The Most Famous
BOXERS from Latvia
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Boxers of all time. This list of famous Latvian Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mairis Briedis (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 35.15, Mairis Briedis is the most famous Latvian Boxer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Mairis Briedis (born 13 January 1985) is a Latvian professional boxer. He is a three-time cruiserweight world champion, having held the IBF and Ring titles from 2020 to 2022; the WBC title from 2017 to 2018; and the WBO title in 2019. Upon winning the WBC title in 2017, he became the first Latvian to hold a world boxing title. He was awarded the Order of the Three Stars in 2017. As a professional, he has fought world champions Oleksander Usyk, Marco Huck, Krzysztof Głowacki, Manuel Charr, and Yuniel Dorticos. As of November 2022, he is ranked as the world's third best active cruiserweight by The Ring magazine, BoxRec, and second by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Latvian boxers born between 1985 and 1985. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Latvian boxers include Mairis Briedis.
