Brian Norman Jr. 146.8 vs. Jin Sasaki 146.8 – Weight results for Tokyo

The Wbo Welterweight champion, Brian Norman Jr., and the challenger Jin Sasaki, successfully weighed on Wednesday for their 12 -round holder on Thursday, June 19 in Tokyo, Japan.

(Credit: Naoki Fukuda)

Sasaki, 23, achieved this struggle by gathering with Norman Jr. and politely asking for the opportunity. Monetary, it was enough to win -Brian to fight, but it will not help his popularity with fans. The North -Americans do not know Sasaki, and the spreading time of 4:00 AM for Thursday’s event means that boxing audience will not see it widely in the United States.

Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 kos) chose this fight against Sasaki (19-1-1, 17 kos) for a unified match against IBF and WBA Welterweight Jaron ‘Boots’ champion Ennis. This would obviously have been a better struggle for Norman to take, but the risk would have been much higher than playing for sure and defending Sasaki.

Norman Jr. vs Sasaki: pesos, struggle details

Thursday’s Norman JR-SASAKI struggle will be staged at the Ota-City General Gym in Tokyo. The event will be displayed live at ESPN+ at 4:00 AM/1: 00 AM PT). The titular struggle will be around 7:15 AM ET/4: 15 AM PT

Full weights for Tokyo

– Brian Norman Jr. – 146.8 vs. Jin Sasaki – 146.8
– Sora Tanaka 146.8 vs. Takeru Kobata 146.8
– Yuya Oku 125.4 vs. ABE Re. 125.7
– Cristian Araneta 107.6 vs Thanongsak Simsri 107.4

This will have the advantage of the country of origin for Sasaki, which may not be enough to help it. Norman Jr. He hits strongly, and wants his opponents to fight aggressively. Therefore, if Sasaki wants to go to war, Norman Jr. It will welcome you with pleasure.

Sasaki has a 78%knockout percentage, but its unemployed victories have been against less opposition. It can definitely punch but is slow. Sasaki still has to fight a top -notch contestant during his career, but the WBO still gave him a ranking number 2. He would have to qualify much lower, but the WBO has his reasons.