Jai Opetaia looked and sounded angry during his face-to-face with challenger David Nyika on Saturday to discuss their January 8 fight. From the start, Opetaia seemed grumpy, as if he had gotten up on the wrong side of the bed in the morning.
His grumpy mood worsened when Nyika didn’t grind his teeth, show fear, and act in the subservient manner he seemed to expect.
Opetaia’s Wrath Revealed
Opetaia wanted him to cower and be submissive, and he wouldn’t do it. Jai wanted to be in control and dominate Nyika when they met.
It was a sign of Opetaia’s insecurity. He’s clearly used to intimidating his opponents, forcing them into submission so he can dominate them the moment they step into the ring.
IBF cruiserweight champion Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) became upset when he was told Nyika (10-0, 9 KOs) wanted to have a “shootout” with him on Wednesday night.
Opetaia, 29, said he wants 12 rounds of “war” with Nyika, who is 6’6″, and he believes he will knock him out. The two fighters will meet at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach , in Australia The event will be broadcast live on DAZN.
“The fight is the fight. I’m ready for a fight on April 10th. Don’t worry about the fight. It’s a completely different ball game,” Jai Opetaia told DAZN Boxing to David Nyika.
“I feel like I did everything I had to do. I feel like I know Jai pretty well. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. I have had my eyes on Jai for a long time,” Nyika said.
“I know I can knock him out. I know I can hurt him,” Opetaia said. “These little gloves are a dangerous game. You want to have a shootout. Let’s have a shootout. I know it won’t be a shootout. He’s going to box. He doesn’t want to be touched. It will be a chess match.
“So, let’s go and play.” 12 rounds of war. I’m ready for this. You say you’re ready for me. I’m ready for anyone. I didn’t set my goals for anyone. I just worked out. I focus on myself; that’s it. I guess no one wants to beat him or beat him,” Opetaia said.
Will Opetaia freeze again?
Jai talks big, but he didn’t participate in any part of the war in his rematch against Mairis Briedis on May 18. Opetaia looked like someone suffering from severe combat stress. He collapsed under the constant bombardment of the Latvian fighter and froze over the last six rounds.
Briedis dominated the second half of the fight and did enough to earn a draw. The judges gave it to Opetaia, but it should have been a draw. This is why it is strange that Opetaia talks about wanting to go to “war” with Nyika; he is not good in these conditions. Where Opetaia is good is when his opponents don’t throw and he is the one attacking. When it’s just him throwing, he’s fine.
“I fight every day. Hurt, sacrifice every day, I am ready to do it,” Opetaia said.
“It looks like you haven’t done your homework,” Nyika said when asked what was going through his mind when he heard Opetaia talking about him, knowing he was going to knock her out. “It doesn’t seem like perfect practice doesn’t make perfect.
“I trained, I researched and I gathered my information. It’s not the kind of sport you can go into with just one game plan. I have a game plan from A to Z,” Nyika said.
When Nyika was saying all these things, Opetaia looked angry, very upset because he had someone who didn’t bow to him and scratch the ground like a footman like the many second fighters. rank with which he had built his prize list. with.
