Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki: Date, start time, TV channel and live stream

Brian Norman Jr puts his WBO welterweight title on the line Thursday against Jin Sasaki.

Norman Jr (27-0, 21 KOs) was last in action in March, when he earned a third-round stoppage against Derrieck Cuevas in his first defence of the WBO strap.

Less than three months later, 'The Assassin II' is right back at it, facing Sasaki (19-1-1, 17 KOs) in the challenger's home country.

Sasaki has also been active in 2025, defeating Shoki Sakai by unanimous decision in January.

DAZN News has everything you need to know ahead of Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki.

Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki fight date, start time

Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki will take place on  Thursday, June 19  in Tokyo, with the whole card set to be shown live on ESPN+ in the United States.

• Date: Thursday, June 19
• Time: 4am ET / 1am PT / 9am BST
• Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki main event ringwalks (approx): 7am ET / 4am PT / 12pm BST

Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki fight card

• Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki; For Norman's WBO welterweight title
• Cristian Araneta vs Thanongsak Simsri; For the vacant IBF junior flyweight title
• 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

How to watch Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki?

Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki will stream  live on ESPN+ in the United States.

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Where is the Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki fight?

The fight is set to be held at  Ota-City General Gymnasium, in Tokyo, Japan. 

The 4,000-seat venue is the home arena of the Earthfriends Tokyo Z basketball team.

Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki odds

To win:

• Brian Norman Jr: 2/13
• Jin Sasaki: 15/4

Odds provided by DAZN Bet, for full markets click here

Odds correct as of Monday June 16, 7pm BST.

Brian Norman Jr vs Jin Sasaki tale of the tape

Brian Norman Jr record 

• Nationality: American
• Age: 24
• Height: 5' 8" 
• Reach : 72"
• Total fights: 27
• Record: 27-0 (21 KOs)

Jin Sasaki record

• Nationality: Japanese
• Age: 23
• Height: 5' 8.5" 
• Reach : 69.5" 
• Total fights: 21
• Record: 19-1-1 (17 KOs)

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