Mairis Briedis Slams’s Nightclub from Usyk’s Disco: Still bitter about 2018 loss

Mairis Briedis re -launch cheap features, this time to Oleksandr Usyk to dare to celebrate with Ukrainians inside a nightclub. Instead of being silent, the veteran Latvian decided to make conferences.

“The war is over that these public celebrations can be held? At present I have nothing to celebrate. As a Member, I think of my people and enter the letters for free so that our country is strong. At the moment, I see no reason to dance.” Briedis wrote to X.

Is the war ending that a public holiday can be held? 🤔
I still have nothing to celebrate. As a Member, I think of my people and form the letters for free to make our country strong. At the moment, I do not see the reason for the dances. pic.twitter.com/jimc9bqxyc

– Mairis briedis (@briedismairis) August 27, 2025

Briedis still hooked on 2018 loss

Don’t be wrong, this is not politics. This is Riga, 2018. That night, Briedis gave Usyk twelve exhausting rounds in the WBSS semifinal. Usyk raised his hand but even admitted to Dazn: “These are the hardest rounds I’ve had in my career and work on improving my style.”

It should have been Briedis’s most proud time. Instead, it has become its load. Usyk became indisputable to Cruiserweight and Heavyweight. Briedis faded in the background, and every few months he returned to the news attacking Usyk. It is despair dressed in duty.

Recapitulation: Usyk VS Briedis, Riga 2018

The struggle itself was a classic. Usyk, then WBO champion, and Briedis, the WBC headline, faced a Latvian Latvian crowd. The opening rounds were brutal: Briedis advanced forward, making usyk uncomfortable and even took some of the first frames with sharp meters. But Usyk adapted, turned the pace and overcome it on the stretch.

The judges marked him 115-113, 115-113 and 114-114. A majority decision, close enough to Sting, but clear enough to crown Usyk. From there, Usyk rolled up to lift all Cruiserweight belts. For Briedis, this was the peak.

Dancing while the world burns

This is what Briedis does not get: Ukrainians did not celebrate the war. They were celebrating their lives despite this. In the bombed cities, people still dance, sing and smile, because the alternative is despair. Should they all sit in silence? Do they have to cry all day? Would this return to someone? Would this stop the missiles? #

They do not need a Latvian police who tells them when laughing, dancing, singing, crying or crying.

Ball in war is challenge. Is saying, We are still alive, we will not break. This is what Usyk represented in a nightclub. It was not a shallow party. It was survival.

Briedis has to overcome

But Briedis does not see it like that. He hides behind his attached badge, acting as if he were the voice of moral authority, when in fact he only comes out as a bitter ex-camping with a pole that firmly stayed at his back.

Usyk does not need their approval and Ukrainians do not need their lectures. They will continue to find light in the dark, because they remain human. In the meantime, Briedis will continue to try to keep him relevant by attaching his name to the man who defeated him, hoping that people will still remember his best night: a struggle he lost.