fights another [45:33] style how much different how many changes did you have to make in the last couple of weeks you've [45:38] been preparing for this i mean it's boxing we're at the top level we've been in there with all the [45:43] styles in the world you know crews do fight a more moving style um i got some experience with [45:48] abdullah already so um just tailored the adjustments to that and really it's just about [45:53] being in shape and being prepared you know boxing is all about adjustments you know a lot of people [45:57] when this fight was announced look at your record look how long you've been around and wonder why is [46:01] this guy not gotten this kind of opportunity before how would you answer that i mean i get turned [46:08] down by a lot of guys i'm not saying that in a cocky way or like like a boogeyman or nothing like [46:12] that but a lot of guys say no when i cross the table i would have been had the name that i was [46:16] supposed to have but was delayed is not denied and we're here now so that's all that matters [46:20] you were once i believe promoted for a while by top rank is there any uh motivation to knock off one [46:26] of their best guys man me and top rank we always had a good relationship shout out to bob arum for [46:30] giving me a chance all the way back then promoted with me for years you know it just um it was a [46:35] amicable split and um it made sense uh it's it's a full circle moment that we here um fighting for [46:43] top rank for the w the wbo title that i was being trying to get at a different weight class but uh [46:48] like i said it's a full circle moment and we're here now we're happy for we're thankful and we're [46:52] grateful so you're not going to reveal your entire game plan but what do you need to do to beat this man [46:56] on saturday uh just be the best best version of myself i know he's coming to be the best version of [47:01] himself he's prepared i'm prepared we're ready we two top fighters we professionals we both ohioans [47:06] we got history with each other and um it's going to be a show for sure a little bit of extra juice [47:11] toledo versus cleveland does that add a little bit something to it far as the city's probably wise but [47:16] between me and him i don't really think it's law like that you know um it's not a fight where we [47:20] got to talk stuff and brad you know i mean we we know what we got to do when we get in there and uh [47:25] it's gonna be it's gonna be a great fight for sure all right looking forward to it albert abdullah [47:30] from riad to cleveland making your first defense of this 135 pound title you're going to do it [47:35] in a packed house at the wolstein center on saturday night you've you know been fighting in the cleveland [47:40] area before but now headlining as a world champion is there something a little bit special about that [47:46] yeah man i'm excited yeah i'm super excited you know it's something that me and my brother's been [47:51] looking forward to doing since uh since we were amateurs we uh fought on the same card a few times [47:56] as amateurs and all of us together we did it you know on the last show that my father threw uh here [48:02] in cleveland and uh it was huge and at that time he was like yo you know we do this on a professional [48:08] level it's gonna be big for cleveland and um you know this is this is uh it's big for not only cleveland [48:15] now but it's on tmt so this is a national stage you know a world stage the zone and i'm just excited to [48:21] be able to put this show on with two of my brothers on a car have you felt that since you've been back how [48:25] big a deal this is for cleveland as you've been back in the city yeah for sure not not just for [48:30] this fight but leading up to this fight you know um my past 10 15 fights every time i i have a fight [48:37] you know i go out to another city and you know perform that i come back they say man when you [48:41] gonna fight in cleveland when you gonna fight in cleveland next fight when you gonna fight in [48:45] cleveland you know for the world championship when you gonna fight in cleveland so it's finally here [48:49] and uh i'm excited for it you know so cleveland gonna show up and we're gonna do our thing as we use as [48:53] you always do 21 years old you go over to riad and you fight an experienced guy in sam noaks you [48:58] had to dig deep to get the win that night how much better are you as a fighter because of that [49:03] experience i feel like it was definitely a a much-needed experience and that's not a type of [49:10] fight that you fight all the time in your career you know that's uh that's something i felt like i had [49:14] to do that night you know um each night is different and um it definitely you know gave me some [49:19] insight on how i go about the rest of my fights in my career so um it was definitely a a