I am getting so tired of leaving a comment, giving credit to a fighter I rate highly without explicitly kissing his rear, and getting attacked for it by rabid fanboys. So tiresome.
Opetia is cleaning up cruiserweight because cruiserweight is dead rn. When usyk was there it was more competitive. The best guy opetia fought and his hardest fight is a old version of a top cruiserweight from usyks era . Remember bivol easily beat zurdo and zurdo is suposed to be the best guy at cruiserweight other than opetia ... Cruiser weight is a uncompetitive division. I think the top heavyweights and light heavyweight dominate at cruiserweight
@DavidGriffiths-mv1nw what makes u think that? Think about it what has Jai done to prove he can compete with bivol and beterbiev? Ko nyika ? Barely beat a old bredis who lost to Usyk when beterbiev beat Usyk in the AMATURES? Jais rival rn at cruiserweight is bivols leftover. Beterbiev and bivol easily beat everyone on jais resume if u disagree tell me who it is they can't beat? U have no answer cause there is no one...
@ Bivol too small for Jai … the same style of fighter .. Jai is a boxer but sometimes fights .. he too big for beterbiev as well.. briedis was older but even he said Jai is best of the best … are your eyes painted on bro! Did you see Bivol reaction when asked about a Jai fight , he gulped and then said he stay at 175 …
@@DavidGriffiths-mv1nw bivol isn't scared of Jai Jai isn't scared of Usyk none of these guys are scared of each other why would u be. That's fairy tail stuff drama for the fans to talk about. Its just a sport at the end of the day. But we don't know maybe Jai does beat bivol and beterbiev how ever if they fight and fight soon cause beterbiev is getting old. Bivol and beterbiev will be the best fighters on jais resume and his toughest test to date no doubt. The olny way to fight out is if the fight happens. But no one is dominating or smashing anyone these are all elite fighters on a similar level
And there is a well-founded opinion that the first fight Briedis at least did not lose. But I think that most of Opetaia's fans are Ausies and that explains a lot.
My scorecard: Beterbiev vs Bivol *1B, 2B* *3A* (Bivol land sporadic combination, Artur more consistent body and head shots though they were single shots) *4B* (Very close round, Bivol landed combinations Artur pressed the action, and finished the round strong) *5A* (Another very close round, a lot of shots were blocked by both fighters. Artur slightly landed more towards the end) *6A* (Walking him down, consistent, landing heavy leather esp to the body, blocking most of Bivol's attacks, Bivol not active) *7A* (Could have been a Bivol round but Artur landed heavy shots in succession, he hurt Bivol who shelled up the whole time) *8B* (Extremely close round, could have gone either way; the flurry at the end, though blocked, edges it to Bivol? It could have easily been an Artur round, landing the heavier shots, but Bivol was active in this round, too and stood his ground. Close round.) *9B* (As beautiful of a round for Bivol as he was in the 1st and 2nd-ACTIVE, stood his ground, picked his shots, defended well.) *10A* (Strong round by Artur, pressed the actions, Bivol landed about 2 shots, extremely inactive. Maybe recuperating from the 9th round?) *11A* (Artur is a Machine, strong round.) -This is the only time they are showing highlights from Artur Beterbiev. When you know you know 😉. Matchroom and the DAZN doing some visual manipulation. *12A* (Artur is a machine, strong round again. Bivol was melting there. He never experienced anything like that in his life.) -I think that's why he accepted the loss with ease, respect and honour.
it sort of reminds me of another guy people are hyping up a bunch bam rodriguez. I like bam myself but I can admit people hype that dude too damn much for beating old estrada and old rungvisai and because of that they want to see bam fight inoue. let bam prove he’s at that level by fighting a guy like junto. seems like the same thing is happening with opetaia. it’s this new era where people want to hype up their favorites by comparing them to P4P level fighters. and like you said, im not saying i don’t like bam or opetaia, all im saying is people need to pump the breaks.
A lot of people are forgetting, Opetaia gets hit & lit up a hell of a lot. If his fans & promoter wants him to fight Usyk, they're overlooking the fact that Usyk constantly lights up opponents with a solid defence with little to no effort, someone who finds his range with his backhand in the first few seconds of the first round. Usyk, in my opinion, wants to become 2x undisputed at Heavyweight against Parker/Dubois, even if he does that & drops to Cruiserweight he'll likely have a tune-up, meanwhile Opetaia still has a fight or two to go, potentially quite tough fights. Would Usyk wait for him?... I think maybe, but it's also worth noting that Usyk (and his cut man Russ Anber) have stated before that he finds it hard to stay around 220lb+ at Heavyweight, if he gets down to Cruiserweight & keeps his upper-body strength, that's one hell of a dangerous Usyk even at 39/40 years of age. Opetaia has a long way to go, I'd love to see him become undisputed at Cruiserweight & make a go for it at Heavyweight. Having said all that, Opetaia just needs to follow his own path, regardless of who he fights & doesn't, I doubt many people will give him too much bother if he doesn't fight the likes of Usyk & Beterbiev.
Nah Bivol didn't beat Beterbiev, that fight was close in the sense that fans saw both sides doing work, but the last part of the fight Bivol was a beaten man, he was just running, it was clear Beterbiev's work was far superior, surviving the last 3 rounds is not winning a fight. 32 year old Beterbiev walks right through Bivol easily. And I do mean EASILY, near 40 is a massive difference to 30, phsycially Beterbiev is an old man as an athlete. This bullshit about his physical health is just dumb, he's had to rely on his skill to beat guys, he's an old man. In sports as a rule 40 is done. 35 is usually done, in athletic sports 30 is old as feck, but I get it fans want to believe these guys are the same due to their idealogical fan boy beliefs when they fight their guy. But like watching old Pac, that's just hard, just retire, argh hard to watch. I'm in my 50's, each decade is a rediculous slow down from the previous.
Clearly Eddie Hearn after seeing how jai struggled against this late replacement fighter that gave jai problems getting wobbled in the process, did everything to avoid even mentioning a possible fight with Ramirez which is the one that makes sense, and just mentioned fantasy fights against usyk and beterbiev. All of a sudden unification is no longer a goal. I agree jai is a good fighter, but he is pretty over hyped and not what they are trying to sell us. At least at this stage. He can always improve.
I like Jai but if they fought rn I got Beterbiev. I seen Opetia on the ropes eating shots. A 200lb BetterBeef stops him. He better fkn wait for Beterbiev to turn 42
Never understood how a fan of some fighter could want their guy to steal glory from old dudes on their way out past their prime. It’s just cringe. Make your own legacy beating the guys who are on your level.
Why the hell would the undisputed heavyweight champion go down to cruiserweight and fight a nobody? Same goes for Beterbiev. But it's always like this in boxing. The more you prove your worth, the more unrealistic people's expectations of you become.
Mate this was a mandatory fight ,and opetaia opponent pulled out ,why would jai leave this division on the cusp of being undisputed, opetaia is ready in may to fight ramirez , jais one of the only boxers who doesn't dodge anyone ,he'll fight anyone anywhere ,just because the limelight not on your favs it's all good,everyone gets there time
Borrowing this comment section: I do wonder if Turki has started to become what he first wanted stop? Wilder-Joshua, Fury-Joshua had great selling potential but now when he has seen the reality in Dubois, Parker, Zhang and especially Usyk ruin that potential he perhaps has understood that The road to the 'mega dream shows' is not fair. He may have started to reconsider the use of DeepStrike/JABBR etc, or could it be the networks putting pressure on him for doing so? Some people like us wants nothing but the truth but I feel the vast majority just wants to tune in for the show. They just want Charisma, trash talk and knockouts. Wilder and AJ represents all of that in the eyes of the casual money cows. My uncle for example dont like boxing per see and he dont like people of color either generally speaking but he loves Mike Tyson even to this day and dont want to look any further than that. He is so stuck in the 80's. And sure Tyson was the perfect posterboy for boxing and also the biggest reason i got interested myself in the first place but he simply is not the GOAT H2H in modern HW like some dreamers want to believe. My uncle even saw the F Jake Paul fight but totally ignores a guy like Usyk, and the rest.
