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David Benavidez and have verbally agreed to a cruiserweight clash next year, but Opetaia will first make his heavyweight debut against Deontay Wilder. Benavidez currently holds both the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles and is challenging WBC champion Michal Cieslak in a…
George Groves has had his say on Jai Opetaia moving up to heavyweight for the first time to take on Deontay Wilder this December. Wilder once had boxing’s best knockout record having stopped every man he had faced on his way to becoming WBC champion. He held the title for four…
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Opetaia, the unbeaten cruiserweight champion, moves up to heavyweight for the bout, which streams on Netflix; Tyson Fury has called it a 'silly fight' for Wilder.
Jai Opetaia is set to make his heavyweight debut against Deontay Wilder on the Fury vs Joshua card in Cardiff on December 11, per reports.