{"id":85605,"date":"2025-08-21T06:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/85605\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:53:29","slug":"brian-norman-jr-signs-multi-year-contract-extension-with-top-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/85605\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Norman Jr. signs multi-year contract extension with Top Rank"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top Rank has signed WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr.<\/a> to a multi-year contract extension, it was announced on Wednesday.
The news was released while Norman prepares to make the third defense of his title against Devin Haney<\/a> on Nov. 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I watch Brian Norman Jr., I think of all the legendary welterweights I\u2019ve promoted,” said Top Rank boss Bob Arum. “He has the physical tools and maturity required to become a generational fighter.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to be part of the next phase of Brian\u2019s career, which I believe will see him ascend from world champion to the top of the pound-for-pound list.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norman (28-0, 22 KOs) has been tied to Top Rank since signing with the promotional company in December 2022, when he was 22-0. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in loyalty,\u201d Norman said. \u201cTop Rank believed in me from the start, and I\u2019m proud to keep building with the home team. We\u2019re only getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a stretch of workmanlike wins, Norman officially made his mark last year by viciously knocking out Giovani Santillan<\/a> to win the WBO interim title. <\/p>\n

Norman was elevated to full titleholder when former undisputed champion Terence Crawford left the division a year ago. After recovering from hand surgery, he successfully defended the crown this year against Derrieck Cuevas and Jin Sasaki. <\/p>\n

His fifth-round stoppage against Sasaki<\/a> was a sensational win on the road in Japan and one of the leading contenders for knockout of the year. <\/p>\n

“It has been a total team effort to get Brian Norman Jr. to where he is today,\u201d said Adrian Clark, CEO of Fighters First Management.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must credit Brian Norman Sr., Jolene Mizzone, and the Hall of Fame matchmakers, Brad Goodman and Bruce Trampler. We are excited to continue our partnership with Top Rank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norman, a 24-year-old from Decatur, Georgia, is the second-youngest male champion in the sport. <\/p>\n

DraftKings lists Norman as a minus-135 betting favorite to beat the plus-105 underdog Haney. <\/p>\n

Manouk Akopyan is The Ring\u2019s lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top Rank has signed WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. to a multi-year contract extension, it was announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,1151,1144,1150,1149,1142,711,1145,1146,1147,1148,1143,49,48,1156,1155,1138,1136,1137,1153,1139,1135,1157,1152,82,1154,1134,1141,1140],"class_list":["post-85605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-results","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}