Jai Opetaia is confident he has the skills to take out IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis in their title bout tonight on the Gold Coast. Here you will know Opetaia vs Briedis live stream, start time, fight card, and more.
Preview:
“I believe I can match it with him when it matters, definitely,” Opetaia told reporters after the weigh-in.
“He’s had some great fighters, and he’s had a great legacy.
“But I truly believe his legacy ends here, and mine starts.”
The Queensland southpaw, the youngest ever to represent his country in boxing at an Olympic Games, thinks his fighting style is the difference between himself and the previous challengers vanquished by Briedis.
“He definitely hasn’t fought a boxer like me, I believe,” Opetaia told reporters after Thursday’s press conference.
“He’s fought some great fighters, but he’s been at the top because he’s been the only cruiserweight with some decent movement and a bit of hand movement. All the other ones are just power punchers.
“He got out-boxed by (Oleksander) Usyk (in his only professional loss), but all the other ones were heavy hitters; they were power punchers.
“But that’s not our game plan. We play the game; it’s a chess match in there.”
In the co-main event, fan-favorite Issac Hardman – who is looking to bounce back following his first career loss at the hands of Michael Zerafa in April – will face off against fellow middleweight Beau Hartas in what is sure to be an exciting battle.
Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis Start Time
Doors to the venue open at 5:30 pm, ahead of the first bout, and the start of the broadcast on Fox Sports at 6 pm.
The event will start on Main Event at 7 pm AEST, and fans can expect Opetaia and Briedis to fight around 10 pm AEST, depending on the length of the earlier bouts.
How to Watch Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis Online:
The Opetaia vs Briedis will be broadcast on Foxtel’s pay-per-view service, Main Event. The PPV price is $59.95.
Before the pay-per-view portion of the event begins at 7 pm, fans can catch the action on Fox Sports 503 from 6 pm.
Fans without Foxtel can still catch the event live on the streaming service Kayo. The bout takes place on Saturday, July 2.
Doors to the venue open at 5:30 pm, ahead of the first bout, and the start of the broadcast on Fox Sports at 6 pm.
Tale of the Tape:
Mairis Briedis
- Age: 37
- Record: 28-1-0 (20 KO)
- Height: 186cm
- Reach: 190cm
Jai Opetaia
- Age: 27
- Record: 21-0-0 (17 KO)
- Height: 191cm
- Reach: 193cm
Fight Card:
- Mairis Briedis vs. Jai Opetaia – For the IBF cruiserweight world title
- Issac Hardman vs. Beau Hartas – Middleweight
- Faris Chevalier vs. Conor Wallace – Light-heavyweight
- Joel Camilleri vs. Koen Mazoudier – Super-welterweight
- Taylah Robertson vs. Yoselin Rodriguez – Super-flyweight
- Dana Coolwell vs. Lorenz Ladrada – Featherweight
- David Nyika vs. Louis Marsters – Cruiserweight
- Miles Zalewski vs. Shiva Mishra – Featherweight
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