I had posted a bit about this here: Biggest potential WAR! | Boxing News 24 Forum (boxingforum24.com) Looks that after Dorticos fight Briedis most likely had attempted to negotiate Makabu fight. Then looks that he had intent to move up to HW and this Eddie with his new cash cow project Okolie had appeared. Looks they were not able negotiate enough quickly ( most likely maybe cos most likely Eddie is thinking that Briedis is Glowacki or Jezwevski ) until IBF had ordered mando in Cieslak for this Briedis. They had negotiated all summer? and IBF had prolonged final terms multiple times. Then appeared that Cieslak does have some problems? Now looks yeah, Opetaia might be mando, about this had been talked more than week ago.
I don't know how good he is and Briedis is old and should be rusty. Guys, does someone have some links to Opetaia fights to lurk how good he is?