VBO has officially ordered no. 1 Sam NOAS to start negotiations with Face 2 Abdullah Mason for a festive light title. Two fighters have 20 days to make an agreement.
It is a major step for Noakes (17-0, 15 KOS), which is fighting at the domestic level of the entire career. He is ranked no. 1 with VBO, but its resume is an infertile candidate. There is no candidate about the continuation of Noakes.
VBO order Mason-Noakes Light Title
It’s a terrible mismatch on paper in favor of Mason. This struggle will make the VBO look bad to give unprepared, limited legs a # 1 ranking without showing. As an organization, you want to achieve realistic choices for ranking lists. Setting up Noas at # 1 no sense.
VBO obviously has its reasons for giving nominal ranking # 1, but the reality is not at half the opponent that Mason fought in the past. As such, it is a previously conclusion that Abdullah (19-0, 17 Kos) will win and be the next light Champion of the VBO.
The fans wanted to order Abdullah Mason to fight Edwin de Los Santos or Andy Cruz for empty name 135-lb, not noakeas. These two would be far more valuable opponents that Masone was fighting for an empty title.
Is Mason too young for the title?
There is a concern that Mason, 21, too young to fight the 27-year-old NOASE and needs to wait. Some people believe that even if Abdullah recording vacant VBO Title by winning, it is too young to hold a belt against wolves that will come to him.
Top Rang’s Mason Protection Challenge
The upper rank cannot protect Mason as if they were working with their careful matches after the champion. Once it has a VBO title, there will be targets on the back, and predators in a light department will come for it. Predictable, Top Rank will avoid fighters like Andy Cruz, Raymond Muratall, Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta Davis. Mason is too green to combat any of those four fighters.
The VBO title is empty after the former Championska Keishavn Davis missed weight for his title defense from des Los Santos last Friday. Davis came in 4.3 kilograms of overweight, which some fans felt that the deliberate failed on his side to get the edge or completely avoiding the fight. Finally, the nibod was canceled after the management in Los Santos decided not to pass with it.
The way to the VBO light Tito begins. 🥊
# 1 Sam Noases and # 2 Abdullah Mason has 20 days to reach an agreement. Negotiations are officially in progress.#Wbo #Wlashverightdivision #Held pic.twitter.com/vnjout2gri
– VBO (@Korldboxingorg) 12. June 2025
Last Updated 06.12.2025