well-needed [49:24] experience and a great fight so you've been or you were for a couple of months preparing for joe cordina [49:30] who fights a certain style then you get a phone call saying joe cordina can't fight can't get into [49:36] the u.s uh but we got albert bell here what was your response to that it was definitely unexpected you [49:42] know um you know albert bell that's our guy you know uh from toledo but you know it's boxing you [49:48] got to be prepared for anything and um i'm prepared to come out on top everything happens for a reason [49:54] and one thing i do want to say is i'm the youngest world champion in boxing for a reason and i'm prepared [49:59] to you know show that when i step in the ring when you're younger in the amateur ranks you got to [50:04] fight all different types of guys all different types of styles but how how much change do you have [50:09] to make to prepare for albert bell after preparing for joe cordina i mean boxing is uh you know it's [50:17] offense it's defense it's iq and you got to put it together to tailor it to the person you step in [50:21] the ring with so i know that with opponent switch i just got to tailor it to the person i'm that who's [50:26] across the ring from me you know and um that's albert bell sound weird when i say it now but it's that's [50:32] that's uh it's albert bell so fight night i'm prepared to do what i got to do to come out on top so how [50:37] do you expect this fight to play out we're gonna see saturday make sure y'all tune in [50:43] it's gonna be a definitely an exciting fight show the first time boxing has been on tnt [50:48] and um me my brothers you know everybody tiger shushu we ready to get it on you're gonna be [50:53] ringside watching your brothers you're gonna be able how do you how do you handle that how do you [50:56] handle that dynamic i don't this is the first time it's happened in the pro so i don't know exactly how [51:00] it's gonna go but uh we waited all step in there and come out with a dub all right well good luck to [51:05] abdullah albert everybody here on stage on saturday carl would you like to have a final word sure just [51:10] shout out to albert bell and his team for accepting this late challenge um we're not going to ask him [51:16] to trim that beard we tried that last week that didn't turn out so good so you're good with that [51:21] but you know you mentioned that uh abdul is the youngest world champion in boxing and he is but [51:26] at the end of the day he's a fighter and this is what fighters do if there's a change [51:29] he fights he he we would have gotten a welterweight he wouldn't have cared but that's what abdul is [51:34] he's a fighter and we're all going to see a lot of this on saturday night all right excited to see [51:38] everybody here on stage on saturday we're going to face these guys off take some pictures we'll be [51:42] back here on friday for the weigh-in and again wolstein center saturday night live on the zone [51:47] and tnt in the u.s you don't want to miss it all right sergio a respectful press conference but [52:31] an interesting one i think this card kicks off in earnest with a very interesting fight you've got tiger [52:37] johnson taking on christopher guerrero somebody's o has got to go in this fight guerrero the mexican [52:43] canadian or the canadian mexican yeah undefeated i love these type of matchups it shows you exactly [52:48] what type of prospect and future contender and hopefully future champion you have in both these [52:53] guys especially that man right there where the burden is on his shoulders and tiger johnson yeah [52:57] tiger johnson 2020 u.s olympian 17 and 0 in the pro ranks climbing the rankings one of those great [53:05] top-ranked prospects they're hoping has a big future as a world champion but christopher guerrero [53:09] as i said undefeated himself 16 and 0. he believes he's the man in this weight class he's got the [53:15] regional belt on his shoulder he's looking to do big things and this guy to my screen left shushu [53:20] carrington now a world champion at 126 pounds in his backyard of new york city now he makes a title [53:28] defense against renee palacio so you heard calm already say it sergio here you go shushu your first [53:33] title defense a hard punching southpaw good for you no not only that but back-to-back tough [53:39] forward mexicans front foot mexicans power punching mexicans you always want to see how that east coast [53:44] you know boxing style does shushu carrington has a little bit of everything but i love the fact that [53:49] he doesn't turn back challenges against hard pressing fighters like this carl moretti knows what he's [53:54] saying against shushu yeah a lot to like about shushu carrington went through the fire against carlos [53:59] castro got hurt in the middle rounds of that fight winds up winning it by spectacular