Jai Opetaya (22-0, 17 KOs) suffered a broken jaw in a victorious fight with Mairis Briedis, but the most unpleasant injury for him was a shoulder injury. Today, the Australian underwent a second operation on his left arm.
Due to downtime due to injuries, the IBF world heavyweight champion may have the next fight with a new interim champion, or even lose the title. And the teams of the first number in the IBF rating Mateusz Masternak (47-5, 31 KOs), and the second number Richard Riakpore (16-0, 12 KOs) will try to get a fight from the leadership of the International Boxing Federation for a vacant belt.
“The operation went well, everything went very smoothly. Soon I will be back full of energy for hard training,” Opetaya said in his social networks, although his return in the near future seems unlikely.
