Jai Opetaia
12 hours agoJai 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. 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.
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The fight has been postponed twice due to injuries and COVID-19 but the Australian finally gets his world title shot in front a home crowd and expectations will be high against one of the best at 200lbs.
. Opetaia gets the better of Briedis. Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre South Brisbane W. July 2nd 2022 1100 am Jai Opetaia and Mairis Briedis are set to be paid handsomely for their troubles as the two will finally get their chance to lay hands on one another.
Cruiserweight titleholder Mairis Briedis will defend his belt against mandatory challenger Jai Opetaia on Saturday in Australia. BOXER Jai Opetaia battled to win the cruiserweight title against Mairis Briedis despite his jaw being broken in the second round. 19 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.
The 27-year-old is undefeated as a. His pro career hadnt quite measured up to his amateur. Scores were 116-112115-113 and 116-112 all for Opetaia.
11 hours agoJai Opetaia proved more than enough for his big moment in Queensland taking the IBF cruiserweight title from Mairis Briedis in a violent bloody courageous battle. Australian boxing doyen Jeff Fenech rates Opetaia as one of the most skilled if not the most skilled big man to come out of Australia. The scheduled for twelve rounds world championship bout features three-time cruiserweight champion and current IBF titleholder of Latvia putting his.
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. Although he possesses a formidable knockout record Opetaia is a clever boxer a southpaw whose movement makes him an elusive target and tricky prospect for any opponent. The Australian pulled through to.
Maxboxing had Opetaia winning by a 115-113 tally. 19 hours agoJai Opetaia def Mairis Briedis via unanimous decision IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight world titles Issac Hardman def Beau Hartas via. PT main event later in show Where.
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. 11 hours agoJai Opetaia has defied a suspected broken jaw to shock Latvian three-time champion Mairis Briedis to win the IBF and The Ring cruiserweight world titles on the Gold Coast. Jai Opetaia is an Australian professional boxer who has held the WBA Oceania cruiserweight title since 2019.
The 27-year-old won a. ET 2 am. The feat was achieved despite Opetaia suffering a broken jaw in the second round.
Opetaia 21-0 17KO takes on Briedis 28-1 20KO for the IBF and Ring magazine cruiserweight titles in what will be the Aussie stars first world title fight. 9 hours agoJuly 2 2022 106 pm ET Jai Opetaia endured a broken jaw to outpoint Mairis Briedis and win the IBF cruiserweight title in a wild fight Saturday in Broadbeach Australia. Opetaia and Kanesha have a particular relationship because he frequently posts images of them together on social media networks.
Here are images from the. 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. The epic fight went the.
Gold Coast Convention Centre Broadbeach Australia. Family Jai Opetaia Information. Er begann im Alter von acht Jahren mit dem Boxsport boxte als Amateur im Schwergewicht und trainierte in Wyongah nördlich von Sydney.
21 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. 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.
Aussie Jai Opetaia was all business ahead of his first world title fight but one act from the champ got under the skin of the challenger. 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. On June 30 1995 Jai Opetaia was born in Sydney New South Wales Australia to his adored parents.
Briedis a champion since 2016 opened the fight. 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. 12 hours agoOpetaia made national headlines in becoming the youngest Australian ever to box in the Olympics representing his country in 2012 London.
MAIRIS BRIEDIS 28-1 20 KOS VS. His family practices Australian culture of European descent. Jai Opetaia upset defending IBF cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis at the Gold Coast Convention Center in Broadbeach Australia Saturday night.
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