Jai Opetaia


Jai Opetaia 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.

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.
Opetaia won the Junior World title in Kazakhstan in July 2011.
At the Olympic qualifier in Canberra 2012 he had a tough final against New Zealander David Light but prevailed 15:10.
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.

Professional boxing titles

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
19Win19–0 Mark FlanaganTKO8, 3:0016 Nov 2019 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania, and WBO Global cruiserweight titles;
Won inaugural IBF Asia cruiserweight title
18Win18–0 Nikolas CharalampousUD1027 Jul 2019 Luna Park, Sydney, AustraliaRetained WBA Oceania interim cruiserweight title;
Won vacant WBO Global cruiserweight title
17Win17–0 Navosa IoataTKO8, 1:1315 May 2019 The Star, Sydney, AustraliaWon vacant WBA Oceania interim cruiserweight title
16Win16–0 Kurtis PegoraroKO2, 1:2529 Jun 2018 Pullman & Mercure, Brisbane, AustraliaRetained WBO Asia-Pacific cruiserweight title;
Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific cruiserweight title
15Win15–0 Lukas PaszkowskyTKO2, 2:357 Apr 2018 Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, AustraliaWon vacant WBO Asia-Pacific cruiserweight title
14Win14–0 Benjamin KelleherTKO3, 2:3617 Jan 2018 The Star, Sydney, AustraliaRetained Australian cruiserweight title
13Win13–0 Frankie LopezTKO1, 2:5521 Oct 2017 Function Centre at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Youth cruiserweight title
12Win12–0 Daniel AmmannTKO9, 1:4915 Jul 2017 Wests City Club, Newcastle, AustraliaWon vacant Australian and WBC-OPBF cruiserweight title
11Win11–0 Moses HaveaTKO2, 1:0312 May 2017 North Sydney Leagues Club, Sydney, AustraliaRetained New South Wales heavyweight title
10Win10–0 Kyle BrumbyTKO2 1:268 Apr 2017 Doltone House, Sydney, Australia
9Win9–0 Togasilimai LetoaTKO2, 0:3010 Feb 2017 Faleata Sports Complex Gym 1, Apia, Samoa
8Win8–0 Isileli FaTKO3, 0:3623 Dec 2016 Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney, Australia
7Win7–0 Peter BrennanKO1, 2:469 Dec 2016 Horden Pavilion, Sydney, AustraliaWon vacant New South Wales heavyweight title
6Win6–0 Uria AfamasagaTKO2, 0:3714 Oct 2016 Silverdome Basketball Stadium, Launceston, Australia
5Win5–0 Sefo Falekaono6, 1:1122 Jul 2016 Mediterranean House, Sydney, Australia
4Win4–0 Orlando VazquezUD423 Apr 2016 Centro de Usos Multiples, Los Mochis, Mexico
3Win3–0 Randall RaymentUD628 Nov 2015 Mansfield Tavern, Brisbane, Australia
2Win2–0 Rob Manual1, 2:4614 Aug 2015 The Melbourne Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia
1Win1–0 Isileli Fa41 Aug 2015 Stadium Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand