Jai Opetaia vs David Nyika Results
Jai Opetaia and David Nyika headlined a Matchroom boxing co-promoted event in Queensland, Australia, on January 8, 2025.
Opetaia was defending IBF and The Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Championship. This was his second defense after beating Mairis Briedis to win the title in May last year. Nyika was coming into the fight holding the distinction of an unbeaten fighter after 10 bouts. Was he able to maintain his unbeaten run?
The card also featured a heavyweight bout in the co-main event between Justis Huni vs Shaun Potgieter. The event aired on Dazn Streaming from 3 AM ET while the prelims started at 2 AM ET. Check below for the complete results.
RESULTS
Prelims
- Jag Guthmann-Ches def. Jai Williams via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Kodi Shallali vs Albert Tu’ua ended in a majority draw (37-37, 37-38, 37-37), 4 rounds, Middleweight Bout
- Runqi Zhou def. Tony Ingram via unanimous decision (77-75, 78-74, 78-74), , 8 rounds, Junior Lightweight Bout
Main Card
- Billy McAllister def. Jordan Towns via TKO at 3:00 of round 2, 4 rounds, Light Heavyweight Bout
- Shauna Browne def. Taylah Gentzen via split decision (97-92, 96-95, 94-95), 10 rounds, Women’s Lightweight Bout
- Teremoana Jr. def. Osasu Otobo via KO at 0:50 of round 1 , 6 rounds, Heavyweight Bout
- Ben Mahoney def. Fan Zhang via unanimous decision (100-90, 100-90, 100-90), 10 rounds, IBF Pan Pacific Junior Middleweight Championship Bout
- Max McIntyre def. Abdulselam Saman via KO in round 4, 10 rounds, IBF Youth Super Middleweight Championship Bout
- Co-Main Event: Justis Huni def. Shaun Potgieter via TKO at 0:33 in round 2, 10 rounds, WBO Global & IBF Pan Pacific Heavyweight Championship Bout
- Main Event: Jai Opetaia def. David Nyika via KO at 2:14 in round 4, 12 rounds, IBF World & The Ring Cruiserweight Championship Bout