DORTMUND, Germany - Mairis Briedis of Latvia defeated Marco Huck by unanimous decision to take the WBC cruiserweight title and the German's IBO belt on Saturday.

The judges scored it 116-111, 117-110, 118-109 in favor of the undefeated Briedis, who didn't look troubled at any stage of the one-sided bout. Briedis looked fitter, sharper and more precise, using his jab to good effect and leaving Huck on the back foot.

"We had planned on a knockout but Marco's a strong opponent," Briedis said.

Huck, the former WBO champion, stepped up his efforts in the final rounds but Briedis was always in control and he improved to 22-0 (18 KOs).

The Serbian-born Huck dropped to 40-4-1 (27 KOs).

"Perhaps the pressure was too much," Huck said. "He was simply good today. That's sport."

The WBC title was made vacant when champion Tony Bellew was declared emeritus champion as he would have been unable to defend his belt for some time. Bellew broke his hand in his heavyweight victory over David Haye on March 4 but will be able to fight for the title again when he has recovered.

IN OTHER RESULTS: Popular Massachusetts heavyweight Vinnie "American Nightmare" Carita was too much for former South American champion Gilberto Matheus "El Magico" Domingos in last night's "New England's Future 2" main event at Worcester Palladium.  A capacity crowd of 1,700 rocked the vintage venue from start to finish.

"New England's Future 2" was presented by Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE), which is owned and operated by retired three-time, two division world champion Jose Antonio Rivera and his son, matchmaker Anthonee (A.J.) Rivera.  Rivera announced that "New England's Future 3" will be held June 10th at DCU Center, Exhibition Hall, in Worcester.

Carita (16-1-1, 15 KOs), fighting out of Pembroke (MA), unleashed a relentless body attack on his Brazilian foe, Domingos (22-7, 20 KOs), who was unable to answer the bell for the second round due to damaged ribs.

The feel-good story of the evening was the long awaited return of Manchester (CT) lightweight Matt "Sharp Shooter" Remillard (24-1, 13 KOs), who was incarcerated five years and hadn't fought in six.  Remillard pounded his opponent, Augustine "Ruthless" Mauras (6-2-3 3 KOs), whose toughness showed throughout the contest as Remillard pounded his Lawrence (MA) opponent  to the body and head en route to a eight-round unanimous decision (80-71, 79-72, 78-73) in the co-feature.  Mauras was deducted a point in the fourth round for headbutting.