Louis Norman

Louis Norman
Statistics
Nickname(s) 2Sweet
Weight(s) Featherweight, super featherweight
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Nationality British
Born (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993
Leicestershire, England
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 17
Wins 12
Wins by KO 2
Losses 4
Draws 1

Louis Norman (born 18 December 1993) is a British boxer, who was English flyweight champion between 2013 and 2015, and fought for the British flyweight title in 2016.

Career

Born in Leicestershire and based in Shepshed, after fighting as an amateur out of Shepshed Amateur Boxing Club, Norman made his professional debut in April 2012, with a points win over Delroy Spencer. After winning his first five fights, including a win over Mohammed Waqas to take the British masters flyweight title,[1] he faced Nathan Reeve in December 2013 for the vacant English flyweight title, winning by unanimous decision.[2] He defended the title in May 2014 against Don Broadhurst, the fight ending a draw,[3] and lost it in September 2015 when he was outpointed by Charlie Edwards at the O2 Arena on the Anthony Joshua–Gary Cornish undercard.[4] In 2014, he was named Best Young Boxer at the Midlands Boxing Awards.[5]

In May 2016, Norman faced Andrew Selby at the Ice Arena in Cardiff for the vacant British flyweight title on the Lee Haskins–Ivan Morales undercard, losing by unanimous decision after struggling to make the weight.[6][7][8][9]

In October 2016 he moved up to super flyweight to face Broadhurst for the vacant English title, losing via a split decision.

References

  1. ↑ Steel, Adam (2013) "Mohammed Waqas vows to claim meaningful belts", Gazette Live, 27 February 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  2. ↑ "Civic crowns new English flyweight boss", Express & Star, 1 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  3. ↑ Rush, Richard (2014) "Louis Norman held to a draw by Broadhurst", Loughborough Echo, 17 May 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  4. ↑ "Charlie Edwards took Louis Norman's English flyweight title at The O2", Sky Sports, 13 September 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  5. ↑ "Jamie Ball returns for Midlands Boxing Awards", britishboxingnews.co.uk, 21 October 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  6. ↑ Warrington, Pete (2016) "British flyweight title bid hopes for Louis Norman", Loughborough Echo, 6 April 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  7. ↑ Williams, David (2016) "Andrew Selby happy to wait for a tilt at world honours after beating Louis Norman to claim Lonsdale belt", South Wales Argus, 15 May 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  8. ↑ Griffiths, Gareth (2016) "Andrew Selby hopes to capitalise after British title opponent was forced to strip naked to make weight", Wales Online, 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017
  9. ↑ "Andrew Selby beats Louis Norman to win British title", BBC, 14 May 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017
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