Which is a bigger mismatch. Jai Opetaia vs David Benavidez or Oleksandr Usyk vs Jai Opetaia

Usyk KO’s Opetaia in 6 rounds. Is Opetaia really better than Dubois is at Heavyweight right now? Dubois smoked Miller, Hrgovic and Joshua and will probably KO Ortiz.
I could actually see Benavidez giving Opetaia a lot of problems and it would probably go the distance.

 

Again its a matter of styles make fights.

Dubois is mentally scarred vs Usyk. Dubois relies on his jab to set everything up and his orthodox jab does not work well vs Usyk.

Opetaia is a southpaw. Usyk can't take away Opetaia's lead hand the way he can with a right handed fighter like Dubois.

Usyk hasn't ko'd anyone in 6 rounds except Dubois. Dubois may beat Opetaia as styles make fights but Opetaia is stylistically a tough fight for Usyk.

 

He wants to unify at cruiser. Hardly a bad goal. He is trying to get the unification fight but it isn't happening.

 

He has an aggressive style that would get him KO’d in 6 rounds. He’s not strong enough to hang with Usyk.

 

Opetaia cares more about legacy than money, and unifying Cruiserweight and being undisputed is worth more to him legacy wise than getting paydays against heavies.

Plus there is added risk at heavyweight compared to at cruiserweight where he is confident he can unify.

Plus if he unifies at cruiserweight he gets to skip the queue like Usyk did. If he moves up now and looks good, there is every chance that the champ/s at heavyweight just duck him as well like they are doing at cruiserweight, except there is less chance that Opetaia can get the money to pull them into the ring.

 

I think Opetaia vs. Benavidez is a bigger mismatch due to the difference in physical strength and skills, Opetaia would destroy him.