Brian Norman: record, next fight and profile →
Whether he knew the building’s history or not, Brian Norman Jr. revisited it Saturday night with a stunning 10th-round knockout of favored Giovani Santillan to collect the WBO’s interim welterweight title.
New welterweight blood is ready to break through. Giovani Santillan (32-0, 17 KOs) and Brian Norman (25-0, 19 KOs) will meet in a critical 147-pound clash Saturday night in an ESPN-televised co-main event fight at San Diego’s Pechanga Arena.
Information about the Top Rank card on May 18th as Giovani Santillan will face Brian Norman Jr.
In the highlight from Saturday’s undercard at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, local favorite Bryce Mills (15-1, 5 KOs) won a six-round unanimous decision over Gerffred Ngayot (6-2, 5 KOs).
Top Rank Boxing will be live this Saturday, March 2, at approximately 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, exclusively on ESPN+.
Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov (12-0, 11 KOs) will lock horns against American standout Raymond Ford (14-0-1, 7 KOs) for the vacant WBA featherweight world title this Saturday, March 2 at Turning Stone Resort Casino.
Brian Norman Jr. is gearing up for a breakthrough year. Norman will defend his WBO International title against Janelson Bocachica in a 10-rounder on Saturday, March 2 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Norman-Bocachica joins a stacked undercard that will be headlined by the vacant WBA featherweight world title showdown between Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov and American contender Raymond Ford.
A welterweight crossroads bout has been added to a show loaded with featherweight action. BoxingScene.com has learned that Brian Norman and Janelson Bocachica have agreed to terms for an intriguing matchup. Their welterweight fight will take place on March 2 as part of an ESPN+ streamed undercard from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
A featherweight doubleheader is in store for the first quarter of the new year. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF and WBA featherweight titles will be at stake in separate bouts as part of a March 2 ESPN telecast. Luis Alberto Lopez will attempt the third defense of his IBF belt versus mandatory challenger Reiya Abe, while Otabek Kholmatov and Raymond Ford vie for the now vacant WBA strap.
LAS VEGAS – Brian Norman and Quinton Randall wrestled more than they boxed Thursday night. When their dull 10-round welterweight bout mercifully came to a conclusion, all three judges concluded that a more aggressive Norman had done enough to win their bout on the Shakur Stevenson-Edwin De Los Santos undercard at T-Mobile Arena. Eric Cheek (99-91) and Steve Weisfeld (99-91) scored nine apiece for Norman, who remained unbeaten but didn’t impress in his third fight since he signed a promotional contract with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc.