Briedis vs Opetaia (Jul 2, 2022): How to Watch, Start Time, Predictions

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On Saturday, July 2 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Gold Coast, Australia Mairis Briedis will meet Jai Opetaia for IBF and The Ring titles in a 12-round cruiserweight bout.

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	Mairis Briedis	Jai Opetaia
Country	Latvia Riga, Latvia	Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Age	37 years	27 years
Pro	12 years	6 years
Height	6′ 1″ (185 cm)	6′ 3″ (191 cm)
Reach	75″ (191 cm)	76″ (193 cm)
Division	cruiserweight (200 lbs / 90,72 kg)	cruiserweight (200 lbs / 90,72 kg)
Stance	orthodox	southpaw
Titles	IBF, The Ring (cruiserweight)	-
Record	28 - 1 - 0 (20 KOs)	21 - 0 - 0 (17 KOs)
KOs	71%	80%
Inactive	259 days	210 days
Advant.

Who has won?

Jai Opetaia won by unanimous decision (UD) (video).

Date and Time

The fight night will begin on Saturday, July 2 at 2:30 a.m. ET / 11:30 p.m. PT.

Arena

The fight will be held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

On which TV channel or streaming service can I watch the live broadcast of the fight Mairis Briedis versus Jai Opetaia?

Briedis vs. Opetaia Full Fight Highlights

Briedis vs. Opetaia Fight Promo

Who fights on Saturday, July 2?
Fight card subject to change.

Division	Fighter #1	Fighter #2	Notes
cruiserweight (200 lbs)	Mairis Briedis (28 - 1 - 0)	Jai Opetaia (21 - 0 - 0)	For IBF World, The Ring tit.
super welterweight (154 lbs)	Joel Camilleri (22 - 7 - 1)	Koen Mazoudier (9 - 2 - 0)	For WBA Oceania tit.
light heavyweight (175 lbs)	Faris Chevalier (13 - 1 - 0)	Conor Wallace (8 - 1 - 0)	For WBA Oceania tit.
middleweight (160 lbs)	Issac Hardman (12 - 1 - 0)	Beau Hartas (6 - 1 - 0)
super flyweight (115 lbs)	Taylah Robertson (5 - 1 - 0)	Yoselin Fernandez (11 - 1 - 0)
featherweight (126 lbs)	Dana Coolwell (7 - 2 - 0)	Lorenz Ladrada (11 - 2 - 1)
featherweight (126 lbs)	Miles Zalewski (10 - 2 - 0)	Shiva Mishra (8 - 5 - 0)
cruiserweight (200 lbs)	David Nyika (3 - 0 - 0)	Louis Marsters (1 - 2 - 0)
cruiserweight (200 lbs)	Austin Aokuso (4 - 0 - 0)	Laurence Titter (2 - 0 - 0)

Mairis Briedis

Mairis Briedis is a Latvian boxer.
As a professional athlete, Briedis has been performing for 12 years.

Mairis was born in Riga, Latvia, on January 13, 1985.
He currently resides in Riga, Latvia.

World Boxing Super Series | Cruiserweight

Muhammad Ali Trophy

Last fight

The last fight of Mairis Briedis took place on October 16, 2021 against Artur Mann.
Briedis won by technical knockout (TKO).

Mairis Briedis vs. Artur Mann

First world title

On April 1, 2017 Mairis Briedis became the WBC cruiserweight champion in a fight for the vacant title.

WBC World champion Mairis Briedis

Boxing record

Total fights: 29
Wins: 28
Wins by KO: 20
Wins by dec: 8
Losses: 1
Losses by KO: 0
Losses by dec: 1
Draws: 0

Professional career

How many fights did Mairis Briedis have?

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2022-07-02	Jai Opetaia (21 - 0 - 0)	Loss UD	IBF World Cruiserweight Title
2021-10-16	Artur Mann (17 - 1 - 0)	Win TKO	IBF World Cruiserweight Title
2020-09-26	Yuniel Dorticos (24 - 1 - 0)	Win MD	IBF World Cruiserweight Title
2019-06-15	Krzysztof Glowacki (31 - 1 - 0)	Win TKO	WBO World Cruiserweight Title
2018-11-10	Noel Gevor Mikaelyan (23 - 1 - 0)	Win UD	vacant WBC Diamond Cruiserweight Title
2018-07-21	Brandon Deslaurier (11 - 1 - 1)	Win UD
2018-01-27	Oleksandr Usyk (13 - 0 - 0)	Loss MD	WBC World Cruiserweight Title WBO World Cruiserweight Title
2017-09-30	Mike Perez (22 - 2 - 1)	Win UD	WBC World Cruiserweight Title
2017-04-01	Marco Huck (40 - 3 - 1)	Win UD	vacant WBC World Cruiserweight Title IBO World Cruiserweight Title
2016-10-15	Simon Vallily (9 - 0 - 0)	Win TKO
2016-05-14	Olanrewaju Durodola (22 - 2 - 0)	Win TKO	WBC Silver Cruiserweight Title
2016-02-21	Danie Venter (20 - 7 - 0)	Win TKO	vacant IBF Inter-Continental Cruiserweight Title
2015-11-06	Laszlo Hubert (41 - 16 - 1)	Win TKO
2015-08-22	Mahmoud Charr (28 - 3 - 0)	Win KO
2015-06-28	Emre Altintas (10 - 6 - 1)	Win TKO
2015-04-10	Bjoern Blaschke (9 - 5 - 1)	Win TKO
2014-11-14	Ismail Abdoul (55 - 31 - 2)	Win UD	International Boxing Association World Cruiserweight Title
2014-09-26	Csaba Faur (6 - 3 - 2)	Win KO
2014-07-26	Joey Vegas (16 - 8 - 1)	Win TKO
2013-11-22	Lubos Suda (30 - 7 - 1)	Win RTD	vacant International Boxing Association World Cruiserweight Title
2013-07-05	Jeremy Ouanna (14 - 8 - 0)	Win UD
2013-06-14	Jonathan Felton (6 - 26 - 1)	Win TKO
2013-03-23	Danny Williams (44 - 15 - 0)	Win TKO
2012-10-20	Marko Angermann (11 - 13 - 1)	Win TKO
2012-06-16	Jozsef Nagy (27 - 11 - 0)	Win TKO
2012-03-24	Ruslan Siniavskij (debut)	Win TKO
2011-10-08	Andrejs Naglis (2 - 0 - 1)	Win KO
2011-06-02	Josip Jalusic (10 - 23 - 1)	Win TKO
2010-06-12	Gabor Zsalek (7 - 8 - 1)	Win TKO
2009-10-11	Raulis Racilauskas (debut)	Win UD

