Real name Mairis Briedis Wins by KO 15 Spouse Julija Briede Reach 80 in (203 cm) Name Mairis Briedis Division Cruiserweight | Nationality Latvian Role Professional Boxer Total fights 18 Wins 18 Height 1.85 m Stance Orthodox stance | |
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Rated at CruiserweightHeavyweight Born January 13, 1985 (age 39) ( 1985-01-13 ) Similar People Manuel Charr, Sergej Maslobojev, Konstantin Gluhov, Kaspars Kambala | ||
Mairis briedis highlights knockouts
Mairis Briedis (born January 13, 1985) is a Latvian professional boxer. He is the first Latvian to win a boxing world title, having held the WBC cruiserweight title since April 2017.
Contents
- Mairis briedis highlights knockouts
- Mairis briedis the latvian legend
- Early career
- Briedis vs Huck
- World Boxing Super Series
- Briedis vs Perez
- References
Mairis briedis the latvian legend
Early career
At the age of 24, Mairis Briedis, who previously served as a police officer in Riga, turned professional in 2009. He racked up multiple wins in his home country and abroad, including a second round TKO of former heavyweight title challenger Danny Williams. He captured the IBA cruiserweight title along the way.
Briedis' first fight of note came in 2015, when he moved up in weight and traveled to Russia to face former heavyweight title challenger Manuel Charr. Briedis knocked out his much bigger opponent with a single punch in the fifth round.
In 2016, Briedis knocked out hard-hitting Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodola in a slug fest, to capture the WBC Silver cruiserweight championship. This made him the mandatory challenger for the winner of Tony Bellew and Ilunga Makabu. Briedis was ringside for the fight and congratulated the victorious Bellew in his dressing room afterwards.
Briedis then fought in the UK for the first time in a stay busy fight against Simon Vallily on the undercard of Bellew's first title defence against BJ Flores. Bellew vacated his title in early 2017, meaning the vacant title would be on the line in Briedis' next fight.
Briedis vs. Huck
On April 1, 2017 Briedis captured the vacant WBC cruiserweight title when he traveled to Germany to defeat Marco Huck by a dominant unanimous decision. He was able to outbox the two-time champion Huck and prevent him from having any success on the inside during the fight. Some boxing pundits had Briedis winning every round in the fight. The IBO title became vacant due to Briedis not paying the sanctioning fees.
World Boxing Super Series
On June 2, 2017 Briedis announced that he would take part in the inaugural World Boxing Super Series, where the winner would receive a grand prize as well as the Muhammad Ali Trophy. Briedis described the bracket style tournament as the 'Champions League of boxing'.
Briedis vs. Perez
At the Draft Gala, which took place on July 8 in Monte Carlo, Briedis chose former heavyweight contender Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) as his quarter final opponent. Perez had been out of action for 25 months before moving down to the 200 pound limit division and won his first fight at that weight in a first-round knockout win on June 10, 2017. On July 22, the WBSS announced the fight would take place in Briedis' home country of Latvia at the Riga Arena in Riga on September 30, 2017. This would be the 8th time Briedis fights at the arena.