The welterweight division is ready for a dominant world champion to emerge, and Brian Norman needs to be the person to fill that void.
Unbeaten champions Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis will struggle 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, packing containers Cuevas on the undercard of the Mikaela Mayer vs Sandy Ryan rematch, reside on Sky Sports activities Motion from midnight on Sunday morning.
“You’ll be entertained. Do not go to the toilet, the fridge, do not verify your mailbox, you higher tune into the TV, as a result of you will notice one thing superb,” Norman informed Sky Sports activities.
“I consider he’s the right opponent. He is coming to deliver it as properly. So our types will conflict splendidly collectively. It will be a face to face struggle and any individual’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 reside on Sky Sports activities
Norman is coming off a formidable knockout victory over Giovani Santillan. He’s satisfied that he must be thought of the very best within the division.
With that win over Santillan, he stated: “I’ve acquired 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 by all people.”
Traditionally, the welterweight division has produced among the best fighters in the entire sport. In recent times welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford have been considered the very best boxers on the planet pound-for-pound.
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Mayweather and Pacquiao are in fact lengthy retired and final 12 months the good Terence Crawford moved as much as super-welter.
Norman needs to be the following nice welterweight champion.
“We take it day-to-day however I do know for a reality myself I shall be a legend within the sport. I shall be a type of Corridor of Famers,” he stated. “Because the years go on, you will notice 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“The outdated technology simply left, the final ones being Terence Crawford and Errol Spence.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’ve got seen we have got stars coming in, ‘Boots’ – everybody saying he is the largest one. I am going to allow them to have that. (Like) Marvin Hagler I’ve acquired to return in and alter the entire sport.
“I really feel like 147lbs is beginning to heat as much as these requirements that everybody is on the lookout for.”
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After an epic first struggle 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 need to see him get damage so there was quite a lot of issues going into it, however as we began coaching I’ve seen the place I get my perspective from, I’ve seen the place I get my work ethic from,” he stated. “So I had all the boldness on the planet going into that struggle.
“I can take over the world if he can come again after 14 years and struggle an energetic fighter and he beat him. So why cannot I do the identical with these guys?”
Watch the Mikaela Mayer vs Sandy Ryan rematch reside on Sky Sports activities Motion from midnight on Sunday morning. Stream with NOW.
