Abdullah Mason

About

Abdullah Mason (born April 5, 2004) is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBO lightweight title since November 2025. As an amateur, Mason won the National Junior Championships in 2017, the Eastern Regional Open in 2017 and 2018, and the USA Boxing Youth National Title in 2021.
Considered one of the top “Prospects of the Year” in 2025 in the world, he is known for his speed, power, athleticism, and composure in the ring, which recently led to him becoming the youngest male world champion in boxing at the age of 21.

Abdullah Mason was born on April 5, 2004, in Bedford, Ohio, U.S., and was raised in Cleveland. He is part of a large family of boxers, with four of his five brothers also having competed: Amir, Adel, Abdur-Rahman, and Ibrahim. His family, who are practicing Muslims, lived overseas in Yemen and Egypt for a period before returning to a neighborhood in Cleveland that had a local boxing gym. His father, Valiant Mason, who had previously trained his older sons in various martial arts like karate and jiu-jitsu, asked his sons “who was interested in boxing?” Abdullah was the first to express a keen interest and began training at the age of nine. His…