Six years and two months into his professional boxing career, Faiga Opelu has fought 21 times with 15 wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws. As of June 2023, Opelu's boxing record stands at 15-4-2 (11 KO wins, 3 KO losses).
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Faiga Opelu (Django) is an Australian professional boxer. He was born in Samoa on December 30, 1993. Opelu made his professional boxing debut at the age of 23, on March 3, 2017. He is yet to win a major world title. Opelu is 29 years old, he will turn 30 in six months and 20 days.
Total Fights | 21 |
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Wins | 15 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 11 |
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Total Title Wins | 0 |
Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 0 |
Losses via KO | 3 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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21 | May 24, 2023 | 29 | Joseph Parker | Loss | TKO1 |
20 | Mar 25, 2023 | 29 | Kris Terzievski | Draw | TD |
19 | Oct 16, 2022 | 28 | Hemi Ahio | Win | TKO4 |
18 | Dec 4, 2021 | 27 | Lucas Browne | Loss | KO7 |
17 | Mar 12, 2021 | 27 | Uria Afamasaga | Win | UD |
16 | Oct 22, 2020 | 26 | Justis Huni | Loss | TKO7 |
15 | Dec 13, 2019 | 25 | Hunter Sam | Win | TKO3 |
14 | Nov 22, 2019 | 25 | Kris Terzievski | Win | TKO5 |
13 | Jul 26, 2019 | 25 | Julius Lloyd Long | Win | UD |
12 | Jun 14, 2019 | 25 | Patrick Eneanya | Win | KO3 |
11 | Jun 14, 2019 | 25 | Ben Sosoli | Win | UD |
10 | May 10, 2019 | 25 | Patrick Thunder | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Mar 30, 2019 | 25 | Mou Mou Atak | Draw | SD |
8 | Feb 22, 2019 | 25 | Patrick Thunder | Win | KO2 |
7 | Jul 6, 2018 | 24 | Christian Ndzie Tsoye | Loss | SD |
6 | Jul 6, 2018 | 24 | Thomas Peato | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Mar 22, 2018 | 24 | Martin Humphrey | Win | UD |
4 | Jul 15, 2017 | 23 | Robert Ferguson | Win | TKO1 |
3 | May 27, 2017 | 23 | Braxton Edmonds | Win | KO2 |
2 | May 13, 2017 | 23 | Jeremy Otineru | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Mar 3, 2017 | 23 | Eddy Ward | Win | KO1 |
Faiga Opelu is 182 cm tall (5' 11.65") with a reach of 182 cm (5' 11.65"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 0.
Opelu has a 52.4% KO rate. Of his total 11 KO wins, 10 were in the early rounds and one in the mid rounds. He has three first-round KO wins.
Faiga Opelu made his professional boxing debut against Eddy Ward at the age of 23 on March 3, 2017, defeating Ward via 1st round KO. He went on to win 5 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 4 wins via stoppage.
Some of Opelu's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hunter Sam, Kris Terzievski, Hemi Ahio, Patrick Eneanya, Patrick Thunder, Thomas Peato, and Robert Ferguson.
Opelu has had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against New Zealander boxer Joseph Parker on May 24, 2023. Opelu lost the fight via 1st round TKO. It's been 17 days since this fight.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Opelu's boxing career; all the way from his debut, to his latest loss against Joseph Parker, and all the other wins and losses of his career.
On May 24, 2023, a 29-year old Faiga Opelu (15-3-2, 11 KO) fought New Zealander boxer Joseph Parker, who was 31 years old with a record of 31-3. Parker was on a one-fight win streak with 21 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 11 cms and also had a 11 cm reach advantage over Opelu. Coming into this fight, Parker had three losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Opelu lost to Parker via 1st round TKO.
On March 25, 2023, in their 2nd fight, a a 29-year old Faiga Opelu (15-3-1, 11 KO) fought Kris Terzievski in his 20th professional fight. He had a draw with Terzievski via 3rd round technical-decision.
On October 16, 2022, a 28-year old Faiga Opelu (14-3-1, 10 KO) fought Hemi Ahio in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Ahio via 4th round TKO, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On December 4, 2021, a 27-year old Faiga Opelu (14-2-1, 10 KO) fought fellow Australian boxer Lucas Browne, who was 42 years old with a record of 29-3. Browne was on a one-fight losing streak, and was the taller of the two by 14 cms and also had a 14 cm reach advantage over Opelu. Coming into this fight, Browne had three losses, all of which were via stoppage
Opelu lost to Browne via 7th round KO.
On March 12, 2021, a 27-year old Faiga Opelu (13-2-1, 10 KO) fought Uria Afamasaga in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Afamasaga via 4th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On October 22, 2020, a 26-year old Faiga Opelu (13-1-1, 10 KO) fought fellow Australian boxer Justis Huni, who was making his professional boxing debut.
Opelu lost to Huni via 7th round TKO. His six-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On December 13, 2019, a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (12-1-1, 9 KO) fought Hunter Sam in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Sam via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 22, 2019, a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (11-1-1, 8 KO) fought Kris Terzievski in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Terzievski via 5th round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On July 26, 2019, a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (10-1-1, 8 KO) fought Julius Lloyd Long in his 13th professional fight. He defeated Long via 5th round unanimous decision. He is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On June 14, 2019, a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (9-1-1, 7 KO) fought Patrick Eneanya in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Eneanya via 3rd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On June 14, 2019, a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (8-1-1, 7 KO) fought Ben Sosoli in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Sosoli via 3rd round unanimous decision. He is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On May 10, 2019, in their 2nd fight, a a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (7-1-1, 6 KO) fought Patrick Thunder in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Thunder via 3rd round TKO.
On March 30, 2019, a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (7-1, 6 KO) fought Mou Mou Atak in his 9th professional fight. He had a draw with Atak via 4th round split-decision.
On February 22, 2019, a 25-year old Faiga Opelu (6-1, 5 KO) fought Patrick Thunder in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Thunder via 2nd round KO, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On July 6, 2018, a 24-year old Faiga Opelu (6-0, 5 KO) fought Christian Ndzie Tsoye in his 7th professional fight. He lost to Tsoye via 3rd round split-decision.
On July 6, 2018, a 24-year old Faiga Opelu (5-0, 4 KO) fought Thomas Peato in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Peato via 1st round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On March 22, 2018, a 24-year old Faiga Opelu (4-0, 4 KO) fought Martin Humphrey in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Humphrey via 4th round unanimous decision. He is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On July 15, 2017, a 23-year old Faiga Opelu (3-0, 3 KO) fought Robert Ferguson in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Ferguson via 1st round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On May 27, 2017, a 23-year old Faiga Opelu (2-0, 2 KO) fought Braxton Edmonds in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Edmonds via 2nd round KO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On May 13, 2017, a 23-year old Faiga Opelu (1-0, 1 KO) fought Jeremy Otineru in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Otineru via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On March 3, 2017, a 23-year old Faiga Opelu successfully debuted against Eddy Ward. He defeated Ward via 1st round KO.
Opelu has knocked out 11 of his 21 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 52.4%. Of his total 15 wins, 11 of them have been via KO (73.3%).