On October 16, 2021, Mairis Briedis (27-1, 19 KOs), the cruiserweight IBF and The Ring champion, defends his titles against German challenger, Artur Mann (17-1, 9 KOs).
Mairis Briedis is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Yuniel Dorticos, 1 year and 20 days ago. Artur Mann is on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Rad Rashid, 1 year, 4 months, and 4 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Mairis Briedis at 99-1 winning odds. Artur Mann really doesn't have much to present against Briedis.
Mairis Briedis made easy work of Artur Mann, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Briedis improves his record to 28-1 (20 KOs), while Mann adds a loss to his record at 17-2.