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Latvian boxer Mairis Briedis World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) will fight for the Mohammed Ali trophy, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion belt and the Ring magazine belt in the final match with Cuban Junier Dorticos, the organizers inform.
It has already been reported that the WBSS’s first heavyweight final will take place on September 26 in Munich.
Initially, the fight was planned for March 21 in Riga, but due to the rapid spread of the pandemic, it was postponed to May 16. Later, the fight planned for May 16 was canceled, but this week it turned out that both boxers will fight for the victory in the tournament in Munich on September 26.
WBSS organizers report that the duel will take place in the Plazamedia Broadcasting Center television studio, but viewers will not be able to watch the fight in person.
“It is impossible to predict which of them will win, but it is clear that the person who wins all the trophies after the fight will become a certified sports superstar,” said WBSS organizer Kalle Zauerlands.
Meanwhile, Tom Gray, deputy editor-in-chief of Ring magazine, says that fans will enjoy it more, as the winner will be on both the Mohammed Ali trophy and the Ring belt. “Both the WBSS and the Ring want to crown the best wrestler in each division,” said Gray.
The IBF belt became vacant after Oleksandr Usik moved to heavyweight and was won by Dorticos in the WBSS semi-final, who killed Andrew Tabiti. The “Ring” belt is vacant.
In the “Ring” version, Deer and Dorticos take the first two places in the list of the best boxers in this weight category.
The most prestigious World Boxing Council (WBC) belt now belongs to Congolese boxer Ilung Makabu, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) belt is vacant, and the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion is currently Frenchman Arsen Gularmirjan.
35-year-old Briedis has won 26 victories in his professional boxer career, 19 of whom have been killed and suffered one loss in the WBSS first season semi-final in Riga against Ukrainian Oleksandr Usik.
Dortikos, the youngest Cuban boxer of the year, has won 24 victories, only two of them have been forced to play all the rounds in the ring, and also suffered one loss – a week after the deer lost to Usik, the Cuban in Sochi lost to Murat Gasij in the second WBSS semifinals.
Both semi-final fights of this season’s super series took place on June 15, 2019 in Riga. Dorticos first entered the finals after success over the American boxer Andrew Tabiti, but soon after that Briedis defeated Krzysztof Glovacki from Poland in a scandalous fight.
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