On May 18, 2024, Mairis Briedis and Jai Opetaia met again in an immediate rematch.
Briedis came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 10 months, and 16 days. Opetaia was on a 24-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Jai Opetaia defeated Mairis Briedis via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his The Ring cruiserweight title. Opetaia improves his record to 25-0, while Briedis adds a loss to his record at 28-3.
On July 2, 2022, the 37-year-old IBF and The Ring cruiserweight world champion, Mairis Briedis (28-1, 20 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Australian boxer Jai Opetaia (21-0, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Briedis came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 16 days. Opetaia was on a 21-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 28 days.
Jai Opetaia defeated Mairis Briedis via unanimous decision and wins the IBF and The Ring titles — in his first world-title fight. Opetaia improves his record to 22-0, while Briedis adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On January 27, 2018, the 33-year-old WBC cruiserweight champion, Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs), and the 31-year-old WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Briedis came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 28 days. Usyk was on a 13-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Mairis Briedis via majority decision and unifies the WBC and WBO cruiserweight titles. Usyk improves his record to 14-0, while Briedis adds a loss to his record at 23-1.