American boxer Abdullah Mason became boxing's current youngest men's world champion, when the 21-year-old unanimously outpointed Sam Noakes in a brutal encounter to win the vacant WBO world lightweight title in Saudi Arabia last Saturday.
Mason (20-0, 17 KOs), from Cleveland, was taken past six rounds for the first time in his career to win by scores of 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113 over his English opponent for the vacant belt.
