IBF Cruiser World Champion Jai Opetaia knocked out David Nyika in four rounds on Wednesday night at the Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia.
In the main event, Opetaia, 27-0 (21), stopped ‘The Nice Guy’ Nyika, 10-1 (9) at 2:17 of the fourth round of 12 scheduled rounds.
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In the second round, both fighters had the upper hand, and both scored well in the final seconds. In the third round Opetaia scored well, easily winning the round.
In the fourth round, at the halfway point, Opetaia landed a hard uppercut followed by a combination that dropped Nyika for an 8 count by referee David Fields. Opetia jumped on Nyika and landed a hard left to the chin, and down she ended up face down on the canvas as referee David Fields counted out Nyika. Nyika was on the canvas. It took some time for Nyika to get back on her feet.
WBO Global and IBF Pan Pacific heavyweight champion Justis ‘JPH’ Huni, 12-0 (7), stopped Shaun ‘Gods Warrior’ Potgieter, 10-2 (7) at 0:33 of the second round of a scheduled 10-rounder.
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In the first round Huni hit Potgieter, who could barely stay on his feet. In the second round, Huni pounded Potgeieter until referee Phil Austin called a halt.
Max McIntyre, 7-0 (6), stopped Abdulselam Samam, 8-2 (1), in the fourth round for the vacant IBF Youth super middleweight title.
In the fourth round, McIntyre scored three knockdowns, forcing the bout to stop.
Ben Mahoney, 15-0-1 (8), defeated Fan Zhang, 8-3-1 (5) in 10 rounds for the vacant IBF Pan Pacific super middleweight title.
Heavyweight Teremoana Jr, 6-0 (6), #266.8, of Brisbane, AUST, knocked out Osasu Otobo, 11-2-1 (5), #284.8, of Wiesbaden, Hessen, GER, in the first round of a six laps scheduled.
Teremoana landed a right to the chin in the first round and Otobo went down for the count.
Lightweight Taylah Gentzen, 6-1 (3), lost a split decision to southpaw Shauna Browne, 5-0 (3) over 10×2 rounds.
Featherweight Tony Ingram, 6-1 (3), lost to Runqi FIST-OF-FURY’ Zhou, 9-2-1 (3) in six rounds.
Referee Philip Holliday. He scores 78-74 twice and 77-75.
Lt. Hvy Bill McAllister, 3-0 (3), #173.8, of Brisbane, AUST, stopped Jordan Towns, 2-3 (1), #174.8, of Gold Coast, AUST, in the second round of the four-round series.
In the second round, Towns’ corner threw in the towel.
Welterweight Kodi Shallali, 1-1-1, drew with southpaw Albert ‘Baby Yod’ Tulua, 1-1-1, over four dull rounds.
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