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.
This should be a confident win for Orlin Norris at 99-1 winning odds. Nate Miller really doesn't have much to present against Norris.
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.