Uncrowned has Brian Norman Jr. vs. Jin Sasaki live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Norman vs. Sasaki fight card on Thursday morning at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Brian Norman Jr. defends his WBO welterweight title against Japan’s Jin Sasaki in the 12-round main event.
Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) was one of Uncrowned’s Top 25 Under 25 in our recent ranking of up-and-coming combat sports stars. The young American upset Giovani Santillan with a 10-round knockout to win the WBO interim welterweight title in May 2024. He then was upgraded to full WBO champion following Terence Crawford’s decision to relinquish the belt this past August. Norman, 24, has made one successful defense of his championship: A third-round stoppage win over Derrieck Cuevas in March on the Mikaela Mayer vs. Sandy Ryan 2 undercard.
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Sasaki (19-1-1, 17 KOs) has won eight of his past nine fights since moving up to welterweight after losing his unbeaten record to Andy Hiraoka in 2021 down at super lightweight. (Hiraoka is currently the mandatory to Gary Antuanne Russell’s WBA 140-pound title.) Sasaki, 23, was last in action on the Naoya Inoue vs. Ye Joon Kim undercard this past January, winning a competitive unanimous decision over Shoki Sakai.
The Norman Jr. vs. Sasaki main card starts at 4 a.m. ET on ESPN+, with main event ring walks expected around 7 a.m. ET.
Follow all of the action with Uncrowned’s live results and play-by-play of the main card below.
Main Card (4 a.m. ET, ESPN+)
WBO welterweight title: Brian Norman Jr. vs. Jin Sasaki
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Welterweight: Sora Tanaka vs. Takeru Kobata
Featherweight: Reiya Abe def. Yuya Oku via unanimous decision (96-94, 97-93, 96-94)
IBF light flyweight title: Thanongsak Simsri def. Cristian Araneta via split decision (115-112, 113-114, 116-111)
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