Can Jai Opetaia have success at Heavyweight?

Yes, but limited. His frame is too small and his power a bit oversold.

He can definitely be good, especially given the crap that is forming the next generation, but he'll be a Ez Charles, Michael Spinks type where he is always a bit of a fish out of water.

 

yes but his defense needs to improve.

 

Agreed

 

Opetia becomes a unified champ

 

Considering 75% of the division is eligible for Medicare, yeah,,,,

 

Personally I think you have to be dominant in a decent cruiser division to stand much chance... Struggling with Briedis corpse isn't the best sign, IMHO, as good a fighter as Briedis looked at his best.

For me, you also have to look at who else is going to be around - Parker is only 3 years older and a proven campaigner at heavy, then you have Dubois who's 3 years younger than Jai but naturally suited to the weight... I don't think he'd beat either of them, personally

 

There are two LHW that can beat him. Why are we even talking about HW for him ?

 

Could be a top 20 heavyweight for sure......not much more though

 

lol

 

No

Too small

Not skilled enough


If he can't get through a fight without getting his faced smashed in by an old Breidis twice then what chance does he have against someone who can punch much harder and has a better jab that he can't seem to overcome?

 

Boxing fans live in the moment. 0 foresight

 

There are rumours that he set Tyson Fury on fire in sparring. If that's true, then yeah, sure he could.

 

I mean Fury is easy to hurt but great at recovering, so I can picture a Jai sneak left lighting him up. It's the punch that he can carry up along with speed and some skills, but he's not as good or powerful as some think and unlike Wilder has power in one hand. So if the left is defensed, I see big guys giving him trouble on sheer size and clubbing power difference. Can be a top 10-er and would be a nice addition and I reckon he's still learning, so why not go up?

 

He’s got a lot to learn but I’m sure he’s taken some lessons after the Briedis fights on what he needs to improve. It’ll take him a couple years to unify cruiser so he’ll have all that time to learn and bulk up, build muscle before heading off to HW. He’s fast, skilled, and has good power. Dubois is gonna get KTFO by AJ so he’ll be out of the title picture for a while, Anderson is a scrub who can’t keep it together, and Jalolov is still trying for an Olympic gold so will have his career stalled once again. That’s the future of the HW division that Opetaia would have to beat. Maybe Kabayel could give Jai a run for his money though. The future of HW looks bleak once the old guard retires and Jai’s future still looks pretty bright.