Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-05-18, disappointing boxing match: Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis 2 gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2024).
Briedis vs Opetaia 2 is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 18th, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in a 12-round cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is valid for the vacant IBF world cruiserweight title and it is on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Ring of Fire. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-07-02, pretty good boxing fight: Mairis Briedis vs Jai Opetaia gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Opetaia vs Briedis is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the IBF World cruiserweight title (Briedis’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-10-16, good start with some nice exchanges: the boxing fight Mairis Briedis vs Artur Mann gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Mann vs Briedis is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the IBF World cruiserweight title (Briedis’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-09-26, pretty good fight between Mairis Briedis and Yuniel Dorticos: it gets three stars.
The former Wbc Cw champion Mairis Briedis entered this fight with a pro record of 26-1-0 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Oleksandr Usyk in 2018 (via majority decision, Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis), after this bout he has defeated Brandon Deslaurier (Mairis Briedis vs Brandon Deslaurier), Noel Gevor (Mairis Briedis vs Noel Gevor) and Krzysztof Glowacki (Mairis Briedis vs Krzysztof Glowacki).
His opponent, the former Wba and current Ibf Cw champ Yuniel Dorticos, has an official boxing record of 24-1-0 (22 KOs=92%) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Murat Gassiev in 2018 (Murat Gassiev vs Yunier Dorticos) but then he has beat Mateusz Masternak (Yuniel Dorticos vs Mateusz Masternak) and Andrew Tabiti (Yuniel Dorticos vs Andrew Tabiti). Dorticos vs Briedis is valid for the IBF World cruiserweight title (Dorticos’ first defense) and it is the final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-15, entertaining fight between Mairis Briedis and Krzysztof Glowacki: it gets three stars.
The former Wbc Cw champion Mairis Briedis entered this fight with a professional record of 25-1-0 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced current #1 Oleksandr Usyk in January (via majority decision, Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis), after this bout he has defeated Brandon Deslaurier (Mairis Briedis vs Brandon Deslaurier) and Noel Gevor (Mairis Briedis vs Noel Gevor).
His opponent, the former Wbo Cw champion Krzysztof Glowacki, has a boxing record of 31-1-0 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He also lost to Usyk (in 2016 Glowacki vs Usyk), but since then he has won five bouts beating Santander Silgado (Krzysztof Glowacki vs Santander Silgado) and Maksim Vlasov in his last two (Krzysztof Glowacki vs Maksim Vlasov). Briedis vs Glowacki is the semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy) and it is valid for the WBO and vacant WBC World cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-10, fight not so exciting between Mairis Briedis and Noel Gevor: it gets two stars.
The former Wbc Cw champion Mairis Briedis entered this fight with a boxing record of 24-1-0 (18 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced current #1 Oleksandr Usyk in January (Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis), after this bout he has defeated Brandon Deslaurier in July (Mairis Briedis vs Brandon Deslaurier).
His opponent, Noel Gevor (his real name is Norair Movsesowitch Mikaeljan), has an official record of 23-1-0 (10 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 9, 2017 when he beat Isiah Thomas (Noel Gevor vs Isiah Thomas); before this bout he had lost to Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs Noel Gevor). Briedis vs Gevor is the quarter-final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy); undercard of Krzysztof Glowacki vs Maksim Vlasov. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-07-21, one sided fight between Mairis Briedis and Brandon Deslaurier: it gets two stars.
The former Wbc Cw champion Mairis Briedis entered this fight with a pro record of 23-1-0 (18 KOs=78%) and he is ranked as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world but he comes off the loss against current #1 Oleksandr Usyk (Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis). Before this bout, in 2017, he had won over Marco Huck (Huck vs Briedis) and Mike Perez (Briedis vs Perez).
His opponent, Brandon Deslaurier, has an official boxing record of 11-1-1 (1 knockout) and he entered as the No.94 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Franck Acho in 2015, since then he has won nine consecutive fights beating Besarion Khutuashvili in 2018. Briedis vs Deslaurier is on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs Murat Gassiev. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-27, great performance by both boxers: Oleksandr Usyk vs Mairis Briedis gets three stars.
Both undefeated, the 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist and current Wbo champion Oleksandr Usyk entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 13-0-0 (11 KOs=85%) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, the Wbc champion Mairis Briedis, has an official record of 23-0-0 (18 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. Both boxers fought twice last year: Usyk beat Michael Hunter (=Usyk vs Hunter) and Marco Huck via tko (=Usyk vs Huck) while Briedis defeated Marco Huck by unanimous decision (=Huck vs Briedis) and Mike Perez (=Briedis vs Perez). Usyk vs Briedis is valid for the WBC and WBO World cruiserweight titles and it is the semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series Cw tournamet. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-30, disappointing fight between Mairis Briedis and Mike Perez: it gets two stars.
The undefeated current Wbc and former Ibo Cw champion Mairis Briedis entered this fight with a perfect record of 22-0-0 (18 KOs=82%) and he is ranked as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk). In his last three bouts he has won over Olanrewaju Durodola (=Briedis vs Durodola), Simon Vallily and Marco Huck (=Huck vs Briedis).
His opponent, Mike Perez, has an official boxing record of 22-2-1 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. He lost to Alexander Povetkin in 2015 (=Povetkin vs Perez) but he came back to win in 2017 against Viktor Biscak moving down to the cruiserweight division. Mairis Briedis vs Mike Perez is the quarter final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament and it is valid for the WBC World Cw title (Briedis’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-01, pretty boring fight between Marco Huck and Mairis Briedis: it gets two stars.
The Ibo champion Marco Huck entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 40-3-1 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk). He lost to Krzysztof Glowacki in 2015 (=Huck vs Glowacki) but he came back to win in 2016 beating Ola Afolabi (=Afolabi vs Huck 4) and Dmytro Kucher (=Huck vs Kucher).
His opponent, the undefeated Mairis Briedis, has a perfect record of 21-0-0 (18 KOs=86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year winning over Danie Venter (=Briedis vs Venter), Olanrewaju Durodola (=Briedis vs Durodola) and Simon Vallily. Mairis Briedis vs Marco Huck is valid for the vacant WBC and IBO World cruiserweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
FOLLOW US ON
Since 2011, more than 26,100 fights rated and more than 101,800 votes collected!!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-05-18, disappointing boxing match: Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis 2 gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2024).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-07-02, pretty good boxing fight: Mairis Briedis vs Jai Opetaia gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the 
Review by 
