Jai Opitaia is fighting for the IBF title (And it's a problem)

After getting screwed over by the IBF Jai Opetaia will have to prove himself once again as he takes on his former rival Mairis Briedis who he beat to gain the IBF Title.
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[@SergeyIAM]

Opetaia fought two low ranking overmatched opponents with soft records after Briedis. Got them out of there in a hurry, good on him, expected. But what did those fights contribute to his preparation for Briedis, not much. I don’t think that those two fights count as staying busy, unless you count the camp to prepare for them, which coincides with the camps that Briedis had to challenge Opetaia for a rematch as soon as possible. There was supposed to have been a back to back rematch after Opetaia recovered from his jaw surgery. Briedis stepped aside so that Opetaia could fight Thompson. There was an agreement that Briedis would fight the winner of Opetaia vs Thompson. Opetaia won and the fight between Briedis and Opetaia was being worked on when Opetaia received an offer to fight in Saudi Arabia on a short notice. Briedis had a training camp injury he was recovering from and wasn’t going to be ready for the fight. Briedis then steps aside with a condition that he still gets to fight the winner next. IBF had an issue with Opetaia fighting an unranked opponent after he already used up one voluntary defense and stripped him. Nothing mysterious about any of this. If you don’t take time to research the thread of events, you will be left uninformed. Briedis became a mandatory by moving up in rankings by default. Two boxers that were ahead of him took other opportunities with other sanctioning organizations. Nothing too complex. Briedis was waiting for this rematch since the decision was given to Opetaia. He offered to fight Justis Huni at heavyweight in Australia to generate more buzz and earn the rematch. Huni wasn’t interested. So now we are nearly there. Hopefully the fight happens even if there are more delays for Fury vs Usyk. Briedis wins this fight as he figured Opetaia out evidenced by him dominating later part of the fight in which a younger fighter supposed to dominate, if they are equally conditioned, skilled and determined. Briedis proved that he was a notch above in these areas.

[@peternut358]

Briedis hasn’t fought since he lost to Opetaia 🙄

[@SergeyIAM]

@@peternut358 That’s accurate.

[@tupekalifa6685]

Breidis ducks Jai two times after the first fight and said he was sick 🤦😂😂

[@SergeyIAM]

@@tupekalifa6685 Did you read my comment? Briedis didn’t duck, he allowed Opetaia to take two voluntary defenses against weak opponents. Opetaia probably had to pay Briedis step aside money for one of those fights. If Briedis ducked, why is he fighting now? No one was pushing for this fight to happen than Briedis, Opetaia was the one avoiding it taking easy mine in easy fights. I do not blame him for that as he has a family to support as fighting Briedis the first proved to be difficult in the ring and after the fight. The rematch is near. Let’s see what happens and discuss it after the fight.

[@tupekalifa6685]

​@@SergeyIAM Jai paid Briedis to step aside 😂😂dude are you hearing yourself 🤦😂😂