The champion Jai Opetaia and his challenger David Nyika both weighed in at 199.5lbs ahead of Wednesday’s IBF cruiserweight title fight.
Opetaia, 29 and a resident of Australia’s Gold Coast, is fighting in his home country for the first time since July 2022, when he transformed his career with a victory over Mairis Briedis. Wednesday’s fight at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Queensland represents his third defence of the title he won that night; he briefly vacated the belt before regaining it last year.
The 29-year-old Nyika replaced Huseyin Cinkara as Opetaia’s opponent when in December injury ruled Cinkara out. Nyika won an Olympic bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
“He’s ready and prepared – let’s go,” said Opetaia. “Let’s do it.”
“All of the talking is done, man,” Nyika said. “We’re sick of these interviews – let’s get it on. Get your popcorn ready, it’s going to be a show.”
Complete weigh-in results below:
Justis Huni (241.4lbs) vs Shaun Potgieter (251.1lbs)
Teremoana Jnr (266.8lbs) vs Osasu Otobo (284.8lbs)
Max McIntyre (167.7lbs) vs Abdulselam Saman (167.4lbs)
Ben Mahoney (153.5lbs) vs Fan Zhang (152.7lbs)
Taylah Gentzen (137.5lbs) vs Shauna Browne (138.4lbs)
Billy McAllister (173.9lbs) vs. Jordan Towns (174.8lbs)
Tony Ingram (125.8lbs) vs Runqi Zhou (125.4lbs)
Kodi Shallali (156.4lbs) vs. Albert Tu’ua (156lbs)
Jai Williams (126.9lbs) vs. Jag Guthmann-Chester (126.7lbs)
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