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SportsPublished: 18 October 2026 at 01:31

Briedis and Zutis: boxing bout set for 20 March 2027

Former boxing world champion Mairis Briedis and Kristaps Zutis will meet in the ring on 20 March 2027. The date was announced by King of Kings.

Foto: Apollo.lv

Former boxing world champion Mairis Briedis stepped into the ring at the Xiaomi Arena on Saturday, 17 October, to face his upcoming opponent Kristaps Zutis. The event was used to announce the date of the pair's planned fight.

Briedis and Zutis are scheduled to meet in the ring on 20 March 2027. This was reported by King of Kings (KOK), which announced the bout.

The source gives no further details. It does not say which weight class the fight will be in or what title, if any, will be at stake, and the venue for the bout itself is not specified.

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