I think jai would be very competitive in the early rounds I’ll say 1-4 but eventually Beterbiev size and power will take it toll and jai would get stopped in the later rounds
Beterbiev would be easy target, he is not a mover, always goes straight line, due to age and weight difference, will be easy work now, Bivol would be more competitive on my humble opinion
I just watched the second fight and through 10 rounds jai has won 8 rounds on my card, no argument for Briedis winning that fight, I gave bridies 3 and 5, and 7 was a swing, so 3 at most
so is it gay to like Jai right meow or not bruv? please i am void and require your opinions to co-opt. You dont think Jai and Usyk would be tight? ok player.
I am getting so tired of leaving a comment, giving credit to a fighter I rate highly without explicitly kissing his rear, and getting attacked for it by rabid fanboys. So tiresome.
Toxic positivity is in RN. That, and giving a man flowers.
@@nordicwarrior5014 don’t comment then oh wait I forgot you idolise precise
@@mrsaint4695 Hi Phil.
Ramirez is the fight to make
Problem is does Oscar ‘The best vs the Best’ de la Hoya want it?
Oscar just sold the Ring. He will sell.Ramirez.
Opetia is cleaning up cruiserweight because cruiserweight is dead rn. When usyk was there it was more competitive. The best guy opetia fought and his hardest fight is a old version of a top cruiserweight from usyks era .
Remember bivol easily beat zurdo and zurdo is suposed to be the best guy at cruiserweight other than opetia ...
Cruiser weight is a uncompetitive division. I think the top heavyweights and light heavyweight dominate at cruiserweight
Jai smashes a much smaller Bivol and will crush beterbiev ..
Behave yourself child
@DavidGriffiths-mv1nw what makes u think that? Think about it what has Jai done to prove he can compete with bivol and beterbiev? Ko nyika ? Barely beat a old bredis who lost to Usyk when beterbiev beat Usyk in the AMATURES? Jais rival rn at cruiserweight is bivols leftover.
Beterbiev and bivol easily beat everyone on jais resume if u disagree tell me who it is they can't beat? U have no answer cause there is no one...
@ Bivol too small for Jai … the same style of fighter .. Jai is a boxer but sometimes fights .. he too big for beterbiev as well.. briedis was older but even he said Jai is best of the best … are your eyes painted on bro! Did you see Bivol reaction when asked about a Jai fight , he gulped and then said he stay at 175 …
@@DavidGriffiths-mv1nw Well Briedis said Usyk is the best fighter he ever fought
@@DavidGriffiths-mv1nw bivol isn't scared of Jai Jai isn't scared of Usyk none of these guys are scared of each other why would u be. That's fairy tail stuff drama for the fans to talk about. Its just a sport at the end of the day.
But we don't know maybe Jai does beat bivol and beterbiev how ever if they fight and fight soon cause beterbiev is getting old. Bivol and beterbiev will be the best fighters on jais resume and his toughest test to date no doubt. The olny way to fight out is if the fight happens. But no one is dominating or smashing anyone these are all elite fighters on a similar level
And there is a well-founded opinion that the first fight Briedis at least did not lose. But I think that most of Opetaia's fans are Ausies and that explains a lot.
My scorecard: Beterbiev vs Bivol
*1B, 2B*
*3A* (Bivol land sporadic combination, Artur more consistent body and head shots though they were single shots)
*4B* (Very close round, Bivol landed combinations Artur pressed the action, and finished the round strong)
*5A* (Another very close round, a lot of shots were blocked by both fighters. Artur slightly landed more towards the end)
*6A* (Walking him down, consistent, landing heavy leather esp to the body, blocking most of Bivol's attacks, Bivol not active)
*7A* (Could have been a Bivol round but Artur landed heavy shots in succession, he hurt Bivol who shelled up the whole time)
*8B* (Extremely close round, could have gone either way; the flurry at the end, though blocked, edges it to Bivol? It could have easily been an Artur round, landing the heavier shots, but Bivol was active in this round, too and stood his ground. Close round.)
*9B* (As beautiful of a round for Bivol as he was in the 1st and 2nd-ACTIVE, stood his ground, picked his shots, defended well.)
*10A* (Strong round by Artur, pressed the actions, Bivol landed about 2 shots, extremely inactive. Maybe recuperating from the 9th round?)
*11A* (Artur is a Machine, strong round.)
-This is the only time they are showing highlights from Artur Beterbiev. When you know you know 😉. Matchroom and the DAZN doing some visual manipulation.
