Brian Norman Jr. He defends his first WBO welterweight title against #13 Derrieck Cuevas on Saturday, March 29, live on ESPN at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Las Vegas.
(Credit: Mikey Williams / Top Rank)
Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 KO) Finally, he defends his WBO 147-pound belt after sitting over the last 10 months of winning in the tenth round over Giovani Santillan on May 18 last year.
Brian Jr. He wanted to face the IBF Jaron welterweight champion “Boots” Ennis in the struggle of unification, but his promoters could not agree to the money that Norman Jr. wanted. and his dad. This match will ultimately take place, because the shoes still want to capture all the lanes in 147 before moving to 154.
Of course, this does not happen if the ENNISA promoter does not want to invest money to get the unification fights he needs. Being tight It won’t work. He might as well move to 154, if the negotiations play the same way next time when Ennisa promoters start talks with Norman Jr.
If this fight took place, Norman Jr. He would prefer to face a larger name than Cuevas from Fringe Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KO).
Location and time
Norman Jr. vs. Cuevaas will take place at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The event time is 22:00 et/19: 00 PT, live on ESPN and ESPN+.
Puerto Rican Cuevas is an 11-year-old professional with victories over Biedis Prescott, Ed Predes and Alberto Mosquera. This is a huge step in the competition for him. It will be intriguing to check if he will cope with the power of Norman Jr. No wilting.
Cuevas suffered the only defeat in his career against the journeyman Damian Ezequiel Bonella, losing to a six -time divided decision on December 4, 2020. Since this defeat, Cuevas won his last four fights.
Complete card
Mikaela Mayer vs. Sandy Ryan Brian Norman Jr. vs. Derrieck Cuevas Bruce Carrington vs. Enrique vivas Before Johnson vs. Kendo Castaned Emiliano Vargas vs. Giovannie Gonzalez Emmanuel Chance vs. Miguel Guzman Dedrick Crocklem vs. Dionne Ruvalcaba
“They say:” The star will soon be born on March 29, “said Brian Norman Jr. Boxing boxing About yourself. “I was a bit peaceful too long. I have to change a bit. You change the mentality when you become a champion. This is definitely a real opportunity. I agree to it.
“I have already believed in myself before, but it is simply strengthened because I knew I had much more in this fight [Giovani Santillan]. I ran too much during the week of fighting. So I didn’t have my legs in battle. I just know in the training camp that I had much greater potential – continued Norman. “I was 23 at the time. I’m still youthful, now 24 in the best shape. Heaven is the border.”
“So, where we are, people tilted him. They still cheat him. We’re talking about sparring,” said Brian Norman Sr., Dad for Brian Jr. “They would not work with him. We had to go to the fight to fight until the fight and ask the warriors to leave and let the heads do not justify.” We got their heads. “” We don’t have a cup. ” “We have a cup.” All we do, we try to do it at the highest level. “
The former two-time featherweight champion Josh Warrington (32-4-1, 8 Kos) threw a three-time lost series, beating Veteran Asad Asifa Khan (19-7-1, 5 Kos) by a 10-person unanimous decision on Saturday evening on the Arena of the Park community in England.
(Loan: Mark Robinson)
The results are 99-89, 99-90 and 97-91.
Khan looked as if he intended to submit to the point of the competition, but he returned and fought quite well from the seventh round. He pressed Warrington, landing from time to time, thrown out of the outside, thrown out of the outside. In the last four rounds, Josh looked tired and held a lot.
Khan looked like a stronger warrior from the seventh round, pressing Josh and forcing him to hold. The power of Warrington disappeared and did not look comfortable with the perseverance that Khan showed. It can be said that the countryman from India really wanted to win because he fought the heart, and Warrington did not expect this kind of fight.
Illegal blows
He also threw refreshed rabbit blows, which seemed her main weapon in his arsenal. Many judges would punish Warrington for using this blow, but it was enduring from a 34-year-old.
Warrington dropped Khan in the sixth round with an aligned right rabbit textbook in the back of the head. The referee did not see it. Later in the round, the judge punished Khan for losing a mouthpiece. He lost the mouthpiece at least four times in the fight.
It was noticeable. The hit on the back of the head, which Warrington thrown, should lead to at least two points, if not more. I saw a warrior escaping with so many gross blows of the rabbit, without punishment or disqualification.
