Mairis Briedis (born January 13, 1985) is a Latvian professional boxer competing in the cruiserweight division.
He is the first Latvian to win a boxing world title, having held the WBC cruiserweight title from April 2017 to January 2018, and WBO cruiserweight title from June to November 2019.
He was awarded the Order of the Three Stars in 2017.
As a professional, he has fought world champions Oleksander Usyk, Marco Huck, Krzysztof Glowacki and Manuel Charr.
As of November 2019, he is ranked as the world’s best active cruiserweight by BoxRec, The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.