{"id":68619,"date":"2017-09-04T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=68619"},"modified":"2017-09-04T16:32:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:32:49","slug":"mairis-briedis-vs-mike-perez-heats-up-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=68619","title":{"rendered":"Mairis Briedis Vs Mike Perez HEATS UP! – Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>WBC World Champion Mairis Briedis (22-0, 18 KOs) came face to face with Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) in Riga before their Ali Trophy quarter-final bout at the Riga Arena, September 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel good, I am ready to go, I am ready to fight right now,\u201d said Mike Perez. \u201cThis is a really interesting fight and I am looking forward to it and getting the victory. Whatever the fight brings I am ready for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I am in maybe the best shape of my life. The fans can expect the best from me in Riga. They can expect to the see something they might haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuban Mike Perez fighting out of Cork, Ireland was cool and calm when talking about fighting in Latvia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there will be thousands of fans screaming and cheering for Briedis, but I will just pretend they are rooting for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking forward to fight in front of a sold out arena in Riga,\u201d said Mairis Briedes: \u201cI am well prepared for Perez. He is a southpaw and I am getting great sparring from different southpaw boxers. I can\u2019t wait for September 30. On that date I will make the Latvian people proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES FIXTURES
\n09\/09\/17 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
\nOleksandr Usyk vs. Marco Huck (WBO World)
\nMax-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

16\/09\/17 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
\nCallum Smith vs. Erik Skoglund (WBC Diamond)
\nEcho Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

23\/09\/17 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
\nYunier Dorticos vs. Dmitry Kudryashov (WBA World)
\nAlamodome, San Antonio, Texas, USA<\/p>\n

30\/09\/17 – Cruiserweight Quarter-Final:
\nMairis Briedis vs. Mike Perez (WBC World)
\nRiga Arena, Riga, Latvia<\/p>\n

07\/10\/17 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
\nChris Eubank Jr vs. Avni Yildirim (IBO World)
\nHanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Germany<\/p>\n

14\/10\/17 – Super Middleweight Quarter-Final:
\nGeorge Groves vs. Jamie Cox (WBA Super)
\nThe SSE Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

TO BE CONFIRMED
\nCruiserweight Quarter-Finals:
\nMurat Gassiev vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (IBF World)<\/p>\n

Super Middleweight Quarter-Finals:
\nJuergen Braehmer vs. Rob Brant<\/p>\n

WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES AT A GLANCE
\nNumber of participants: 16
\nNumber of belts: 7
\nNumber of world champions: 6
\nNumber of former world champions: 3
\nNumber of undefeated fighters: 9
\nCombined Record of participants: 423 wins, 17 losses, 294 KOs<\/p>\n