Latvian boxer Maira Briezis’ next fight with Australian Jay Opetay will take place in Australia in the second half of March, according to the website of the boxing magazine “The Ring”. For the time being, the fight is scheduled to take place on one of the two planned dates in the second half of March.
“We are going to Australia. As far as we know, there is great interest in this fight. Australians can’t wait for the best division boxer to fight the undefeated local. It could be fun, ”The Ring quotes Deer.
At the beginning of December, Latvian boxer manager Raimonds Zeps revealed to the Latvian Television program “Sports Studio” that although there is no official agreement on the course of the next fight, the Latvian boxer is already preparing for it. The deer ‘s next fight to defend the title of world champion in the International Boxing Federation (IBF) version in the first heavyweight category with Opatija is over by April 14 next year.
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 holds two second-level belts, the WBO Global Champion title and the 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 – in the first semi-final of the WBSS season in Riga against Ukrainian Oleksandr Usik.
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