Jai Opetaia

A newsletter delivered each Saturday. Jai Opetaia is set for the biggest night of his career on Saturday when he takes on IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis on the Gold Coast.

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8 hours agoLondons Richard Riakporhe is well placed to challenge new champion Jai Opetaia after the Australian beat Mairis Briedis to win the IBF cruiserweight title on Saturday.

. The fight has been postponed twice due to injuries and COVID-19 but the Australian finally gets his world title shot in front of a home crowd and expectations will be high against one of the best at. The feat was achieved despite Opetaia suffering a broken jaw in the second round. Australian southpaw Jai Opetaia scored a terrific 12-round unanimous decision win over veteran Mairis Briedis and claimed the Ring and IBF cruiserweight titles at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Queensland Australia on Saturday.

Undefeated in 21 fights as a professional Opetaia will be Briedis toughest test since losing to Oleksandr Usyk in 2018. On June 30 1995 Jai Opetaia was born in Sydney New South Wales Australia to his adored parents. Opetaia and Kanesha have a particular relationship because he frequently posts images of them together on social media networks.

Jai Opetaia upset defending IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis at the Gold Coast Convention Center in Broadbeach Australia Saturday night. Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre South Brisbane W. Or allow you not to.

Scores were 116-112115-113 and 116-112 all for Opetaia. Family Jai Opetaia Information. Opetaia gets the better of Briedis.

The official scores were 116-112 116-112 and 115-113. Jai won the Light Heavyweight title at the 2011 Junior World Championships then qualified for the 2012 London Olympics as a Heavyweight at the age of 16 making him the youngest ever Australian Olympic boxer. Opetaia who was Australias youngest Olympic boxer when he competed in London aged 16 sobbed into the shoulder of his support team as his arm was raised becoming Australias only current male world champion.

11 hours agoOpetaia made national headlines in becoming the youngest Australian ever to box in the Olympics representing his country in 2012 London. The 2012 Olympian from Sydney endured a damaged jaw to take Mairis Briedis IBF cruiserweight title by a unanimous. BOXER Jai Opetaia battled to win the cruiserweight title against Mairis Briedis - despite his jaw being broken in the second round.

Jai Tapu Opetaia 30Juni 1995 in Westmead New South Wales ist ein australischer Profiboxer und aktueller IBF-Weltmeister im CruisergewichtEr wird vom Ring Magazine auf Platz 1 der Weltrangliste geführt. 1 hour agoJai Opetaia has fought for 10 rounds with a broken jaw to become Australias only male world boxing champion in one of the most brutal fights in Australian boxing history. Opetaia scored a major upset.

18 hours agoJai Opetaia def Mairis Briedis via unanimous decision IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight world titles Issac Hardman def Beau Hartas via. July 3rd 2022 1250 am Australian Jai Opetaia is a boxing world champion after a stunning upset victory over Latvian Mairis Briedis on the Gold Coast despite shattering his saw so badly he couldnt speak after the fight. 18 hours agoJai Opetaia is looking to become Australias only male world champion when he takes on Latvian cruiserweight king for the IBF belt on the Gold Coast.

As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Youth World Championships and represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games. The 27-year-old is undefeated as a. The epic fight went the distance but Opetaia prevailed via unanimous decision 116-112 x 2 115-113 to claim the belt.

The ABC of SPORT Sports content to make you think. Very large text size Australian boxing has a new world champion. After a number of postponements Jai Opetaia will finally get his shot at the IBF cruiserweight title when he takes on Mairis Briedis this coming Saturday.

Jai Opetaia born 30 June 1995 is an Australian professional boxer who has held the WBA Oceania cruiserweight title since 2019. Jai Opetaia has arrived. Jai Opetaia has stunned the boxing world produced a huge upset over Mairis Briedis to win their cruiserweight world title fight on the Gold Coast on Saturday night.

Maxboxing had Opetaia winning by a 115-113 tally. Jai Opetaia has pulled off a stunning upset defeating the man previously considered the worlds best cruiserweight Mairis Briedis to become the IBF and Ring Magazine champion. The scheduled for twelve rounds world championship bout features three-time cruiserweight champion and current IBF titleholder of Latvia putting his.

20 hours agoMairis Briedis 28-1 20 KOs and Jai Opetaia 21-0 17 KOs battle it out in the main event live from Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach Queensland on Saturday July 2. His family practices Australian culture of European descent. Aussie cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia took eight months to catch a jewfish - and he says that same never-give-in mentality will give him the edge in.

11 hours agoAustralia has a new boxing world champion. His pro career hadnt quite measured up to his amateur. Er begann im Alter von acht Jahren mit dem Boxsport boxte als Amateur im Schwergewicht und trainierte in Wyongah nördlich von Sydney.

Jai Opetaia born 1995 is a Samoan Australian 4th generation boxer on his Dads side and 3rd on his Mums boxing is in his blood. Briedis a champion since 2016 opened the fight.

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