LAS VEGAS (March 21, 2025) — Line them up, and Abdullah Mason is ready to knock them out. The Cleveland-born lightweight phenom will now face Mexican southpaw Carlos “Chinito” Ornelas in a 10-round special feature on Saturday, April 5, at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Ornelas replaces Giovanni Cabrera, who withdrew from the bout due to injury. 

Mason-Ornelas is part of a loaded card headlined by the 10-round main event between rising heavyweights Richard Torrez Jr. and Guido Vianello. Junior welterweight standouts Lindolfo Delgado and Elvis Rodriguez will meet in a high-stakes co-feature scheduled for 10 rounds. The entire Torrez-Vianello card will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+.

Promoted by Top Rank, tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.com.

Mason (17-0, 15 KOs), who turns 21 on fight day, enters his first scheduled 10-rounder riding a wave of momentum. He knocked out Manuel Jaimes in four rounds in February on the Denys Berinchyk-Keyshawn Davis bill in New York City. Mason went 5-0 with five early stoppages in 2024 and ascended from a promising prospect to a wunderkind contender.

Ornelas (28-4, 15 KOs) is the most battle-tested foe of Mason’s pro career, a 30-year-old with extensive experience against established Mexican opposition. He has won three fights since losing a 10-round decision to Rafael Espinoza in January 2021. Ornelas is coming off a December 2023 decision win over David Moreno Potrero, who entered that bout with a 16-0-1 record.

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WBO Super Bantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete stopped Uriel Lopez in a scheduled 10-round non-title featherweight bout at the TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City.

In round five, Navarrete sent Lopez down with a left hook to the body.

In round six, Navarrete started pounding away at Lopez, and then put him down with a hard flurry of punches and the fight was stopped at 2:22.

With the win, Navarrete, 127 lbs is now 32-1 with 27 knockouts. Lopez, 127 lbs is 13-14-1.

Said Navarrete: “I have the utmost respect for Uriel Lopez. He put forth a courageous effort, but I was coming to win by knockout. I want to unify titles, but if nobody accepts my challenge, I’ll move up to featherweight.”

Edwin Palomares scored an upsetting by stopping Carlos Ornelas in round five of their scheduled 10-round featherweight fight.

Palomares was relentless with pressure, and in round five he landed a body punch that sent Ornelas to the canvas. Ornelas got to his feet but the corner waved the fight over. Palomares threw 476 punches in just over four rounds.

Palomares is 13-3-1 with four knockouts. Ornelas, 127 lbs is 25-3.

Sergio Alfredo Chirino Sanchez scored a devastating 3rd round knockout over Gustavo Alan Pina in a scheduled eight-round featherweight bout.

Sanchez dropped Pina at the end of the 1st round with a left hook. In round three, Sanchez landed a perfect left hook to the jaw that sent a frozen Pina hard to the canvas, where he would lay flat in his back for several minutes.

Time of the stoppage was six-seconds.

Sanchez, 126 lbs is 15-1 with nine knockouts. Pina, 126 lbs is 8-3.

Ivan Armando Garcia won a six-round unanimous decision over Roberto Palomares in a flyweight bout.

In round one, Garcia was cut over the left eye from an accidental headbutt.

Garcia, 113 lbs won by scores of 50-45 twice and 49-46 to go to 6-0. Palomares, 113 lbs is now 5-5-1.