As the undefeated #1 cruiserweight boxer in the world, we take an in-depth look into Jai Opetaia’s boxing career. Read on to find out more about the Jai Opetaia record, previous fights and how many knockouts he has on his resumé and his world title fight record.
Jai Opetaia Record
Jai Opetaia is widely regarded as the best cruiserweight boxer in the world. Boasting an impressive record of 24-0 with 19 knockouts, Opetaia has the world at his feet as he bids to solidify himself as the best 200-pound fighter on the planet in 2024.
The last time we saw Opetaia in action was on the Anthony Joshua undercard in Saudi Arabia for ‘Day Of Reckoning’. Opetaia fought undefeated Brit Ellis Zorro, and knocked him out in the very opening round with a perfect overhand left from the southpaw stance.
Going forward, it is evident that Jai Opetaia will be odds on with the best boxing betting sites to win the majority of his fights via knockout. As Opetaia’s record suggests, he is a frightening hard-hitting puncher, as well as boasting an astute boxing IQ and skillset to match.
Up to now in his professional career, the Australian cruiserweight hasn’t put a foot wrong. In his 24 professional fights, Opetaia has had his hand raised on every occasions. The Jai Opetaia record suggests he is an elite fighter, and this is most definitely the case.
Of those 24 contests, the Aussie has finished 19 of his opponents inside the scheduled distance. Since making his professional debut back in August 2015, the 28-year-old won eight of his first nine fights by stoppage. Since then in his next nine fights, he has had another four stoppage victories.
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The only fighters who have gone the full scheduled distance with Jai Opetaia are Mairis Briedis when he became world champion, Nikolas Charalampous, Orlando Vazquez and Isileli Fa. Two of these fights were just four rounders, so since stepping up to the top level, just two men have not been knocked out by Opetaia.
Jai Opetaia has had a fantastic boxing career so far. Almost punch perfect. He has gradually stepped up levels each and every time he has fought. The Australian seemed to have somewhat of a padded record up until recently, and was certainly an unknown quantity.
The Jai Opetaia record reached a perfect 21-0 before he challenged for world honours for the very first time. Going into the Mairis Briedis fight, Opetaia was the underdog with all UK betting apps. Briedis’ only defeat was to the great Oleksandr Usyk, so he was fully expected to do a job on Opetaia.
UK bookmakers couldn’t have been more wrong, as Opetaia put in a boxing clinic to unanimously outpoint the champion. Opetaia then signed with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing, before making the first defence of his title against Britain’s Jordan Thompson
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Opetaia made short work of Thompson, emphatically knocking him out in Round 4 to retain his IBF World Cruiserweight Title. Then came his last fight with Ellis Zorro. Despite being stripped by the IBF sanctioning body, Opetaia defended his Ring Magazine Cruiserweight Title in emphatic fashion.
Jai Opetaia absolutely annihilated Zorro in Round 1 of their fight on the ‘Day Of Reckoning’ card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, further cementing himself as the single best cruiserweight fighter on the planet. That takes us up to now for Jai Opetaia’s record in boxing.
2024 could prove to be the biggest year of them all for Opetaia, who could well become a two-time world champion. Not to mention the fact he could fight the likes of Chris Billam-Smith or one of the other champions. He really is must-watch TV and one of the biggest stars in world boxing.
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