Fort Worth Native and undefeated jr welterweight Benjamin Gurment gets the opportunity of a lifetime Thursday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. He will have the opportunity to get some Texas redemption and catapult himself up the 140-pound rankings as he battles 2023 Prospect of the Year Abdullah Mason, 11-0 (9) of Cleveland, Ohio. Mason, a 19-year-old phenom, went 5-0 (4) in 2023, with his most recent win a second-round KO of Laredo Native Jose Cardenas last November. Gourmet, 8-0 (3), a rugged, hard-hitting, up-and-comer, is looking to bounce back from his disputed draw with Donte Strayhorn this past November in Mesquite. Its not been an easy path for the Fort Worthian, who trains with Ray Barrera at FHG Gym. In two of his first three fights Gourmet took on both Jordan Jones, an extremely successful amateur and Darius Bagley, a highly touted Dallas fighter. Gourmet was supposed to be the sacrificial lamb for each of these two men who were destinedto go on to bigger and better things. Gurment, a US Armey veteran, derailed the plains of both fighters, fighting each one to a draw. Gurment then went on to win seven fights in a row and capture the WBC Four-round belt by knocking out Yainiel Alvarez Telemaco of Cuba in 2022. The Fort Worth native will now look to derail the career of perhaps the sports brightest prospect. Gurment will look to do Mason what he did to both Jones and Bagley. The action will be on ESPN, and the card starts at 5:30cst on the ESPN+ app.