Jai Opetaia

Career, Record, Stats
Jai Opetaia

Jai Opetaia is a 29-year-old Australian professional boxer. He is the reigning IBF and The Ring cruiserweight world champion. 9 years, 2 months, and 5 days into his career, Opetaia remains undefeated with a record of 25-0, which includes 19 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Jai Opetaia's Boxing Career

Jai Opetaia was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on June 30, 1995. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on August 1, 2015 against Isileli Fa. Opetaia defeated Fa via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Opetaia became a world champion fight at the age of 27 after 21 professional fights. He challenged Mairis Briedis for the IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world titles.

Opetaia's latest fight was a unanimous decision victory over Mairis Briedis at age 28, on May 18, 2024, in which he successfully defended his The Ring cruiserweight championship and won the vacant IBF belt.

Jai Opetaia Next Fight: He is next scheduled to fight Jack Massey (22-2, 12 KOs) on October 12, 2024. He will be defending his The Ring and IBF cruiserweight titles. On the day of the fight, he will be 29 years old, and Massey 31.

Some of Jai Opetaia's best fights so far have been against Mairis Briedis, Jordan Thompson, and Ellis Zorro. For a complete list of Opetaia's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Jai Opetaia".

Jai Opetaia's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
26
Oct 12, 2024 29 Jack Massey Jack Massey 31 22-2
NA
NA
25
May 18, 2024 28 Mairis Briedis Mairis Briedis 39 28-2
win
UD
12
24
Dec 23, 2023 28 Ellis Zorro Ellis Zorro 31 17-0
win
KO
1
23
Sep 30, 2023 28 Jordan Thompson Jordan Thompson 30 15-0
win
TKO
4
22
Jul 02, 2022 27 Mairis Briedis Mairis Briedis 37 28-1
win
UD
12
21
Dec 04, 2021 26 generic fighter pic Daniel Russell
win
TKO
3
20
Oct 22, 2020 25 generic fighter pic Benjamin Kelleher
win
TKO
6
19
Nov 16, 2019 24 generic fighter pic Mark Flanagan
win
TKO
8
18
Jul 27, 2019 24 generic fighter pic Nikolas Charalampous
win
UD
10
17
May 15, 2019 23 generic fighter pic Navosa Ioata
win
TKO
8
16
Jun 29, 2018 22 generic fighter pic Kurtis Pegoraro
win
KO
2
15
Apr 07, 2018 22 generic fighter pic Lukas Paszkowsky
win
TKO
2
14
Jan 17, 2018 22 generic fighter pic Benjamin Kelleher
win
TKO
3
13
Oct 21, 2017 22 generic fighter pic Frankie Lopez
win
TKO
1
12
Jul 15, 2017 22 generic fighter pic Daniel Ammann
win
TKO
9
11
May 12, 2017 21 generic fighter pic Moses Havea
win
TKO
2
10
Apr 08, 2017 21 generic fighter pic Kyle Brumby
win
TKO
2
9
Feb 10, 2017 21 generic fighter pic Togasilimai Letoa
win
TKO
2
8
Dec 23, 2016 21 generic fighter pic Isileli Fa
win
TKO
3
7
Dec 09, 2016 21 generic fighter pic Peter Brennan
win
KO
1
6
Oct 14, 2016 21 generic fighter pic Uria Afamasaga
win
TKO
2
5
Jul 22, 2016 21 generic fighter pic Sefo Falekaono
win
KO
6
4
Apr 23, 2016 20 generic fighter pic Orlando Vazquez
win
PTS
4
3
Nov 28, 2015 20 generic fighter pic Randall Rayment
win
UD
6
2
Aug 14, 2015 20 generic fighter pic Rob Manual
win
TKO
1
1
Aug 01, 2015 20 generic fighter pic Isileli Fa
win
UD
4
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