World champion’s brutal knockout erased a month of memories for his fierce opponent

Brian Norman Jr. scored a ‘Knockout of The Year’ contender in his recent world title defense in Japan. Brian Norman Jr. won the WBO interim welterweight title with a stunning tenth-round KO over Giovanni Santillan. He made another title defense against Derrieck Cuevas before facing Japanese 19-1-1 fighter, Jin Sasaki. Sasaki fell victim to a huge knockout from Norman Jr., with unfathomable consequences. ‘I don’t even remember that this title match was decided’… Jin Sasaki cannot recall the last month and a half after vicious KO In the fifth round, Norman Jr. sealed the victory with a thunderous knockout that sent Sasaki to the canvas out cold. Sasaki was quickly counted out, awarding Norman Jr. an impressive win. His Japanese foe was stretchered out of the ring, and has reportedly spoken on losing much of his memory after waking up in the hospital. According to Issei Nakaya, who is the president of Sasaki’s gym and accompanied him the hospital, Sasaki had lost his memory of the last month, and was unable to