
Mairis Briedis dressed up as ‘Tremendous Mario’ in response to being misnamed by YouTube star Jake Paul.
The Latvian star has often known as out Paul for a boxing struggle and even had a tattoo inked earlier than releasing a ‘diss track’ in order to try and push a potential meeting.
Briedis was ringside for cruiserweight rival Lawrence Okolie’s successful defence of his WBO cruiserweight belt at The O2 enviornment in London.
That includes on the printed, Briedis defined his costume, saying: “DAZN is a good platform for making Jake, I’m Mario now if you’re afraid of actual fighters let’s play our recreation and I’ll smash out all of the cash from you, and this small star out of your hat.”
Briedis additionally introduced a McDonalds takeaway to the ring when confronting Okolie a few potential unification conflict.
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Okolie labored within the fast-food restaurant earlier than taking over boxing and occurring to symbolize Nice Britain on the OIympics.
YouTube star Paul has made a wave in boxing since his emergence on the scene having defeated Tyron Woodley twice and Ben Askren.
He has been topic to a number of call-outs from the likes of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, earlier scheduled opponent Tommy Fury and likewise Briedis.
Nonetheless Paul claimed he had not seen Breidis’ efforts to stage a struggle and confirmed Okolie’s idea that the YouTuber didn’t know who the Latvian champion was.
“There’s actually no boxer with a sufficiently big identify to make an attention-grabbing sufficient occasion which are wherever close to my weight class or expertise degree,” Paul stated on the MMA Hour.
“Preventing for the world title can be the one struggle that may promote, however I do not even know who the cruiserweight champion is.
“I believe Canelo was imagined to struggle him or one thing [Ilunga Makabu].
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“It simply does not make any sense, it is my sixth struggle and this man is a world champion, so no-one actually has a sufficiently big identify within the boxing world.”
Paul is but to plot a return to the ring as he continues his co-promotion of the female clash between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.
The YouTube star has returned to his gym as he continues to ponder his future after securing his fifth victory on the finish of final 12 months.
He has admitted that he’s not but motivated by any potential alternative of opponent and is ready for the right calibre of opponent to come up.
“I’m very busy on the enterprise aspect of issues with my enterprise capital fund, so I have never even obtained again into the gymnasium or been coaching in any respect,” Paul stated.
“I must have a dialogue with my coaches. So in all probability like August or September, possibly later. I’m attempting to determine it out, clearly if the celebs align in some kind of manner, or I’ve a change of coronary heart issues can clearly transfer round.
“However proper now I do not really feel that motivated to simply go proper again right into a coaching camp.”
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