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Usyk vs. Briedis: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Oleksandr Usyk (The Cat) and Mairis Briedis (The Latvian Punisher) put their cruiserweight belts on the line. Usyk brings the WBO belt. Briedis brings the WBC belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
31
Sep 11, 2013
13-0
4
11 (84.6%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Southpaw
Sep 9, 2017
4m, 18d
13
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
33
Oct 11, 2009
23-0
2
18 (78.3%)
186 cm
190 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Sep 30, 2017
3m, 28d
23
WBO
CR
w1
d3
WBC
CR
w1
d1
cruiserweight
Saturday, 27 Jan 2018
Arēna Rīga, Rīga, Latvia
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-23
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Mairis Briedis

Date

This fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Mairis Briedis took place on at the Arēna Rīga, Rīga, Latvia.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Oleksandr Usyk is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Mairis Briedis is 186 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Usyk also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Briedis' 190 cm. On top of that, Usyk also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Briedis.

Usyk is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 13-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 18 days ago against Marco Huck, which he won via 10th round TKO.

Marco Huck's boxing career

Briedis also comes in with an undefeated record of 23-0 (18 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 28 days ago against Mike Perez, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Mike Perez' boxing career

Oleksandr Usyk fights out of the southpaw stance, while Mairis Briedis fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Usyk will be 31 years old. Briedis will be 33 years old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 53-47 in favor of Oleksandr Usyk. Here is the prediction for Usyk vs Briedis.

A close matchup. Oleksandr Usyk may have a better chance at winning this fight, but Mairis Briedis could win too.

Result

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Mairis Briedis via 12 round MD. Briedis' undefeated record of 23 wins comes to an end, and Usyk advances his win streak to 14. Usyk is now 14-0, and Briedis 23-1.

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  7. Mairis Briedis defeats Marco Huck via 12-round unanimous decision