The welterweight division is ready for a dominant world champion to emerge, and Brian Norman desires to be the person to fill that void.
Unbeaten champions Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will combat for the IBF and WBA titles subsequent month, Mario Barrios holds the WBC belt and Norman will put the WBO championship on the road when he fights Derrieck Cuevas in Las Vegas.
Norman, who’s undefeated himself in 26 professional fights, bins Cuevas on the undercard of the Mikaela Mayer vs Sandy Ryan rematch, stay on Sky Sports activities Motion from midnight on Sunday morning.
“You may be entertained. Do not go to the lavatory, the fridge, do not verify your mailbox, you higher tune into the TV, as a result of you will note one thing wonderful,” Norman instructed Sky Sports activities.
“I consider he’s the right opponent. He is coming to deliver it as nicely. So our types will conflict splendidly collectively. It is going to be a face to face combat and any person’s going to sleep. And I am not that drained myself.”
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Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan share an ice chilly face-off forward of their WBO welterweight title rematch stay on Sky Sports activities
Norman is coming off a powerful knockout victory over Giovani Santillan. He’s satisfied that he needs to be thought of the very best within the division.
With that win over Santillan, he mentioned: “I’ve received the very best resume within the welterweight division proper now. No one else has that calibre of opponent as their win.
“I consider within the work that I put in, I consider within the time I put in and I simply really feel like I’ll run via all people.”
Traditionally, the welterweight division has produced a few of the most interesting fighters in the entire sport. In recent times welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford have been thought to be the very best boxers on this planet pound-for-pound.
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Mayweather and Pacquiao are after all lengthy retired and final yr the good Terence Crawford moved as much as super-welter.
Norman desires to be the following nice welterweight champion.
“We take it daily however I do know for a reality myself I will probably be a legend within the sport. I will probably be a kind of Corridor of Famers,” he mentioned. “Because the years go on, you will note that resume stack up.
“The outdated technology simply left, the final ones being Terence Crawford and Errol Spence. So proper now it is simply new and never as huge simply but. As you have seen we have stars coming in, ‘Boots’ – everybody saying he is the largest one. I will allow them to have that. [Like] Marvin Hagler I’ve received to come back in and alter the entire sport.
“I really feel like 147lbs is beginning to heat as much as these requirements that everybody is in search of.”
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After an epic first combat that was watched by record-breaking audiences a rematch between Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan was inevitable
Impressed by father’s ring return
His father, Brian Norman Sr, is his coach. Unusually final month Norman Sr had his first skilled boxing bout in 14 years.
It is an instance that has impressed the WBO world titlist.
“I do not wish to see him get damage so there was lots of issues going into it, however as we began coaching I’ve seen the place I get my angle from, I’ve seen the place I get my work ethic from,” he mentioned. “So I had all the arrogance on this planet going into that combat.
“I can take over the world if he can come again after 14 years and combat an lively fighter and he beat him. So why cannot I do the identical with these guys?”
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