Jai Opetaia is the IBF cruiserweight world champion and extensively considered the very best fighter within the division.
On October 12, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace, he places his title on the road towards European champion Jack Massey, who earned this shot with a sterling victory over Isaac Chamberlain.
Opetaia’s ambitions additionally lengthen additional. He desires to wins all 4 of the most important belts at cruiserweight earlier than progressing onwards.
“We want to be the undisputed cruiserweight champion,” Opetaia instructed Sky Sports activities. “We want to collect the belts and then we want to move up and collect more belts either the bridgerweight or the heavyweight.
“A 3-division world champion sounds good.”
He insisted: “I am the best cruiserweight in the world.”
However added: “It’s easy to say that stuff. I’ve just got to keep proving it. I’ve got to prove it again on the 12th and prove it my next fight and keep collecting these belts.”
The Australian has been within the ring, albeit in sparring, with high heavyweights. Then WBC heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury used him forward of his struggle towards Oleksandr Usyk
“You’re rubbing shoulders with greatness,” Opetaia mentioned. “Being there you learn a lot and it’s just all positive. We just keep levelling up everywhere we go.
“I’ve blended it up with numerous huge boys. I do know I can combine it up there with them.”
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It didn’t take lengthy for the rivalry between Frazer Clarke and Fabio Wardley to reignite on the press convention for the large October 12 present
Ukraine’s Usyk, who has gone undisputed at each cruiserweight and heavyweight and stays the unified WBO, WBA and WBC champion, is Opetaia’s final goal.
“I would love to fight Usyk one day. It’s a fight that I’ll definitely be chasing. I’ve been around Usyk for a long time. We were both at the same Olympic Games [in 2012]. I was only young,” he mentioned.
“I’ve all the time been shut. I’ve all the time been within the shadows. I really feel like my alternative’s getting nearer and nearer to being in there towards him.
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Rulers of the light-heavyweight division Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol went head-to-head on the London press convention for his or her October 12 struggle, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace
“The goal’s never changed. We’ve been doing the same thing ever since I was a little kid. Train, eat, sleep on repeat.
“It is simple to say [stuff]. I am making an attempt to reside it. I am making an attempt to coach laborious on daily basis and simply struggle and put together and do what I’ve obtained to do to show it.”
Watch Opetaia-Massey on the blockbuster Wardley-Clarke II and Beterbiev-Bivol Sky Sports activities Field Workplace invoice on Saturday October 12
