Louis Norman (born 18 December 1993) is a British professional boxer who held the

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title from 2013 to 2015. He also challenged for the British flyweight and English

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titles in 2016 and the English

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title in 2018.

Career

Born in

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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, he faced Nathan Reeve in December 2013 for the vacant English flyweight title, winning by unanimous decision. He defended the title in May 2014 against

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, the fight ending a draw, and lost it in September 2015 when he was outpointed by Charlie Edwards on the undercard of

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. In 2014, he was named Best Young Boxer at the Midlands Boxing Awards. In May 2016, Norman faced

Andrew Selby Andrew Selby (born 25 December 1988) is a Welsh professional boxer who held the British flyweight title from 2016 to 2019. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, Bronze at the 2013 World Championships, and gold a ...

for the vacant British flyweight title, losing by unanimous decision after struggling to make the weight. He moved up to

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in October 2016 to face Broadhurst for the vacant English title, losing via a split decision. He fought

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for the vacant English

title in March 2018 but lost to a knockout from a body shot in the 6th round.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, Louis 1993 births Living people English male boxers Flyweight boxers Super-flyweight boxers People from Shepshed Sportspeople from Leicestershire