Based on this Warrington performance, it would be a bad idea for him to face any of the best warriors at 126 or 130. Dazn commentators talked about the possibility that there would be a challenge for the world title. It’s crazy. With record 1-3 in the last four fights he does not deserve to fight for the title. Warrington will be destroyed by any of the champions in both divisions. It wouldn’t be sports.
#1 WBC RANKED FIGHT CENTENER DALTON SMITH (18-0, 13 KO) used its huge advantage to drive a wide 12-round unanimous decision against #14 IBF Fringe Fringer Mathieu Germain (26-3-1, 11 KOS) on Saturday evening in the main event at the Park community arena.
(Loan: Mark Robinson)
Smith dropped Germain, 35 -year -old three times in battle, in rounds 2, 11 and 12. He was punished for a low blow in the 11th round after he began to send himself, trying to knock out his smaller, weaker and senior opponent. Germain sometimes landed, but he lacked power and size to hurt a much larger Smith.
The results are 117-107, 119-105 and 119-105.
Noticeable irritation
Germain spent most of the fight, moving around the ring, trying to avoid massive shots from Dalton, which looked on two larger divisions in the ring than him. Dalton resembled a younger weighing weight in a airy welterweight. He had no chance against him with so many adverse size; That is why he stayed in motion, holding and frustrating Smith.
At the end of the fight, Smithi was clearly annoyed by Mathieu that he did not stand still so that he could land great power shots to knock him out. He tried to force the crowd to pressure from the opponent, that he was still, which was stupid.
Hearna strategy
The person to whom Smith should be furious Eddie HearnFor choosing Germanine from a close rock ranking of 140 pounds in place 14. It is not clear why Hearn matched Dalton with Germanain, and not one of the five best rivals who could give him a real test.
This is a magical question, because Smith has not gained any real experience of this fight and definitely did not prepare him to challenge the challenge of the WBC Lightweight Welter Wweight Alberto Puello master, which is much better than this guy. He could match Smith with Gary Antuanne Russell or Subriel Matias instead of Germanine to prepare him for the title. This would of course be risky because these guys have power that would give Smith problems.
Smith is too large to fight for the title IBF 140-LB against Richardson Hitchins, because there is a 10-pound hydration rule that he would have to follow. There is no chance that Smith can do a secondary weight control without exhaustion to such an extent that it would be an simple sign for Hitchins.
The airy pretender Josh Padley (16-1, 5 KO) reflected from his last defeat, winning a technical knockout in the fifth round of Marko Cvetanovic (13-1, 6 KO) on Saturday evening at Park Community Arena in Sheffield, England.
(Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom)
Locomotive
In his first fight under the recent match agreement, the former electrician Padley dropped the ganggly, slightly striking Cvetanovic twice in the fifth round to get space. Judge Steve Gray stopped the competition after the second knocking out the round. The official stop time was 1:13 Fifth round.
Although the 29 -year -old Cvetanovic defeated the count, Gray decided to stop the fight. Serbian was just beaten in every round, showing zero power, and he had nothing to offer. He was of course well chosen by Matchroom and was considered harmless to Padley.
During the first stunning Padley, he grated forward, landing in constant leftist combinations in a similar way to the piston. He looked like an elderly locomotive with the way he threw his combinations when charging the retreating Cvetanovica. When Josh imprisoned him in the line, he stuck him on the canvas with repetitive arrows.
Cvetanovic showed that a lot of heart gets up and decides to continue the fight, because he just ate 15 shots in the head in this sequence. It is true that Padley cannot break the eggs, but with the way he pounded on him, he has already taken enough. When the action was resumed, Padley was over him, attacking recklessly.
Cvetanovic caught Padley with a enormous right hand, which was thrown in everything he had, but he fired well. Padley continued to unload with the final dam, then sent it after combining with three tough right hands to his head. When Cvetanovic got up, judge Steve Gray decided to stop the fight.
Backward
Padley went down to the ninth knockout defeat with the WBC Lightweight Shakur Stevenson champion on February 22 in Riyadh. Promoter Eddie Hearn, who chose Padley over the much more hazardous Cuban Southpaw Jadier Herrera, so that Shakur could fight, he liked what he saw so much that he signed him on the contract. Most fans were not impressed by Padley.
They were more disgusted Shakur, who wounded in his frail hands and showed little power in the fight with a guy who would not last more than one or two rounds with the airy champion of Gervont Davis or Keyshawn Davis.
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