Mairis Briedis, who ranks as one of many hardest, most proficient of latest cruiserweight warriors, has formally introduced he’s retiring from the ring. The Latvian star, a former three-time cruiserweight champion, exits with a wonderful 28-3(20) document. Briedis, who fought as a professional for nearly 15 lengthy years, met numerous large names throughout his at occasions thrilling profession, together with:
Oleksandr Usyk (Briedis arguably giving Usyk the only hardest battle of his professional profession, the Ukrainian profitable through 12 spherical majority resolution in a unification battle that passed off throughout the World Boxing Tremendous Sequence semi-final in 2018), Manuel Charr, Marco Huck, Mike Perez, Noel Mikaelian, Krysztof Glowacki (in one of many wildest, dirtiest slugfests ever seen), Yuniel Dorticos, and Jai Opetaia, who twice edged Briedis in what’s going to now go down as Mairis’ closing fights.
Briedis gained the his first world title with a win over Huck, this in April of 2017, Briedis profitable a call to take the vacant WBC belt. After dropping to Usyk, Briedis defeated Glowacki by KO to win the WBO title (the KO a controversial one, Briedis utilizing all method of fouls within the battle and getting away with it), whereas Briedis, now aged 35, then gained the IBF title with a detailed win over Dorticos, this within the 2020 closing of the WBSS. And at last, Briedis was then decisioned by Opetaia in back-to-back fights that passed off over the course of twenty-two months.
By no means as soon as stopped in his profession, Briedis, who retires at age 39, has to go down as maybe the best Latvian boxer ever. Not solely that, however Breidis, who fought the most effective and encountered all method of preventing types, has a shot at going into the Corridor of Fame.
Briedis posted a brief retirement announcement on X, his message accompanied by a choice of images from his good ring profession. For certain, Mairis Briedis has a profession to look again on with immense delight. It actually would have been greater than attention-grabbing to have seen Briedis get a second go at Usyk, both at cruiserweight or up at heavyweight.