All Mairis Briedis's losses

Who all beat Mairis Briedis?

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2022-07-02	Jai Opetaia (21 - 0 - 0)	Loss UD	IBF World Cruiserweight Title
2018-01-27	Oleksandr Usyk (13 - 0 - 0)	Loss MD	WBC World Cruiserweight Title WBO World Cruiserweight Title

Mairis Briedis Highlights

Jai Opetaia

Jai Opetaia is an Australian boxer.
As a professional athlete, Opetaia has been performing for 6 years and remains unbeaten.

Jai was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on June 30, 1995.
He currently resides in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Last fight

The last fight of Jai Opetaia took place on December 4, 2021 against Daniel Russell.
Opetaia won by technical knockout (TKO).

Boxing record

Total fights: 21
Wins: 21
Wins by KO: 17
Wins by dec: 4
Losses: 0
Draws: 0

Professional career

How many fights did Jai Opetaia have?

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2022-07-02	Mairis Briedis (28 - 1 - 0)	Win UD	IBF World Cruiserweight Title
2021-12-04	Daniel Russell (7 - 2 - 2)	Win TKO
2020-10-22	Benjamin Kelleher (13 - 1 - 2)	Win TKO	WBO Global Cruiserweight Title IBF Asia Oceania Cruiserweight Title
2019-11-16	Mark Flanagan (24 - 7 - 0)	Win TKO	WBA Oceania Cruiserweight Title WBO Global Cruiserweight Title vacant IBF Asia Oceania Cruiserweight Title
2019-07-27	Nikolas Charalampous (18 - 2 - 0)	Win UD	interim WBA Oceania Cruiserweight Title vacant WBO Global Cruiserweight Title
2019-05-15	Navosa Ioata (6 - 3 - 0)	Win TKO	interim WBA Oceania Cruiserweight Title
2018-06-29	Kurtis Pegoraro (11 - 3 - 0)	Win KO	vacant IBF Pan Pacific Cruiserweight Title WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight Title
2018-04-07	Lukas Paszkowsky (9 - 1 - 0)	Win TKO	vacant WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight Title
2018-01-17	Benjamin Kelleher (7 - 0 - 2)	Win TKO	Australian Cruiserweight Title
2017-10-21	Frankie Lopez (10 - 0 - 0)	Win TKO	vacant IBF Youth Cruiserweight Title
2017-07-15	Daniel Ammann (32 - 9 - 1)	Win TKO	vacant OPBF Cruiserweight Title vacant Australian Cruiserweight Title
2017-05-12	Moses Havea (4 - 10 - 0)	Win TKO	Australia - New South Wales State Heavyweight Title
2017-04-08	Kyle Brumby (5 - 12 - 3)	Win TKO
2017-02-10	Togasilimai Letoa (16 - 18 - 1)	Win TKO
2016-12-23	Isileli Fa (2 - 6 - 0)	Win TKO
2016-12-09	Peter Brennan (11 - 25 - 4)	Win KO	vacant Australia - New South Wales State Heavyweight Title
2016-10-14	Uria Afamasaga (1 - 0 - 0)	Win TKO
2016-07-22	Sefo Falekaono (3 - 1 - 0)	Win KO
2016-04-23	Orlando Vazquez (3 - 0 - 0)	Win PTS
2015-11-28	Randall Rayment (2 - 1 - 0)	Win UD
2015-08-14	Rob Manual (0 - 3 - 0)	Win TKO
2015-08-01	Isileli Fa (1 - 2 - 0)	Win UD

All Jai Opetaia's losses

Jai Opetaia remains unbeaten as a professional.

Jai Opetaia Highlights

Latest Odds

Briedis to win: 1/4
Opetaia to win: 3/1
Draw: 27/1

Prediction

Who will win: Briedis or Opetaia?

Briedis and Opetaia are worthy opponents.
It is difficult to predict which of the boxers will win.

Nevertheless, I think that Mairis Briedis will win by unanimous decision.

- Sergey Loktev,
sports editor

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