Jai Opetaia
A frustrated Jai Opetaia has immediately returned his focus to world title unification after what he described as a bad night at the office still resulted in another one-punch highlight-reel knockout.
Jai Opetaia has defied a second-round scare to land a thunderous left hook on his latest would-be challenger in another emphatic world cruiserweight title defence from the Australian.
Tapu Opetaia raises his hand and hovers his thumb a millimetre from his pointer finger."We're this close, we're right there," the trainer tells AAP of his son and student Jai.
Jai Opetaia has cooly counter-punched title rival Gilberto Ramirez's latest attempts to avoid him as the Australian prepares to headline a Gold Coast card dubbed the deepest in the nation's boxing his...
As Jai Opetaia's belt-holding rivals duck for cover his next target is stoking the flames after ironically rejecting a $160,000 offer not to fight Australia's knockout king.
Justis Huni has withdrawn from his rematch with Kiki Leutele, just weeks after his newly promoted trainer's sudden death. The Brisbane heavyweight was set to face New Zealander Leutele on the undercar...
Huseyin Cinkara reckons Jai Opetaia's last victim was "too nice" to the Australian and has vowed to attack the world cruiserweight champion, declaring he's the harder puncher of the pair.
Jai Opetaia plans to begrudgingly fly to Los Angeles and bail up his next target in person after the Australian declared he wouldn't be rushed out of achieving his cruiserweight unification dream.
Jai Opetaia's camp have slammed Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez's "embarrassing" efforts to avoid a unification bout after the Mexican's next fight was announced.
Heavyweight Justis Huni is reborn after arm surgery and ready to surge up the world rankings as he prepares for a rematch with New Zealand firebrand Kiki Leutele.
Jai Opetaia will finally face off against Huseyin Cinkara to defend his IBF cruiserweight title after landing a rescheduled showdown on the Gold Coast.
An idling Jai Opetaia predicts an overdue date with another world champion will push him to greater heights as the Australian pound-for-pound king takes the unification quest into his own hands.
A Jai Opetaia right hook likely broke his latest world title challenger's jaw but the Australian saved his best shot for the man he wants next after a brutal title defence.