Fearsome Australian cruiserweight Jai Opetaia is the current IBF cruiserweight champion and began 2025 with a brutal knockout ...

Oleksandr Usyk has never lost a fight in the paid ranks, but he suffered his fair share of setbacks during his vested days. The Ukrainian slickster is one of only four fighters (alongside Terence ...

Opetaia etched his name into Australian sporting folklore when he overcame a badly broken jaw to defeat Mairis Briedis on the ... his claim as the world's best cruiserweight when he dished out ...

The former cruiserweight champ has had to overcome ... Signature wins for the Ukrainian warrior include Mairis Briedis, Murat Gassiev, Anthony Joshua , Daniel Dubois and Tyson Fury.

Yet, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn, one boxer might pose a serious threat to Usyk’s reign: Jai Opetaia, the current IBF cruiserweight champion. Opetaia, a skilled Australian boxer, has ...

He won the belts by dethroning former cruiserweight leader Mairis Briedis in 2022 and has been chasing unification fights to no avail ever since. The expectation is that he will eventually move up ...

Step forward reigning IBF world cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia ... The 29-year-old from Australia is unbeaten in 27 contests, with two solid victories over Mairis Briedis in 2022 and 2024 ...

So, he’s got the size to reinvent himself at cruiserweight if he fails against the talented Cuban on February 1st. If Benavidez loses, he may need to decide whether he wants to move up to ...

Fans have no doubt read how heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk has in the recent past suggested he might drop back down to cruiserweight, this as there is no work left to be done at heavyweight.

He [Clarke] was supposed to be a superstar, but he just lost. Image: Perez challenged Mairis Briedis for the WBC cruiserweight title "Actually that would be a fight that I fancy. I believe I can ...

In WCW, Rey dominated the cruiserweight division, attaining five reigns with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and one reign as Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion. He was a highly successful tag ...

Last seen showing an absolute ton of heart in warring with Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in their cruiserweight unification slugfest, Britain’s Chris Billam-Smith has now set his eyes on a shot ...