knockout [54:04] three other champions out there at 126 and shushu is targeting all of them first though is going to [54:10] have to go up against renee palacios who is undefeated for a reason as you can see not taking [54:15] one step backwards in this fight i think that's going to be a firefight in the co-main event on [54:22] saturday all right here we go with the main event not the main event we expected when this card was [54:35] announced a couple of months ago but an interesting one nonetheless abdullah mason the youngest world [54:40] champion in boxing taking on albert bell and sergio right away the size the height of albert bell [54:46] a pretty clear advantage albert bell knows how to use that height he knows how to use his reach [54:51] believe it or not he's a taller fighter but he doesn't have the longer reach it's mason who has one [54:56] inch longer arms and that's why he's so explosive on the outside but once he gets on the inside that's when [55:01] he's dangerous but will he be able to break that range from the from the taller rangier fighter in [55:06] bell you know albert bell was a fighter on the rise for many years he had a great win against andy [55:12] vences in 2019 just hasn't been able to climb the ladder onto the big stage since you see these two [55:18] guys from competing towns but clearly good friends abdullah mason looking to turn on make a great [55:23] performance here in his first defense in cleveland former sparring partners that could always be [55:29] dangerous you know you don't really want to know uh you know too much of your opponent you want to be [55:33] familiar with that opponent i basically ignored all my sparring partners when it came to fighting them [55:39] mason saving the show doing just that and facing the fire and you like to talk about the hometown curse [55:44] this adds another layer to it when you have both of your brothers fighting on the undercar when you've [55:50] got your dad training them there's a lot going on in the world of abdullah mason right now sergio how [55:56] would you feel if you had two of your brothers fighting on one of your cards well listen well [55:59] my if my dad was named valiant mason just like abdullah mason's father i wouldn't be i think [56:04] you're going to change your son's name to that i love that name i love that name but look this is a [56:08] man who who grew champions and these every fighter on this car the mason family knows how to squad they [56:15] know how to fight they know how to box but i love how they carry themselves with respect even temperament [56:20] but man once that bell rings they're vicious you know abdullah mason i don't think he would [56:25] have fought for a world title his last time out if there wasn't the money involved in saudi arabia [56:29] just sometimes the opportunity is too much to pass up on but he had to dig deep in that last fight [56:35] what do you think he gained from a tough fight against sam noakes well that's the one thing we [56:39] want to see with every fighter how is he going to react when he gets put down when he faces adversity [56:43] when he gets cut abdullah mason passed all those tests instead of being dropped but sam noakes was [56:48] in the fight all the way to the end he passed the test in a fight of the year type and now we know [56:53] what we have with abdullah mason one of the youngest champions in boxing do we know what we [56:57] have yet though in albert bell like i watch the tape i see the physical tools i see the obvious skill [57:03] but he's 33 years old and he's never fought on the championship level that andy ventes fight [57:08] was i'm doing the math seven years ago now like what do we know about albert bell not much but that's [57:14] the scary part great analysis no listen that's the scary part when you really know what what type of [57:19] fight is he going to bring we know that he's a lanky fighter he looks vulnerable he looks susceptible [57:23] tall his chin in the air but he's undefeated he has enough to keep you on the outside but once he [57:28] goes on the inside digs that body he knows how to fight tall he knows how to take a shot and just when [57:32] you break that range and you think he's going to be vulnerable with his chin in the air he's hitting [57:36] you with uppercuts tricky fighter especially as a late replacement so there's a lot of unknowns [57:41] that can make it tricky for a fighter like abdullah mason who's a younger fighter about almost a decade [57:45] man i think the experience of albert bell could be a factor in all this like you got to know i believe [57:50] abdullah mason is coming into this fight with a lot of energy coursing through him he's in his [57:54] backyard he's looking to make a big statement he's fighting with his brothers on the undercard maybe [57:59] there's a little bit too much energy we've seen abdullah mason come