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Brian Norman Jr. vs Jin Sasaki set for June 19 in Tokyo
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1 month agoon

The rising Atlanta star is ready to defend her championships in the land of the rising sun. Brian Norman Jr. It will become the second defense of its title in the WBO WBU in the Japanese pretender Jin Sasaki on Thursday, June 19, at OTA City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
This is an almost 7000-kilometer trip for 24-year-old Norman-Oklyn world champion in boxing-who has not fought in foreign land since 2019. 23-year-old Sasaki, one of the fresh boxing artists, fought with them in addition to one of the 21 professional fights in Japan.
In the Cristian Araneta (25-2, 20 KO) and Thanongsak Simsri (38-1, 34 KO) factor, they will compete for the free title of Flyweight IBF Junior champion.
And at the 12-round heavyweight slope, the Japanese Wunderkind Sora Tanaka (3-0, 3 KO) will fight the veteran Southpaw Take Kobata (14-7-1, 6 KO) for a free OPBF title.
Norman-Sasaki, Araneta-Simsri and Tanaka-Kobata will be streaming live and only to ESPN+ in the USA
“Brian Norman Jr. is a motivated and talented master who did not hesitate when he offered this opportunity,” said Bob Arum, chairman of the highest degree. “Jin Sasaki has power and blows in the volume, and their styles will be a dramatic, full showdown action of the world title.”
“The king from the south comes to take over the world. I like how it sounds,” said Norman. “On June 19, I am ready for a star performance and write another triumphal chapter” The Norman Experience “.
Norman (27-0, 21 KO) fought 13 times in Mexico at the beginning of his career, including nine times before his 18th birthday. These experiences meant that the “killer” threw out a number of knockouts with the most significant relationships before he debuted in the highest rank at the beginning of 2023 after four fights without knockout, Norman was the author of great nervousness in May last year, stopping the family hero Giovani Santillan in 10 dramatic rounds in San Diego. The victory in Santillan won the transient WBO title to Norman, and he was raised to the full master after Terenka Crawford moved to medium scale juniors. After a successful hand surgery, Norman defended his belt on March 29 with TKO in the third round over Cuevas Puerto Rico.
Sasaki (19-1-1, 17 KO) has been undefeated in nine fights since the transition to a welterweight. In January 2023 he obtained the title of WBO Asia Pacific with the first round of Ryota Toyoshima and created five defense of this belt. During six fights with Nokaut from 2022 to 2024, Sasaki knocked out, among others, about the long -term Japanese master Keita Obar and Filipino spoiler Joe Noynay when he entered the WBO rankings. In January, for the first time he won the 12-round distance, winning the unanimous decision about Sakai’s show at Nayya Inoue-Ye Jeon Kim Undercard.
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Understanding the threads: Kelvin Davis, Mark Jeffers and much more!
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26 minutes agoon
June 9, 2025
Albright will destroy the heritage of Davis, Hemphill stunns Jeffers and Simpson is experiencing Zucco fear at the weekend of chaos
Ezechiel King: Nahir Albright Def. Kelvin Davis
Certainly the fight, which caused the greatest drama over the weekend, was the hostile Keyshawn Davis, Nahira Albright, returned from almost two years of release to overcome the oldest brother Keyshawn, Kelvin. Kelvin Davis hit Albright, wearing a five -inch advantage, but he rarely used it during the fight. The Albright game plan was clear from the very beginning: JAB His path as Davis and his right hand.
In the second round, it was perfectly managed, initiating the knees of a larger man and dropping him into the following fury, although the judge ruled. The fight became more and more physical than that moment, because Kelvin held and tried to intimidate Albright against the lines when they gathered, although Albright was more successful, finding a place for his shots in the middle. All this served to make Davis’s crime hard, because he was moved to the average of four power, he hits the round.
Davis has become powerful in the last three rounds, landing in seventh place in seventh power, when the pace became crazy, but the damage was caused. Albright Outlande and hurt Davis several times, making the decision of the majority in the territory of the enemy. For Davis it was quite a terrifying result, because all his flaws began to cost him his undefeated album in his hometown. The resulting drama will probably also have consequences for his brothers.
On the other hand, Albright reached a successful return to Pro Ranks, rejecting him an undefeated perspective in the recent weight class and potentially establishes a rematch with the former champion Keyshawn Davis.
