The first finalist of the World Boxing Super Series and the owner of two titles in the cruiserweight division Oleksandr Usyk arrived in Ukraine after Saturday's fight in Riga, in which he beat by majority decision the previously undefeated local Mairis Briedis.
Oleksandr Usyk got his WBO title in Poland, then defended it three times, twice in the USA and once in Germany, and added WBC title, also on the road, in Latvia in a fight against undefeated Mairis Briedis.
Argentinean puncher Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) in an extremely boring fight, except one round, got a stoppage victory in the eighth round over the previously undefeated Thai Tewa Kiram (37-1, 27 KOs) and got one of the vacant versions of the WBA welterweight title in the main event of the evening in Inglewood, California, USA.
WBA Lightweight Champion Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) successfully defended his title by unanimous decision over Mercito Gesta (31-2-2, 17 KOs) in one of the main events of the evening in Inglewood, California. The judges' scores are 117-111 and twice 118-110. In the eighth round, Linares earned a cut near the right eye. The next fight Linares can hold against Mikey Garcia or Vasyl Lomachenko.
On January 27 in Riga, Latvia, the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) semi-final fight took place in the cruiserweight division. WBO world champion Oleksandr Usyk beat Mairis Briedis by majority decision, which allowed the Ukrainian to take the WBC title and reach the final of the Super Series.
A live broadcast of the boxing night, which will take place on January 27 in Inglewood, California, USA, in two main events of which will be the return of world lightweight champion Jorge Linares and former world champion Lucas Matthysse.
In an extremely entertaining fight Oleksandr Usyk landed and threw more blows than his opponent, Mairis Briedis. At the same time, Briedis threw out 144 power punches more and landed slightly more than Usyk. Alexander worked much more actively with his jab, landing 91 punches out of 550 thrown, against 46/137 of Briedis.
Video of the press conference after the battle of Oleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) against Mairis Briedis (23-1, 18 KOs), which took place after their fight on January 27 in Riga, after which the Ukrainian celebrated the victory by a majority decision.
In the main event of the evening in Riga, Latvia, Oleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) in a very tough and spectacular battle got a majority decision victory over the previously undefeated local Mairis Briedis (23-1, 18 KOs) and added to his the WBO champion title WBC belt. The scores were 114-114 and 115-113 twice.
Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko arrived at the Riga arena, where the bout of two undefeated world champions in the cruiserweight division, Oleksandr Usyk and Mairis Briedis, will take place tonight. The meeting of Usyk and Briedis will be the first unification battle in the cruiserweights for the last 9 years.