out with a little bit too [58:02] much energy before sergio he got dropped in a fight a few fights ago maybe that's something [58:07] albert bell could take advantage of all right look there's a lot of things that he could take [58:10] advantage of but the thing about mason is that he gets hit and he gets meaner [58:14] he comes right back after you i i love everything i see about mason i just think [58:19] the tricky part is going to be breaking that distance if he can break that distance mason [58:23] does love to punch really hard from that southpaw stance but once he gets on the inside and if he [58:28] can rip those body shots make that tall frame get smaller and smaller then we know that mason has a [58:33] game plan because you got to remember he was training to fight a shorter opponent a boxer on the back foot [58:38] now he has someone on the back foot but that's long and fights tall so those are the little tricky [58:43] things that mason mason needs to get past yeah abdullah mason youngest world champion in all [58:48] of boxing 22 years old you see him there posing with his brothers who will open the show on saturday [58:54] before abdullah mason defends his world title in the main event tickets flying off the shelves uh for [59:00] this event at the wolstein center doing really well going to be live as well on to zone and tnt in the [59:06] u.s early prediction from you sergio from this fight it's going to be tricky but i i like mason but i [59:12] don't think it's going to be easy for him and here you got the list of the youngest world champions [59:15] in all of boxing abdullah mason topping that list just 22 years old you see christian medina may [59:22] be in line for another world title unification shot at 26 against bam rodriguez who is right there [59:27] behind him two guys just 26 years old hamster shiraz coming in at 27 ricardo sandoval unified champion [59:35] at 112 pounds and amazingly sergio devon haney still just 27 years old has accomplished a lot [59:42] in his young career but 27 years old looking to do big things but abdullah mason just 22 looking to [59:47] do something special what do you think like what are some of the keys to victory we talked about for [59:52] uh you know for abdullah mason breaking that distance if you are albert bell and his team and you [59:57] were preparing to fight andy cruz what do you got to do against abdullah mason while you're preparing [1:00:01] for a boxer on the back foot and cruz a brilliant you know scientific boxer and cruz now you're not [1:00:05] dealing with that with mason i would exchange with mason mason gets hit with left hooks just like we saw [1:00:10] with xander zayas and boots ennis he was getting hit with those left hooks so exchanging with him [1:00:15] going through the fire it's they say not to hook with a hooker but when mason is coming from you with [1:00:20] a left-handed stance his right hand is lead and he likes to exchange so exchanging hooks with a southpaw [1:00:26] i think that's going to benefit bell i got to ask you because you are a big proponent of a shorn face [1:00:34] shorn shave cut close cut close uh no hair no beard cut for albert bell in this one that's a long beard [1:00:40] i sat up there next to him that is one of the longest beards i've ever seen a boxer have what do [1:00:44] you think of that well listen i i'm fine with beards as long as the commission's fine with it [1:00:48] it depends what state you're in if i were the opponent of albert bell me and my trainer and my team [1:00:54] will absolutely have him trim or even shave down that beard because like i said with um in the [1:01:01] fight in new york when it came to uh boots ennis it's it's padding you can't see the chin it doesn't [1:01:07] expose where you're supposed to hit it hides a target there's a lot of things so you don't want [1:01:11] to give your the fighter too many advantages well abdullah mason clearly comfortable with it he's [1:01:16] going to go in letting albert bell have that full beard should be a fantastic fight at the wolstein center [1:01:21] on saturday a lot to come though here this week we've got the weigh-in on friday right back here [1:01:27] at the hilton all these guys will be weighing in here on the stage then saturday july 4th [1:01:32] independence day at the wolstein center abdullah mason against albert bell two world [1:01:38] championship fights on the line prospect galore everybody named mason is going to be fighting on [1:01:44] this card dad mason is going to be running around the ring all night long you catch it live [1:01:49] on tnt on the us and globally on dazone that's it for us we can't wait to see this fight go down [1:01:56] on saturday abdullah mason making the first defense of his 135 pound title taking on a slick [1:02:03] boxer and albert bell who also has an undefeated record all that happens saturday here on dazone