On July 22, 1995, Orlin Norris (43-3, 24 KOs), the cruiserweight WBA champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Nate Miller (25-4, 21 KOs).
Orlin Norris is coming in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Adolpho Washington, 4 months and 5 days ago. Nate Miller is on a 2-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Ron Preston, 1 month and 3 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.5-6.5 in favor of Nate Miller. It is going to be very difficult for Orlin Norris to win this fight.
Nate Miller stopped the champion via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA cruiserweight champion. Miller improves his record to 26-4 (22 KOs), while Norris adds a loss to his record at 43-4.