*12A* (Artur is a machine, strong round again. Bivol was melting there. He never experienced anything like that in his life.)
-I think that's why he accepted the loss with ease, respect and honour.
Beterbiev gets pasted by Jai Opetaia. Pasted. Jai gets pasted by Usyk. Usyk pastes them both. Let's be realistic.
it sort of reminds me of another guy people are hyping up a bunch bam rodriguez. I like bam myself but I can admit people hype that dude too damn much for beating old estrada and old rungvisai and because of that they want to see bam fight inoue. let bam prove he’s at that level by fighting a guy like junto. seems like the same thing is happening with opetaia. it’s this new era where people want to hype up their favorites by comparing them to P4P level fighters.
and like you said, im not saying i don’t like bam or opetaia, all im saying is people need to pump the breaks.
No, youse a hater
@ we must’ve lost money betting on them to lose!
Bam will be a P4P great imho
I don't know about Jai??? Excellent offensively, but I see an upset coming, some " foregone conclusion" catching him cold. Grace and Glory!!
A lot of people are forgetting, Opetaia gets hit & lit up a hell of a lot. If his fans & promoter wants him to fight Usyk, they're overlooking the fact that Usyk constantly lights up opponents with a solid defence with little to no effort, someone who finds his range with his backhand in the first few seconds of the first round.
Usyk, in my opinion, wants to become 2x undisputed at Heavyweight against Parker/Dubois, even if he does that & drops to Cruiserweight he'll likely have a tune-up, meanwhile Opetaia still has a fight or two to go, potentially quite tough fights.
Would Usyk wait for him?... I think maybe, but it's also worth noting that Usyk (and his cut man Russ Anber) have stated before that he finds it hard to stay around 220lb+ at Heavyweight, if he gets down to Cruiserweight & keeps his upper-body strength, that's one hell of a dangerous Usyk even at 39/40 years of age.
Opetaia has a long way to go, I'd love to see him become undisputed at Cruiserweight & make a go for it at Heavyweight.
Having said all that, Opetaia just needs to follow his own path, regardless of who he fights & doesn't, I doubt many people will give him too much bother if he doesn't fight the likes of Usyk & Beterbiev.
Nah Bivol didn't beat Beterbiev, that fight was close in the sense that fans saw both sides doing work, but the last part of the fight Bivol was a beaten man, he was just running, it was clear Beterbiev's work was far superior, surviving the last 3 rounds is not winning a fight. 32 year old Beterbiev walks right through Bivol easily. And I do mean EASILY, near 40 is a massive difference to 30, phsycially Beterbiev is an old man as an athlete. This bullshit about his physical health is just dumb, he's had to rely on his skill to beat guys, he's an old man. In sports as a rule 40 is done. 35 is usually done, in athletic sports 30 is old as feck, but I get it fans want to believe these guys are the same due to their idealogical fan boy beliefs when they fight their guy. But like watching old Pac, that's just hard, just retire, argh hard to watch. I'm in my 50's, each decade is a rediculous slow down from the previous.
Clearly Eddie Hearn after seeing how jai struggled against this late replacement fighter that gave jai problems getting wobbled in the process, did everything to avoid even mentioning a possible fight with Ramirez which is the one that makes sense, and just mentioned fantasy fights against usyk and beterbiev. All of a sudden unification is no longer a goal. I agree jai is a good fighter, but he is pretty over hyped and not what they are trying to sell us. At least at this stage. He can always improve.
I like Jai but if they fought rn I got Beterbiev. I seen Opetia on the ropes eating shots. A 200lb BetterBeef stops him. He better fkn wait for Beterbiev to turn 42
@@BernhardBernard Jai will destroy beterbiev… Bivol all but beat him . Jai bigger stronger harder tougher, more aggressive version of Bivol
@DavidGriffiths-mv1nw sheeeeeeet... Bivol is a better fighter than Opetia. It's like comparing Bam to Loma
@ I really like Bivol and his technique is better but he could be more aggressive … Jai would smash him to pieces
Never understood how a fan of some fighter could want their guy to steal glory from old dudes on their way out past their prime. It’s just cringe. Make your own legacy beating the guys who are on your level.
