On September 30, 2017, Mairis Briedis (22-0, 18 KOs), the cruiserweight WBC champion, defends his title against Cuban challenger, Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs).
Mairis Briedis is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Marco Huck, 5 months and 29 days ago. Mike Perez is on a 1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Viktor Biscak, 3 months and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Mairis Briedis at 99-1 winning odds. Mike Perez really doesn't have much to present against Briedis.
Mairis Briedis defeated Mike Perez via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC cruiserweight title. Briedis improves his record to 23-0, while Perez adds a loss to his record at 22-3-1.