Australian heavyweight Jai Opetaia (27-0, 21 KOs) will simply destroy Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) in a potential fight. The ...

Oleksandr Usyk has barely put a foot wrong during his unblemished 23-0 professional career – but Eddie Hearn believes one man ...

Opetaia’s promoter Eddie Hearn has made it clear the ‘long term focus’ is a clash against Usyk and believes his man is the ...

Former world title contender Mike Perez has issued a challenge to Richard Riakporhe and Chris Billam-Smith; the Ireland-based Cuban says he would beat the British duo on the same night; Perez needed j ...

Australia's Jai Opetaia came out on top on his return to Australia by knocking out New Zealand's David Nyika in the defence of his IBF cruiserweight title last Wednesday at the Gol ...

The southpaw from Ukraine is an Olympic Gold Medalist, undisputed cruiserweight champion and undisputed heavyweight ... New names have risen since, not least Jai Opetaia, who beat former Usyk foe ...

Usyk has hinted at the possibility of even moving down to cruiserweight, where he reigned as undisputed champion in 2018. Here's the rest of the top 10 and how our panelists voted. Our panel of ...

Facing David Nyika in front of his home crowd for the first time since his 2022 victory over Mairis Briedis, Opetaia successfully defended his IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles. Nyika tried to ...

Opetaia was making the fifth defense of his lineal cruiserweight championship. He won the title with an upset victory over Mairis Briedis in July 2022 in Australia. In that fight, Opetaia fought ...

Opetaia, ESPN's No. 1 cruiserweight, and Nyika engaged in ... Chris Hyde/Getty Images He won the title with an upset victory over Mairis Briedis in July 2022 in Australia. In that fight, Opetaia ...

Opetaia, ESPN's No. 1 cruiserweight, and Nyika engaged in a firefight from ... Chris Hyde/Getty Images He won the title with an upset victory over Mairis Briedis in July 2022 in Australia. In that ...