Giovani Santillan vs Brian Norman Jr headlines a Top Rank card from California on 18th May 2024. Both fighters enter the bout undefeated. The show also includes a vacant WBO World title bout between Emanuel Navarrete vs Denys Berinchyk.
Giovani Santillan vs Brian Norman Jr
WBO ranked #1 Welterweight Giovani Santillan (32-0) will compete in his hometown against undefeated Brian Norman Jr (25-0).
Santillan is coming off an impressive 6th round KO over Alexis Rocha, stopping the fighter for the first time in his career to pick up the WBO NABO championship.
Norman Jr. is coming off a No Contest back in March. Norman Jr fought Janelson Bocachica but the bout was waved off after 3 rounds with both fighters sustaining cuts. The bout was being scored as a Split Draw prior to the stoppage, but was decided as a No Contest with less than 4 rounds being completed.
Giovani Santillan vs Brian Norman Jr will be contested over 12 rounds.
Rest of the Card
Emanuel Navarrete vs Denys Berinchyk is the standout bout from the undercard. Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1) is a three-weight World champion who scored victories over Liam Wilson and Oscar Valdez in 2023. His third and final bout of the year was a Majority Draw to Robson Conceicao, although Navarrete retained his Super Featherweight championship. The Mexican boxer moves to Lightweight for this bout.
Denys Berinchyk (18-0) is an undefeated Ukranian boxer who defeated Anthony Yigit in his last bout. Berinchyk has only fought twice in the past two years with Unanimous Decision victories over Yigit in August 2023 and Yvan Mendy in December 2022.
Emanuel Navarrete vs Denys Berinchyk will be contested over 12 rounds.
📅Date📅
The card is being held on Saturday 18 May 2024.
⏰Start Time⏰
TBA. Expected from 8:00 p.m ET/USA and from 1:00 a.m Sunday morning in the UK.
The main card begins two hours later, 10:00 p.m ET/ 3:00 a.m in the UK.
Main event is expected around Midnight USA/ET, 5:00 a.m UK.
🏟️Location🏟️
The event is being held at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego California, USA.
📺How to Watch📺
The card will air live on ESPN+ in the USA.
🥊Undercard🥊
Giovani Santillan vs Brian Norman Jr
Emanuel Navarrete vs Denys Berinchyk
(Vacant) WBO World Lightweight championship
Richard Torrez Jr. vs Brandon Moore
Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs Alan Garcia
Charlie Sheehy vs Manuel Jaimes
Jonathan Lopez vs Edgar Ortega
Jonny Mansour vs TBA
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