After a fast start with the first-round matchups last September, the WBSS tournament continued with the semi-final bouts in 2018. The first one came in the cruiserweight series between unbeaten champions Oleksandr Usyk and Mairis Briedis on January 2...
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Usyk’s handlers probably didn’t expect him to encounter such heavy resistance but they did expect him to end up where he is: in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. Usyk cruised in the opening round of the cruiserweight tournament, outclassing...
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It’s been so much fun watching the World Boxing Super Series field whittle down at cruiserweight, there has hardly been time to ask what comes after its over. If the answer is the winner faces Mairis Briedis this fall, would anyone be disappointed? T...
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Usyk Arrives Home Photos Gallery - Arena Riga, Lativia - In the first semi-final bout of the cruiserweight edition of the World Boxing Super Series tournament, Aleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) won a twelve round majority decision over previously undefe...
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Usyk vs. Briedis Fight Photos Gallery - WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk beat WBC title holder Mairis Briedis by a majority points decision to unify the belts. The two met in the semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series tournament and Usy...
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Arena Riga, Lativia - In the first semi-final bout of the cruiserweight edition of the World Boxing Super Series tournament, Aleksandr Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs) won a twelve round majority decision over previously undefeated Mairis Briedis (23-1, 18 KOs)...
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The World Boxing Super Series semi-finals arrive and now we get to the good stuff. It’s boiled down now to a pair of unification matches over the next two weeks. When the smoke clears, we’ll have the first lineal champion in the division since Tomasz...
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Arena Riga had an early wind of passionate Latvian and Ukrainian fans today at the official weigh-in ceremony of tomorrow’s big cruiserweight title unification bout between WBO champ Oleksandr Usyk and WBC belt holder Mairis Briedis. Briedis (23-0, 1...
We are right around the corner for the first cruiserweight semi-final bout of the World Boxing Super Series tournament. On Tuesday, both Oleksandr Usyk and Mairis Briedis showed some of their skills through an open training session for media and fans...
On Thursday afternoon at 1:30 in local time, Riga turned it’s attention to the Radisson Blu Ridzene Hotel where the final press conference has taken place before the first cruiserweight semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series tournament on Januar...
Oleksandr Uysk hopes Mairis Breidis has a better plan than to hold him throughout their fight Saturday night. That might’ve served Breidis well against Mike Perez, but Usyk knows exactly how to combat that tactic. As Usyk watched footage of the Breid...
WBO-Champion Aleksandr Usyk and WBC-Champion Mairis Briedis entertained the masses at an open training before their Ali Trophy semi-final clash on Saturday at the Arena Riga, Latvia. "People can look forward to a great fight between two world champio...
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