WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. has suffered a left-hand damage and is off the November eighth card on the Scopes Middle in Norfolk, Virginia. Norman Jr’s title protection towards Derrieck Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KOs) can be rescheduled for 2025.
Dan Rafael reviews that Norman Jr. is off the cardboard and can face Cuevas subsequent yr. This may have been the 23-year-old Norman’s first protection of his WBO title, however it’ll have to attend.
The November eighth occasion will nonetheless go, however one of many undercard fights can be moved as much as the co-feature spot. Within the headliner, light-weight contender Keyshawn Davis will face Gustavo Lemos. ESPN+ will present the occasion stay.
Norman Jr. being criticized on social media for selecting to not conform to the $1.7 million supply to battle IBF champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis in a unification battle on November ninth in Philadelphia.
They really feel that Norman wouldn’t have suffered a hand damage if he’d agreed to the $1.7M supply, which is foolish. Norman Jr. wished $2.2 million to battle Ennis in his hometown of Philadelphia.
His father, Brian Sr., stated they’d take the $1.7 million if the battle had been staged in Las Vegas, however that wasn’t acceptable. It was an affordable approach to get the battle made, however Ennis’ administration didn’t agree.
Norman Jr. is 23 years outdated and never in a mad rush to conform to lowball presents made to him for a battle towards Ennis. It’s higher that he turned it down as a result of Boots’ promoter, Eddie Hearn, will seemingly enhance that supply as soon as Norman Jr. features extra consideration.
In Norman Jr’s final battle, he knocked out Giovani Santillanlast Might in San Diego. He received the WBO interim welterweight belt, later elevated to the total title.
NEWS: @trboxing & Crew Norman inform me Brian Norman is coping with a left hand damage, which has pressured him out of his 1st protection towards Derrieck Cuevas scheduled for Nov. 8 on ESPN+. Plans are to reschedule the bout in early 2025. #boxing
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) October 1, 2024
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