Mairis Briedis Shines in Latvia, Destroys Jalusic in One

By Alexey Sukachev

Hard-hitting Latvian cruiserweight sensation Mairis Briedis (6-0, 4 KOs) picked up his ride exactly where he had left it almost a year ago. Briedis was last seen in the ring on June 12, 2010, in Poland, when he annihilated Hungarian Gabor Zsalek in just a round. Briedis repeated this trick again, destroying durable Croatian veteran Josip Jalusic (10-24-1, 7 KOs) also in the single stanza. Jalusic was floored three times in less than three minutes. The fight was arranged in Latvian capital Riga by Sergey Mitchnik as a part of the mixed boxing affair.

6’1” Briedis is best known as the unexpected winner of the first ever Bigger’s Better boxing tourney. He now has four first-round TKO’s in his last five outings. Briedis is also regarded as one of the best kick boxers across the Baltic Sea in his respected weight class.