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

April 25, 2025
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Atlanta’s rising star is ready to defend his championship in the Land of the Rising Sun. Brian Norman Jr. will make the second defense of his WBO welterweight world title against Japanese contender Jin Sasaki on Thursday, June 19, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

It’s a nearly 7,000-mile trip for the 24-year-old Norman — boxing’s youngest male world champion — who hasn’t fought on foreign soil since 2019. The 23-year-old Sasaki, one of boxing’s emerging knockout artists, has fought all but one of his 21 pro fights in Japan.

In the co-feature, Cristian Araneta (25-2, 20 KOs) and Thanongsak Simsri (38-1, 34 KOs) will vie for the vacant IBF junior flyweight world title.

And, in a 12-round welterweight tilt, Japanese wunderkind Sora Tanaka (3-0, 3 KOs) will fight southpaw veteran Takeru Kobata (14-7-1, 6 KOs) for the vacant OPBF title.

Norman-Sasaki, Araneta-Simsri, and Tanaka-Kobata will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S.

“Brian Norman Jr. is a motivated and talented champion who didn’t hesitate when offered this opportunity,” said Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum. “Jin Sasaki has power and punches in volume, and their styles will make for a dramatic, action-packed world title showdown.”

“The king from the south comes to take over the world. I like how that sounds,” Norman said. “On June 19, I’m ready to put on a stellar performance and write another triumphant chapter of ‘The Norman Experience.’”

Norman (27-0, 21 KOs) fought 13 times in Mexico early in his career, including nine times before his 18th birthday. Those experiences set him on a path to contention, as “The Assassin” notched a string of highlight-reel knockouts before making his Top Rank debut in early 2023. After four fights without a knockout, Norman authored a massive upset last May, stopping hometown hero Giovani Santillan in 10 dramatic rounds in San Diego. The Santillan win earned Norman the WBO interim title, and he was elevated to full champion after Terence Crawford moved up to junior middleweight. Following successful hand surgery, Norman defended his strap on March 29 with a third-round TKO over Puerto Rico’s Derrieck Cuevas.

Sasaki (19-1-1, 17 KOs) is unbeaten in nine fights since moving up to welterweight. He captured the WBO Asia Pacific title in January 2023 with a first-round stoppage of Ryota Toyoshima and has made five defenses of that belt. During a six-fight knockout streak from 2022 to 2024, Sasaki knocked out long-reigning Japanese champion Keita Obara and Filipino spoiler Joe Noynay, among others, as he ascended the WBO rankings. In January, he went the 12-round distance for the first time, winning a unanimous decision over Shoki Sakai on the Naoya Inoue-Ye Joon Kim undercard.



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