Jai Opetaia is the IBF cruiserweight world champion and broadly thought to be the most effective fighter within the division.
On October 12, stay on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace, he places his title on the road in opposition to European champion Jack Massey, who earned this shot with a sterling victory over Isaac Chamberlain.
Opetaia’s ambitions additionally lengthen additional. He needs to wins all 4 of the most important belts at cruiserweight earlier than progressing onwards.
“We want to be the undisputed cruiserweight champion,” Opetaia advised 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 prime heavyweights. Then WBC heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury used him forward of his struggle in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk
“You’re rubbing shoulders with greatness,” Opetaia stated. “Being there you learn a lot and it’s just all positive. We just keep levelling up everywhere we go.
“I’ve combined it up with quite a lot of massive 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 stated.
“I’ve at all times been shut. I’ve at all times been within the shadows. I really feel like my alternative’s getting nearer and nearer to being in there in opposition to 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, stay 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 stay it. I am making an attempt to coach laborious each day 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
