Brian Norman Jr. vs. Jin Sasaki: Live Stream, Betting Odds & Fight Card

One of the most discussed welterweight champions on social media (Good & Bad) will make another title defense, but this time in the land of the rising son.

Undefeated WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (27-0, 21 KOs) will face top contender Jin Sasaki(19-1-1, 17 KOs) at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The fight will stream live on ESPN+ on Thursday early morning.

The champion Norman is fresh off his first title defense in March when he stopped Derrieck Cuevas in the third round of their fight. This fight against Sasaki is a quick turnaround, which is good for Norman, who was out of the ring 10 months before making his first title defense.

This will also be the second fight in 2025 for Sasaki, who scored a unanimous decision over Shoki Sakai in January. For Sasaki, the Norman fight will be the biggest name on his resume, so we shall see how he performs on Thursday morning.

Brian Norman Jr. vs Jin Sasaki Betting Odds

Per DraftKings SportsBook, Brian Norman Jr. is the favorite at -400, and Jin Sasaki is the underdog at +290.

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Brian Norman Jr. vs Jin Sasaki Date, Start Time

• Date: Thursday, June 19
• Start time: 4:00 a.m. ET / 1:00 a.m. PT
• Main event ringwalks (approx): 7:15 a.m. ET / 4:15 a.m. PT

These timings could change due to the length of the undercard fights. 

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What Channel/Stream Is Brian Norman Jr. vs Jin Sasaki?

• U.S.: ESPN+
• UK:   Sky Sports

Brian Norman Jr. vs Jin Sasaki Fight Card

• Brian Norman Jr vs. Jin Sasaki; welterweight- for Norman’s WBO title
• Cristian Araneta vs. Thanongsak Simsri; junior flyweight- for the IBF title (vacant)
• Sora Tanaka vs. Takeru Kobata; welterweight
• Yuya Oku vs. Reiya Abe; featherweight
• Ren Ohashi vs. Guangheng Luan; featherweight
• Yuito Moriwaki vs. Ha So Baek; super middleweight
• Seiya Yamaguchi vs. Ryosuke Kiuchi; lightweight

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Abraham Gonzalez is the founder of FightsATW. His journalistic work has been published and used across several platforms to include online, network TV and promotional companies. He is an American Public University alumnus and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). Abraham was the Managing Editor for NYFights, Big Fight Weekend, contributed to FanSidedMMA and ProBoxTV.

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