Why the hell would the undisputed heavyweight champion go down to cruiserweight and fight a nobody? Same goes for Beterbiev. But it's always like this in boxing. The more you prove your worth, the more unrealistic people's expectations of you become.
39 year old Briedis went 12 rounds with him. In a competitive fight. David also rocked him in that fight. What suggests he would beat usyk?
40 years old softened by prime 240-260lb'ers
Apetaia gets KTFO if he moves to HW….especially with his style
Check yourself, before you get wrecked ! 😂😂😂
Bro 😂you killing it ! Your roast skills are so underappreciated 😂
Put him in there at Bridgerweight against Keven Lorena
Mate this was a mandatory fight ,and opetaia opponent pulled out ,why would jai leave this division on the cusp of being undisputed, opetaia is ready in may to fight ramirez , jais one of the only boxers who doesn't dodge anyone ,he'll fight anyone anywhere ,just because the limelight not on your favs it's all good,everyone gets there time
He beats zurdo cause he’s faster and naturally heavier but zurdo can exploit the flaws I see he has and maybe expose him, i think he’s overrated
It's the media mate ,don't listen to the media
Borrowing this comment section:
I do wonder if Turki has started to become what he first wanted stop? Wilder-Joshua, Fury-Joshua had great selling potential but now when he has seen the reality in Dubois, Parker, Zhang and especially Usyk ruin that potential he perhaps has understood that The road to the 'mega dream shows' is not fair. He may have started to reconsider the use of DeepStrike/JABBR etc, or could it be the networks putting pressure on him for doing so? Some people like us wants nothing but the truth but I feel the vast majority just wants to tune in for the show. They just want Charisma, trash talk and knockouts. Wilder and AJ represents all of that in the eyes of the casual money cows.
My uncle for example dont like boxing per see and he dont like people of color either generally speaking but he loves Mike Tyson even to this day and dont want to look any further than that. He is so stuck in the 80's. And sure Tyson was the perfect posterboy for boxing and also the biggest reason i got interested myself in the first place but he simply is not the GOAT H2H in modern HW like some dreamers want to believe. My uncle even saw the F Jake Paul fight but totally ignores a guy like Usyk, and the rest.
You can see Usyk retiring on his stool? I dont think you follow boxing mate
How do you follow the future, genius?
Yes you are a hater
How so?
@FightFilms i am not sure he knows...
Because jais the hottest thing in boxing as of today , I get it ,he's not American, but get over it
Maybe just shut up and wait till the fight actually happens 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️ you think Jai is clout chasing is crazy lol
You talked some sense bro but also talked some shit 💩…
I think jai would be very competitive in the early rounds I’ll say 1-4 but eventually Beterbiev size and power will take it toll and jai would get stopped in the later rounds
Beterbiev would be easy target, he is not a mover, always goes straight line, due to age and weight difference, will be easy work now, Bivol would be more competitive on my humble opinion
But none of these fights, are legacy fights
How's life going in fantasy land?
Beterbiev gets smoked at Cruiser by Jai. Smoked. Big difference between 174.999 lbs and 199.999 lbs.
what kind of dust are people smoking to watch that fight and think he can hang with Usyk? 🥴
In 2 years, he can
@@FightFilmsfour may be
I still had Jai losing both Breidis fights. I think 41yo Beterbiev smokes him easy.
Really? I saw the second fight by accident on the undercard of usyk vs fury 1 and it seems like Breidis didn't throw many punches.
@gideon6603 Jai landed 83 and Mairis landed 70. so pretty competitive
Too small IMO
Maybe you should watch a different sport you obviously don’t have a clue what you’re looking at
I just watched the second fight and through 10 rounds jai has won 8 rounds on my card, no argument for Briedis winning that fight, I gave bridies 3 and 5, and 7 was a swing, so 3 at most
Jai is the best cruiser of all time the sport evolves
🤣
Speak it, believe it, receive it.
@@FightFilms Chisora better than Ali
@@mrsaint4695unironically I think chisora does beat Ali
@ seek help or change sports
so is it gay to like Jai right meow or not bruv? please i am void and require your opinions to co-opt. You dont think Jai and Usyk would be tight? ok player.
English, please.
I think right now at HW Usyk would stop Apetaia late….