By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
IBF #3 cruiserweight Jai Opetaia (20-0, 16 KOs) will collide with former WBA light heavyweight challenger Trent Broadhurst (22-4, 14 KOs) on December 4 in a tune-up fight before he challenges Mairis Breidis for the IBF cruiserweight championship early in 2022.
“He’s been out of the ring for 12 months and Briedis has had his warm-up and defended his world title,” Opetaia’s manager Michael Francis, told AAP. “Jai doesn’t want to go in rusty. He needs to blow off the cobwebs and get out there and fight.
“…he’ll get a lot out of it. Trent’s a good fighter. He’s no easy beat, but we would hope Jai would put him away within four or five rounds.”
“We’re doing our best to bring [Briedis-Opetaia] either to Sydney or the Gold Coast on February 4. Jai will fight on December 4 and then on February 4. We’re working very hard to bring it here. They’re interested in coming here. It just depends on making the fight make sense financially.”
What a joke. Broadhurst retired in 2019 due to health reasons . Now he is back against one of the worlds best cruiserweights ? This is nothing more than a glorified spar for Opetaia who only wants to add another KO to his record. This is not even a warm up fight . Absolute rubbish .
Probably going to be like Paul Briggs vs Danny Green
I agree, that was a total sham fight that should never have gone ahead. I like Green, but he was involved in a couple of absolutely shonky fights. Briggs and Jones Jnr fights……
Opetaia in 2! Lets hope his next fight is against someone with a heartbeat.