Sean Hemphill def. Mark Jeffers
Heading through the pond to Yorkshire, a pretender to the super weight of IBF, Mark Jeffers, lost “O” with American Sean Hemphill, even though he was a substantial favorite -1000. Jeffers pushed the pace early, while Hemphill was pleased that he would sit and collect his arrows. The overturning changed in the fourth round, when Hemphill decided to stand on the ground and a fight with Jeffer.
No warrior had a problem with landing on his man during the whole fight. When he developed, Hemphill began to look like a more complete warrior – he willingly stands and trades or gives earth – and showed better variety in his shots. Although Jeffers could land cleanly, it was often a cost of two or three blows landed for Hemphill. The fight became really exhausting when she wore, both men feel the pace and damage, but again the American simply adapted better.
Mark Jeffers simply turned out to be a little too united in this fight and was summarized by a guy he was about to beat on paper. In my opinion, this is a symptom of turning your tires a little too long, because Jeffers simply did not raise levels, as it probably liked. Meanwhile, for Sean Hemphilla it can be a bit of a breakthrough, because Jeffers is by far the best warrior he beat, and the division remains relatively slim.
Close to Miss: Callum Simpson Def. Ivan Zucco
Stopping in super medium weight and in Yorkshire, the local hero of Callum Simpson received some fear by the invincible Italian boxer Ivan Zucco. Simpson, a much larger and better man, entered the immaculate 1-2 from Southpaw Zucco, just a few seconds into the competition-for the first time he was knocked in his career for the first time.
Simpson tried to prove that it was FUKS, pressing Zucco into a rope many times, as long as the Italian repeated his feat, dropping Simpson after the second time, when a larger man was promoted to him. Simpson did not look particularly damaged after any of them, but both were immaculate.
However, this is where the fun stopped for Zucco, because the man from Yorkshire fought him for the ropes for most of the remaining fight, and Zucco from time to time finds success outside the third round. It is approaching tenth tenth, when Simpson passed Zucco three times before the Italian corner called him resignation.
Simpson managed to stop in front of his hometown; In this fight, however, there were some really disturbing signs, especially for someone who struggles with such as Hamzah Sheeraz. For Ivan Zucco he strongly exceeded his expectations, but I would be shocked if he had ever left the European level, because he was simply too miniature and he lacked power.
Last updated 06/09/2025
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Why the Shakur Stevenson defense style may failed against the aggressive William Zepeda
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2 hours agoon
June 9, 2025
Shakur Stevenson says he is going to “Set a statement” Against William Zepeda in the fight against Karda next month on July 12 at Queens, Up-to-date York. Stevenson (23-0, 11 KO) seems to be annoyed by his followers on X, who rejects his talent, predicting that he will lose with Zepeda (33-0, 27 KO).
Fans doubt Shakura’s talent
Nobody treats Shakur seriously because they watched his fights and perceived him as physically feeble and not designed to compete at the highest levels at the age of 135. Stevenson’s element took place when he competed in a featherweight and his lack of power was not a problem.
“A friend, what you are talking about at July 12 X about his defense of the title against William Zeda.
It sounds like Ego Stevenson distorts himself from his promoters, Josh Padley, Artem Harutyunyan and Shuichiro Yoshino, feeding him. Shakur’s scaleing and made him think he could walk on the water.
This is a problem with promoters who want to create false fighters for marketing purposes. Narcissus creates who think they are good and then press their promoters to bet them against the fighters that they are unable to defeat. This is Milli vanilla syndrome. Shakur is a great example
“I think it’s a perfect style. He places people. He introduces people in fights in which they don’t want to be, and I will give him something he is not ready for, “said Shakur Stevenson Boxing TalkSport. “What I heard was a fight with a tank,” Shakur said asked if he heard Alalshikh from Turk, where he would win him over Zepedy. “
Zepeda: Style Clash for Shakur
I would not call Zepeda style “perfect” for airy with glass hands, such as Shakur. This is the worst style for someone who has no attack and is basically only a defensive applicant. We saw Zepeda twice defeated the better version of Shakur in her two fights of Farmer Tevin. He fights similarly to Shakur, but with greater power and better chin.
The farmer could not ponderous down Zepeda and was forced to move and stick to survive. In their rematch, the farmer looked like he gave up when he turned twice from the early rounds when he was driven. It seemed that the farmer gave up. If he could not cope with the power of Zepeda’s fire without holding and running, Stevenson does not either
“I think that if the tank wins his fight [Lamont Roach rematch]And I win the fight with Zepeda, it’s me vs. Tank, “said Stevenson.
Whoever planted this idea in Shakur’s head that the next is the fight against the tank, they told him wrong. This fight is not guaranteed. The only way it will happen is that Davis will offer money loads, and it is doubtful if Turks Alalshikh would like to do it. Shakur is not popular enough to be profitable.
Tank davis fight hopes
“Because it is a side A, it is a superstar. I am also a superstar, but he is a PPV super -star. Then he can say who he will be and who he will not fight,” said Shakur about why he never fought the tank.
“I think I am one of the names of someone he will not fight. I hope that we can close him and imprison him in a place where there is no choice. Because I am the best,” said Shakur, asked why he thinks that Tank Davis does not want to fight him.
Gervont is not afraid of Stevenson. Untertil, there was no zero reason why the Baltimore native fought with someone like him. Shakur has never been popular and his fights are terribly uninteresting. Although he boasts of being the best, his performances do not fulfill this and is still not a warrior with a view of the sight. He fights on the basics.
Stevenson is another egocentric, like Keyshawn Davis. He doesn’t like to fight guys who are moving all the time and will try to win by doing the minimum. Shakur will try to move the rounds, hitting, and then back back 3 to 6 feet to avoid hit.
Tank does not see the need to fight someone he will have to chase, because he can earn good money by fighting guys who will stand on them. It makes sense. Why fight Stevenson, if he can face others who come to fight?
“I think he likes fights in which he knows that he will win. I think it was his fall in his last fight. He was too confident and he felt like he had an straightforward blow. I think I’m above him,” Shakir said about Gervont.
Shakur may never have the opportunity to fight Tank Davis, because there is a great possibility that he lost from Zepeda next month. We saw evil Stevenson acted in his fights with Edwin de Los Santos and Jeremia Nakathila.
In both fights he was in the process of full 12 rounds and booed strongly by fans. These two fights have shown that Stevenson is not cut out for the competition with the punchare. Zepeda can hit, quit many shots and is not afraid to go through the fire.
Last updated 06/09/2025
Boxing
Andy Cruz vs. Hironori Mishiro: IBF eliminator on Saturday on Dazn!
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4 hours agoon
June 9, 2025
Andy Cruz is fighting Hironori Mishiro in the last lithe IBF eliminator on Saturday, June 14 to determine the mandatory claimant to the 135-Funt champion Raymond Muratalla. Mishiro has very little chance of winning on Saturday. The only question is: did Cruz knocked him out or defeated him in a compact decision, as in his last fight with Omar Salcido Gamez?
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Cruz vs. Mishiro: IBF eliminator
IBF is expected to order Muratalla to defend against the winner of the Cruz vs. match. Mishiro within 9 to 12 months. This leaves little time Muratalli (23-0, 17 KO) to press a few simple defense before he potentially faces the talented Golden Olympic medalist 2020 Andy Cruz. Muratalla did not look so great by winning the IBF title last month against Zaur Abdullaev on May 10.
Raymond Muratalla is criticized for being one -dimensional, he fights in one equipment and deprived of the assassin instinct in his fights. He fights predictably, often reminiscent of zombies during his duels and seems dead during interviews. This spark is missing.
Cruz is a nightmare for everyone in the division 135 pounds and avoided it like the plague of the top rank fighter, Keyshawn Davis. He didn’t want to have anything to do with Cruz after losing him four times with amateurs.
Andy called Keyshawn many times, trying to force him to fight him, but he wouldn’t. He had every excuse in the book to avoid Cruz, and now he has another one after choosing to 140.
Muratalla-Cruz problem in the highest rank
This is not ideal for the highest rank for their warrior, Muratalla, in the face of a high -level warrior, such as Andy Cruz, breathing his neck immediately after he was raised to the novel IBF champion after retiring Vasily Lomachenko last week.
Muratalla would probably prefer the highest rank Get time for milk His belt IBF before he faced a risky opponent who has little chance of winning. They chose the wrong Muratalla positioning belt for catching, and he could get stuck with Cruz as his compulsory pretender if he won on Saturday.
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