Jai Opetaia

Jai Opetaia (born 30 June 1995) is an Australian professional boxer who has held the WBA Oceania cruiserweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Youth World Championships and represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Jai Opetaia
Statistics
Weight(s)Cruiserweight
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Reach76 in (193 cm)
NationalityAustralian
Born (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights20
Wins20
Wins by KO16
Losses0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Australia
World Youth Championships
2012 YerevanHeavyweight

Amateur career

In Opetaia's amateur career, he won the Light Heavyweight title at the 2011 Junior World Championships then qualified for the 2012 Olympics as a Heavyweight at the age of 16, making him the youngest ever Australian Olympic boxer.[3]

Opetaia won the Junior World title in Kazakhstan in July 2011.[4]

At the Olympic qualifier in Canberra 2012 he had a tough final against New Zealander David Light but prevailed 15:10.[5]

In 2012, Opetaia got the bronze medal at the AIBA World Youth Championships in the heavyweight division. Later that year, Opetaia competed at the 2012 Olympics, however did not pass the first round of the tournament.

Personal life

He is related to Australian soccer player Tim Cahill and rugby league player Ben Roberts of Parramatta Eels.[6]

Professional boxing titles

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
20 fights 20 wins 0 losses
By knockout 16 0
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
20 Win 20–0 Benjamin Kelleher TKO 6 (10), 1:50 22 Oct 2020 Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, Australia Retained IBF Asia Oceania and WBO Global cruiserweight titles
19 Win 19–0 Mark Flanagan TKO 8 (10), 3:00 16 Nov 2019 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia Retained WBA Oceania, and WBO Global cruiserweight titles;
Won inaugural IBF Asia Oceania cruiserweight title
18 Win 18–0 Nikolas Charalampous UD 10 27 Jul 2019 Luna Park, Sydney, Australia Retained WBA Oceania interim cruiserweight title;
Won vacant WBO Global cruiserweight title
17 Win 17–0 Navosa Ioata TKO 8 (10), 1:13 15 May 2019 The Star, Sydney, Australia Won vacant WBA Oceania interim cruiserweight title
16 Win 16–0 Kurtis Pegoraro KO 2 (10), 1:25 29 Jun 2018 Pullman & Mercure, Brisbane, Australia Retained WBO Asia-Pacific cruiserweight title;
Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific cruiserweight title
15 Win 15–0 Lukas Paszkowsky TKO 2 (10), 2:35 7 Apr 2018 Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia Won vacant WBO Asia-Pacific cruiserweight title
14 Win 14–0 Benjamin Kelleher TKO 3 (10), 2:36 17 Jan 2018 The Star, Sydney, Australia Retained Australian cruiserweight title
13 Win 13–0 Frankie Lopez TKO 1 (10), 2:55 21 Oct 2017 Function Centre at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia Won vacant IBF Youth cruiserweight title
12 Win 12–0 Daniel Ammann TKO 9 (10), 1:49 15 Jul 2017 Wests City Club, Newcastle, Australia Won vacant Australian and WBC-OPBF cruiserweight title
11 Win 11–0 Moses Havea TKO 2 (8), 1:03 12 May 2017 North Sydney Leagues Club, Sydney, Australia Retained New South Wales heavyweight title
10 Win 10–0 Kyle Brumby TKO 2 (8) 1:26 8 Apr 2017 Doltone House, Sydney, Australia
9 Win 9–0 Togasilimai Letoa TKO 2 (4), 0:30 10 Feb 2017 Faleata Sports Complex Gym 1, Apia, Samoa
8 Win 8–0 Isileli Fa TKO 3 (6), 0:36 23 Dec 2016 Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney, Australia
7 Win 7–0 Peter Brennan KO 1 (8), 2:46 9 Dec 2016 Horden Pavilion, Sydney, Australia Won vacant New South Wales heavyweight title
6 Win 6–0 Uria Afamasaga TKO 2 (4), 0:37 14 Oct 2016 Silverdome Basketball Stadium, Launceston, Australia
5 Win 5–0 Sefo Falekaono KO 6 (6), 1:11 22 Jul 2016 Mediterranean House, Sydney, Australia
4 Win 4–0 Orlando Vazquez UD 4 23 Apr 2016 Centro de Usos Multiples, Los Mochis, Mexico
3 Win 3–0 Randall Rayment UD 6 28 Nov 2015 Mansfield Tavern, Brisbane, Australia
2 Win 2–0 Rob Manual TKO 1 (4), 2:46 14 Aug 2015 The Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia
1 Win 1–0 Isileli Fa UD 4 1 Aug 2015 Stadium Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand

References
  1. "Boxing record for Jai Opetaia". BoxRec.
  2. "Jai Opetaia – Amateur career". boxrec.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. Article
  4. Results
  5. Results
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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