Where to watch Jai Opetaia vs. David Nyika: Live stream, start time & more for 2025 boxing fight
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🔴WATCH📺📱👉Jai Opetaia vs David Nyika LIVE
🔴WATCH📺📱👉Jai Opetaia vs David Nyika LIVE
Jai Opetaia defends the IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles against David Nyika in Australia to start 2025. Will it be a homecoming to remember for Opetaia?
Here’s how you can watch Jai Opetaia vs. David Nyika, including live stream options, start time and more.
Stakes are high for Wednesday as Jai Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) puts his IBF and The Ring cruiserweight world titles on the line against late replacement David Nyika (10-0, 9 KOs) at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Australia, and live on DAZN.
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Jai Opetaia vs. David Nyika start time
Date: Wednesday, January 8
Start time: 2 a.m. ET
Main event start time (approx.): 7 a.m. ET
Location: Gold Coast Convention Centre - Australia
Opetaia vs. Nyika starts on January 8 at 2 a.m. ET. The main event should start around 7 a.m. ET, depending on how long the undercard fights last.
Well aware of the stakes and historical context of the rivalry, Nyika billed the face-off as the "biggest fight in trans-Tasman history". He added: “The trans-Tasman thing is huge. It always feels like the big brother trying to beat up the little brother. It’s always going to be a spectacle."
Both men enter the main-event clash undefeated, with Opetaia holding a professional record of 26-0 (20 knockouts), while Nyika is 10-0 (9 KOs). Nyika, in fact, stepped in to replace the injured Huseyin Cinkara at short notice. The fight presents an massive opportunity for the 29-year-old Kiwi from Hamilton, who was a bronze medallist in boxing at Tokyo Olympics 2020 and will be looking to make the leap to bigger cards.
Opetaia was supposed to face his mandatory challenger Huseyin Cinkara on this show, however Cinkara withdrew from the bout after breaking his ankle in training. Opetaia's co-promoter, Mick Francis of Tasman Fighters, went through the IBF rankings searching for a replacement and had to go down to No. 10 before finding a taker. The IBF will count Opetaia-Nyika as a mandatory defense of the title, leaving the winner of Wednesday's fight free to make a voluntary defense or participate in a unification match.
In the co-feature, Justis Huni (11-0, 6 KOs), the WBO's No. 5 ranked contender at heavyweight, puts two regional belts on the line against South Africa's Shaun Potgieter (10-1, 7 KOs). Also on the show, Australia's own Teremoana Teremoana (5-0, 5 KOs), a 2024 Olympian, continues his journey in the pro ranks at heavyweight against Germany's Osasu Otobo (11-1-1, 5 KOs) in a six-round battle.