Former world featherweight champion Jai Opetaia has denied rumors that he sent WBC heavyweight division titleholder Tyson Fury to the canvas during their sparring session.
"It's all bullshit. It's all fucking bullshit. It's annoying that reporters are spreading absolute lies instead of creating something positive. Two top fighters in two different weight classes helping each other move on. It's good for boxing and they want to criticize us and turn us against each other. It's stupid.
I've seen people say in interviews, "This happened, that happened." But they don't know anything. It's bullshit. Everybody who says this or that happened is really lying. You know what I'm saying? Unless you really weren't there, you don't know anything. I think that's a lesson for everybody. The rumors spread very quickly. It should be a lesson for everybody," Opetaya said in an interview with YouTube channel Seconds Out.
On May 18, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will host an evening of boxing headlined by a bout between two world heavyweight champions, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Today, the Head of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al Al-Sheikh, named the fights that will be part of the undercard of the bout:
Famous promoter Eddie Hearn reacted to the information that Jai Opetaya During sparring, he dropped the WBC heavyweight champion onto the flooring of the ring. Tyson Fury. Eddie called this information complete nonsense.
Well-known journalist Ben Damon reports that the Australian boxer, former cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaya decided to leave the training camp of the WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and return home. According to the same Damon, Jai took such a step because he could not find worthy sparring partners in this training camp. It is worth noting that the Australian is preparing for a fight with Mairis Briedis.
The organizer of boxing evenings from the Riyadh Season series, Turki Al ash-Sheikh, said that he plans to pit the strongest in a fight for the title of absolute light heavyweight champion between Artur Beterbiev And Dmitry Bivol with the former IBF belt holder in the division above Jaem Opetai.