Raimonds Zeps, the manager of the Latvian boxer Maira Briežs, revealed to the Latvian Television program “Sporta studija” that although there is no official agreement on the course of the next fight, the Latvian boxer is already preparing for it.
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It has already been reported that Briedim’s next fight for the title of world champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) in the first heavyweight category, the defense with Australian Jay Opetay must be completed by 14 April next year.
“Mairis is in Egypt with a coach already working,” Zeps said. “The most accurate sign would be to say that we are already in the final stages of signing an agreement with the Australian side to end the fight with Jay Opetai.”
As a reason why the contract has not been signed yet, Zeps mentioned that there are still several nuances and the smallest things that still need to be discussed, but the most important things that are essential for the fight to be fought have already been discussed.
After a long time, Opetaya fought Daniel Russell, and Zep said it was an important struggle for the Australian to regain confidence.
“This struggle was important to Opetai. They had previously said it should be easy and more intent on getting him back on track. However, he had missed a lot because of the trauma,” Zeps explained. “If we are talking about the level of opponents, then [Arturs] Mann was, without question, a higher-level boxer than his opponent Opetay. “
The next fight will be fought in Australia for a number of reasons and as one of the main boxer manager mentioned the restrictions caused by the pandemic.
“The fight is planned for Australia and the main reason is this [epidemioloģiskā] situation. There are currently two potential cities where the fight could take place. In both cities, local authorities are already involved in organizing and supporting the fight, but we still have to look at the situation, “Zeps said, revealing that the possible cities are Sydney or Brisbane.” the biggest fight in the history of boxing in Australia. “
British boxer Lawrence Okoly has repeatedly stated that he would like to fight with Briedi and the Latvian boxer manager confirmed that such a fight could take place.
“We also wanted to fight Okolia, and I will say that the idea of a fight has not been abandoned. The reality is quite different from what his team says and how it was in real life,” Zeps explained. “There was no real offer on their part, because Okoli and his team have different opinions with his representatives. Okoli would really like to fight it, but his representatives might still want to look around and wait.”
“In any case, on our part [pēc cīņas ar Opetaiju] “The offer will be, most importantly, that they talk to us specifically,” said Zeps.
Opetaya has spent 21 fights in a professional boxer career and has won all of them, but almost all fights took place in Australia. He owns two second level belts – WBO Global Champion title and IBF Asia and Oceania Champion title.
After a break of more than a year, the deer fought in October against the German Artur Mann, in which he was superior in the third round with a technical slaughter.
36-year-old Briedis has won 29 victories in his career as a professional boxer, 20 of whom have been killed. He suffered one loss – WBSS in the semifinals of the first season in Riga against the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usik.
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