Star in the rise of Brian Norman Jr. defend the WBO Welterget title against Derrieck Cuevas, Live from Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Brian Norman Jr. Defend your first WBO -Ov title Welterweight against #13 Derrieck Cuevas this Saturday, March 29, Lives on ESPN In Fontainebleau Las Vegas, in Las Vegas.

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Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 ko) Finally defends his 147 LB WBO belt after sitting in the last 10 months from his victory in the tenth round over Giovani Santilllan on May 18 last year.

Brian Jr. He wanted to face the IBF champion Welterweight Jarot ‘Boots’ Ennis in the United State, but his promoters could not agree to the money Norman Jr. And his father wanted. This match will eventually happen because the boots still want to try to catch all the belts at 147 before they move to 154.

Obviously, this does not happen if Ennis’s promoter does not want to invest money in order to unite his union fighting. Be firm It won’t work. And now it could move up to 154 if the negotiations are played the same way the next time Ennis’s promoters start talking to Norman Jr.

If that struggle happened, Norman Jr. He would rather face a larger name than candidate for Fringe Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KO).

Location and time

Norman Jr. vs. Cuevaas will be held at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The time of the event is 22:00 ET/7: 00 PT, Lives on ESPN and ESPN+.

The Puerto Rican Cuevas is a 11-year-old professional with victories over Briedis Prescott, Ed Paredes and Alberto Mosquer. This is a big step in competition for him. It will be interesting to see if he can deal with the power of Norman Jr. -a without fire.

Cuevas suffered his only defeat defeat against passengers Damian Ezequiel Bonelli, lost six rounds of a divided decision on December 4, 2020 since that defeat, Cuevas won the last four fights.

Complete card

Mikaela Mayer against Sandy Ryan
Brian Norman Jr. against Derrieck Cuevas
Bruce Carrington Vs. Enrique Vivas
Delante Johnson against Kendo Castaned
Emiliano Vargas against Giovannie Gonzalez
Emmanuel Chance Vs. Miguel Guzman
DEDRICK CROCKLEM against Dionne Ruvalcab

“They say,” the star will be born on March 29, “said Brian Norman Jr.OP RANK BOKS about yourself. “I was too quiet for too long. I have to change a little. You are a mentality of change when you become a champion. That’s definitely a real job. I agree to it.

“I have already believed in myself before, but it was only increased because I knew I had a lot more in that fight [Giovani Santillan]. I ran too much weekly fight. So I didn’t have my feet in the fight. I only know at a training camp that I had a lot more potential, “Norman continued.” I was 23 at the time. I’m still young, 24 currently, in my premiere. The sky is the limit. “

“So, where did we come from, people forced him. They still put it on. We’re talking about sparring,” said Brian Norman Sr., Dad for Brian the younger. “We wouldn’t work with him. We had to go on a combat table at the time of the fight, and the fighters walked and gave an excuse that made no heads.” We don’t have a cup. “” We have a cup. “Everything we do, we try to do it at the highest level.”