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It has already been reported that Briedis won the Cuban Juniel Dortikos in the final of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) in Munich at the end of September and won the Mohammed Ali trophy, as well as the International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion belt and The Ring belt in the first heavyweight (up to 90.7 kilograms).
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After the fight, Briedis mentioned that he was considering the possibility to switch to super heavy weight, where the world’s leading boxers are fighting. Raimonds Zeps, the manager of Brieža, also approved these developments for the TVNET website.
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“We have been working on the transition to superweights since the last fight. Theoretically, the date of the first fight had already been set, but the Covid-19 pandemic introduced adjustments,” says Zeps in a conversation with TVNET.
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“The fight with Okolia would force us to change plans and implementations that are prepared for a longer period of time, but in theory, if the offer from his team was interesting enough, it could motivate Mairi to stay in another punch for another fight,” the manager explains. that the first conversation with the representatives of the Okoli Party has already taken place.
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Okolia is represented by the influential boxing promotion company “Matchroom Boxing”, headed by Eddie Hern.
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In the event of this fight, the bet can be as many as three world champion belts, because on Saturday in the sixth round of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) belt in the Wembley arena, Okoliy killed the well-known Latvian Krishof Glovacki and said that he would have nothing to fight with Brieda.
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Okolia had his second fight in the last four months.
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The 28-year-old Brit has only won in his professional career so far, 13 of the 16 fights ended in a knockout.
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In a conversation with TVNET, the deer’s manager reveals that he is currently working on the fact that Briedis could have the next fight in the summer – in June or July.
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The 36-year-old Briedis has suffered only one loss in the 28 fights of his career – in January 2018, in the WBSS semi-final in Riga, he lost to the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usik. The other 27 battles were won, 19 of them ended prematurely.
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After last year’s WBSS victory, the deer said it could move to the super heavyweight category, but in November said that the outcome of the Okolia-Glovacka duel would decide a lot, suggesting that the English victory would allow the first heavyweight category to be reconsidered.
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The most prestigious World Boxing Council (WBC) belt is currently owned by Congolese boxer Ilung Makabu, while the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion is currently Arsen Gulamirjan of France.
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