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Norman To Meet Ramos On Haney-Paro Undercard
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Norman To Meet Ramos On Haney-Paro Undercard
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Brian Norman Jr.’s pursuit to get back into the welterweight world title picture will have to go through Abel Ramos.
On the latest episode of “Inside The Ring,” which premiered Thursday on DAZN and The Ring’s YouTube channel, The Ring’s Mike Coppinger reported that Norman will face Ramos next. Their fight will be on the undercard of the welterweight unification title bout between WBO titleholder Devin Haney and IBF champion Liam Paro on December 19 at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Norman (29-1, 23 KOs, 1 NC), The Ring’s No. 5-ranked contender for its vacant welterweight title, is coming off a second-round stoppage of Josh Wagner (19-3, 10 KOs) on May 16 in Norfolk, Virginia. The 25-year-old contender from Conyers, Georgia, previously held the WBO welterweight title and defended the belt twice thanks to a third-round stoppage of Derrieck Cuevas in March 2025 and a fifth-round knockout of Jin Sasaki nearly three months later in Japan.
Norman lost the WBO belt by unanimous decision to Haney (33-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) on November 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Haney, 27, is The Ring's No. 1-rated welterweight contender and No. 8 on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list.
Ramos upset previously undefeated prospect Tahmir Smalls (16-1, 11 KOs) by split decision on February 28 in Glendale, Arizona, in his last fight. The 35-year-old veteran from Casa Grande, Arizona, fought former WBC 147-pound champion Mario Barrios to a split draw in their 12-round title fight in November 2024.
Ramos (29-6-3, 22 KOs) suffered a knockdown in the second round, but dropped Barrios (29-3-2, 18 KOs) in the sixth on the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson undercard at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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