On September 26, 2020, the 34-year-old IBF cruiserweight world champion, Yuniel Dorticos (24-1, 22 KOs), faced a 35-year-old Latvian boxer Mairis Briedis (26-1, 19 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Dorticos came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 11 days. Briedis was on a 3-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 3 months, and 11 days.
Mairis Briedis defeated Yuniel Dorticos via majority decision and wins the IBF and The Ring titles. Briedis improves his record to 27-1, while Dorticos adds a loss to his record at 24-2.
On February 3, 2018, the 31-year-old WBA cruiserweight world champion, Yuniel Dorticos (22-0, 21 KOs), faced a 24-year-old Russian boxer Murat Gassiev (25-0, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Dorticos came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 11 days. Gassiev was on a 25-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Murat Gassiev stopped Yuniel Dorticos via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBA cruiserweight title. Gassiev improves his record to 26-0 (19 KOs), while Dorticos adds a loss to his record at 22-1.