Jai Opetaia and David Nyika both come in under 200lbs
Jan 6, 2025 • 10:14 PM ET
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – The champion Jai Opetaia and his challenger David Nyika both weighed in at 199.5lbs ahead of Wednesday’s IBF cruiserweight title fight.
Opetaia, 29 and a resident of Australia’s Gold Coast, is fighting in his home country for the first time since July 2022, when he transformed his career with a victory over Mairis Briedis. Wednesday’s fight at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Queensland represents his third defence of the title he won that night; he briefly vacated it before regaining it in 2024.
The 29-year-old Nyika replaced Huseyin Cinkara as Opetaia’s opponent when in December injury ruled Cinkara out. Nyika won an Olympic bronze medal at Tokyo 2020.
“He’s ready and prepared – let’s go,” said Opetaia. “Let’s do it.”
“All of the talking is done, man,” Nyika said. “We’re sick of these interviews – let’s get it on. Get your popcorn ready, it’s going to be a show.”
Full weigh-in results as follows
Justis Huni (241.4lbs) vs Shaun Potgieter (251.1lbs)
Teremoana Jnr (266.8lbs) vs Osasu Otobo (284.8lbs)
Max McIntyre (167.7lbs) vs Abdulselam Saman (167.4lbs)
Ben Mahoney (153.5lbs) vs Fan Zhang (152.7lbs)
Taylah Gentzen (137.5lbs) vs Shauna Browne (138.4lbs)
Billy McAllister (173.9lbs) vs Jordan Towns (174.8lbs)
Tony Ingram (125.8lbs) vs Runqi Zhou (125.4lbs)
Kodi Shallali (156.4lbs) vs Albert Tu'ua (156lbs)
Jai Williams (126.9lbs) vs Jag Guthmann-Chester (126.7lbs)
Declan Warrington has been writing about boxing for the British and Irish national newspapers since 2010. He is also a long-term contributor to Boxing News, Boxing News Presents and Talksport, and formerly the boxing correspondent for the Press Association, a pundit for BoxNation and a regular contributor to Boxing Monthly, Sport and The Ring, among other publications. In 2023, he conducted the interviews and wrote the script for the audio documentary “Froch-Groves: The Definitive Story”; he is also a member of the BWAA.
