Jai Opetaia

Name: Jai Opetaia
Birth Name: Jai Tapu Opetaia
Hometown: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 188cm
Reach: 193cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Mark Wilson
• Manager: Michael Francis

Amateur Highlights

• Australian National Champion in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
• 2011 World Junior Championships Gold medalist in Astana, Kazakhstan (80kg):
  • Defeated Zinnar Kizilay (Turkey) 6-1
  • Defeated Tilek Kozbakov (Kazakhstan) 12-3
  • Defeated Ruslan Yurchenko (Russia) 17-7
  • Defeated Melvin Perry (Germany) 5-3
• 2012 Oceania Olympic Qualifier Gold medalist in Canberra, Australia (91kg):
  • Defeated Mokopuna Nooroa (Cook Islands) RSC 1
  • Defeated David Light (New Zealand) 15-10
• 2012 World Youth Championships Bronze medalist in Yerevan, Armenia (91kg):
  • Defeated Rafayel Simonyan (Armenia) 14-4
  • Defeated Henrich Ruiz (Cuba) 15-12
  • Lost to Andrey Stotsky (Russia) 9-11
• 2012 Summer Olympic Games participant in London, Great Britain (91kg):
  • Lost to Teymur Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 11-12
• 2014 Commonwealth Games participant in Glasgow, Scotland (91kg):
  • Defeated Filimaua Hala (Samoa) 3-0
  • Lost to Efetobor Apochi (Nigeria) 0-3

Regional & Minor Titles

• Australia - New South Wales State heavyweight title
• OPBF cruiserweight title
• Australian cruiserweight title
• IBF Youth cruiserweight title
• WBO Asia Pacific cruiserweight title
• IBF Pan Pacific cruiserweight title
• interim WBA Oceana cruiserweight title
• WBA Oceana cruiserweight title
• WBO Global cruiserweight title
• IBF Asia Oceania cruiserweight title

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 6-0-0 (4 KO) in world championship bouts.
• 2-0-0 (0 KO) against former or current world champions:
  • Won against Mairis Briedis (twice).

Variant Record

• Defeated 5 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Frankie Lopez, Jordan Thompson, Ellis Zorro, David Nyika and Claudio Squeo.

Preceded by: Mairis Briedis	IBF Cruiserweight Champion 2022 July 02 – 2023 Dec	Succeeded by: Jai Opetaia
Preceded by: Jai Opetaia	IBF Cruiserweight Champion 2024 May 18 – Present	Succeeded by: _