Back on 8 October we asked the question.
Is Jai Opetaia really stepping up to face Deontay Wilder?
Well… Dana White just answered it.
The co-main of Fury vs Joshua is set. December 11. Principality Stadium, Cardiff. Live on Netflix worldwide.
Australia's unbeaten cruiserweight juggernaut — The Ring Magazine champion at 200 lb, 31-0 with 24 knockouts — is moving up to heavyweight for the first time.
Standing opposite him: the Bronze Bomber. Wilder (45-4-1, 43 KOs). Former WBC heavyweight champion. One of the hardest punchers the sport has ever seen.
Combined knockouts between them? Sixty-seven.
White himself called it "a very dangerous fight" for Opetaia. Then he added the line that tells you everything about the Gold Coast southpaw:
"He's a fighter; he'll fight anybody, even at heavyweight with a guy who hits as hard as Wilder does."
Wilder is 41. Last fight was a points win over Derek Chisora in London in April. He's lost four of his last seven.
Opetaia is ten years younger. Last time out, in Nevada in September, he stopped Noel Mikaelian in the ninth — then looked ringside and called out David Benavidez.
That's the fight he really wants. White says they've "got to figure that one out".
So Cardiff is the detour.
Walk into the fire with the Bronze Bomber. Then come home and chase the Mexican Monster.
That's the plan, anyway.
We'll leave you to draw your own conclusions !
🇦🇺 JAI OPETAIA (31-0, 24 KOs) v DEONTAY WILDER (45-4-1, 43 KOs) 🇺🇸
🥊 Heavyweight | 12 rounds (scheduled)
📅 11 December 2026
📍 Principality Stadium, Cardiff
📺 Netflix (global)
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When you're talking boxing, you're talking tough and Mexican in the same breath !
So Vietnam's Tran Van Thao aka "the Trigger", despite a ring absence of more than a year, wasn't looking for anything easy when he chose Mexican Kenbun Torres as his opponent.
As you can see, both boys were SHREDDED and turned up in DEMON shape at the weigh-in, and this fight lived up to all the hype.
Great job boys !
Tran Van Thao will be back in the ring in January, on a huge card that will include Genesis Servania and another top
Philippines boxer (soon to be announced) at the Paradise City in Incheon Korea.
Vietnam
will like have another representative in the form of the "Hanoi Hitman" Nguyễn Văn Hải, and also a recent visitor from Botswana
Moabi Ngaka is rumoured for possible inclusion.
Watch the full fight here : https://youtu.be/JFyFGS8juow?si=kBNMrmYQVIKIMjMW
Nguyễn Hoàng Việt bước vào màn so tài ở hạng cân 57kg với ưu thế hoàn toàn vượt trội trước đối thủ Nguyễn Huỳnh Triết. Những tổ hợp đòn 1-2 chính xác cùng lối di chuyển thông minh giúp Hoàng Việt đánh bại đối thủ với tỉ số 40-36, 40-36, 40-36. Chiến thắng đầu tiên cho Nguyễn Hoàng Việt ở sàn Boxing chuyên nghiệp VSP Pro.
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