Mairis Briedis, who ranks as one of many hardest, most gifted of current cruiserweight warriors, has formally introduced he’s retiring from the ring. The Latvian star, a former three-time cruiserweight champion, exits with a superb 28-3(20) report. Briedis, who fought as a professional for nearly 15 lengthy years, met quite a few huge names throughout his at occasions thrilling profession, together with:
Oleksandr Usyk (Briedis arguably giving Usyk the one hardest struggle of his professional profession, the Ukrainian profitable by way of 12 spherical majority resolution in a unification struggle that passed off through the World Boxing Tremendous Collection 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 is going to now go down as Mairis’ closing fights.
Briedis received the his first world title with a win over Huck, this in April of 2017, Briedis profitable a choice 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 struggle and getting away with it), whereas Briedis, now aged 35, then received the IBF title with an in depth 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 collection of photographs from his good ring profession. For positive, Mairis Briedis has a profession to look again on with immense pleasure. It definitely would have been greater than fascinating to have seen Briedis get a second go at Usyk, both at cruiserweight or up at heavyweight.
