GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – David Nyika has warned Jai Opetaia that he will show the same desire Opetaia did to defeat Mairis Briedis when on Wednesday they contest the IBF cruiserweight title.

He [Clarke] was supposed to be a superstar, but he just lost. Image: Perez challenged Mairis Briedis for the WBC cruiserweight title "Actually that would be a fight that I fancy. I believe I can ...

Oleksandr Usyk has never lost a fight in the paid ranks, but he suffered his fair share of setbacks during his vested days. The Ukrainian slickster is one of only four fighters (alongside Terence ...

Oleksandr Usyk has barely put a foot wrong during his unblemished 23-0 professional career – but Eddie Hearn believes one man ...

Usyk capped off his time at cruiserweight with wins over Mairis Briedis, Murat Gassiev and Tony Bellew, as he secured undisputed status – before achieving the same feat at heavyweight.

The IBF wanted Opetaia to face Mairis Briedis, who was the then-IBF cruiserweight mandatory challenger, in a rematch. Well, with Briedis recovering from an injury, Opetaia vacated his IBF title ...

to defeat Mairis Briedis. If victory that night earned him the status as the world’s leading cruiserweight, it is in his four fights since then that he has proved himself the finest since Usyk ...

Jai Opetaia retained his IBF cruiserweight title Wednesday with ... Getty Images He won the title with an upset victory over Mairis Briedis in July 2022 in Australia. In that fight, Opetaia ...

Jai Opetaia fights on home soil today, defending the IBF cruiserweight title against ... which followed a decision victory over Mairis Briedis – Opetaia’s second win against the former champion.

At Wednesday's sold-out Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Jai Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) defends his world IBF and Ring Magazine titles in the 12 rounds main event. DAZN will stream the ...

Opetaia, 29, enters this fight on the back of a stoppage win against Jack Massey in October, which followed a decision ...