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Boxing: Welter champ Norman Jr. humbles Sasaki with 5th-round KO
Jin Sasaki fell to a fifth-round knockout defeat against WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. of the United States on Thursday, failing to become the first Japanese boxer to win a belt in the division under any of the sanctioning bodies. Second-ranked, 23-year-old challenger Sasaki was the first Japanese to fight a world title bout in the weight class since 2009 but was soundly beaten at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. Read full story…
The Ota-City General Gymnasium was the scene of one of the most shocking fights of the year in boxing. American Brian Norman Jr. successfully defended his OMB welter belt against Japanese Jin Sasaki, but the outcome was as dramatic as it was disturbing: a fulminant knockout in the fifth round left the local pugile motionless on the tarpaulin, amid the total silence of a stadium paralyzed by the scene.From the initial bell, Norman Jr. imposed con…
"Boxing WBO World Welterweight Title Match" (19th, Ota Ward General Gymnasium) Tsutomu Sasaki (23) of Hachioji Nakaya, ranked 2nd in the same class, challenged the champion Brian Norman (24) of the United States, and was knocked out in the 5th round, 46 seconds. It was the first time for a Japanese boxer to win a welterweight world title...
Brian Norman And The Shot Heard Around The Fight World
WBO world welterweight champion Brian Norman 27-0, defended his title belt in Japan on Thursday against the 19-1-1 Jin Sasaki. A thudding left hook sent Sasaki to the mat in… The post Brian Norman And The Shot Heard Around The Fight World appeared first on BoxingInsider.com Promotions.
Brian Norman Jr. KOs Jin Sasaki in five
Tokyo Fist: Brian Norman Jr. KOs Jin Sasaki to retain welterweight crown The King of the South conquered the Far East WBO welterweight world champion Brian Norman Jr. defended his strap with a concussive fifth-round knockout of hometown challenger Jin Sasaki on Thursday at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. This marked the second successful […]
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