Jai Opetaia stops Claudio squo with crushing ko, eyes ramirez unification to cruel victory

IBF and Ring Cruiserweight Jai Opetaia (28-0, 22 food) spotted unfortunate Claudio Squoeo (17-1, 9 COs) and broke his jaw in a cruel fifth round technical knockout on Sunday night in the Gold Coast Convention Center in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia.

In the first knockout, Opetaia linked to a loud body shot in the fourth round, causing the tired, red face squo to decrease from the pain. Squeo took it around by clinching Opetaia. He looked in a bad shape from then on.

Oethaia breaks squo’s jaw

It was a pure target practice for Jai to the knockout, while the Italian Squoo was too short, slow and exhausted to gain repeated lefts.

The second knockout was in fifth place, with Opetaia throwing a right hook with full force at the head of Opetaia, who immediately sank on his knees and was counted by referee Robert Hoyle. Jai admitted to breaking Squoeo’s jaw.

Opetaia was 40-36 in front of all four scorecards at the time of the stop in the round five. Squeo couldn’t end up in battle because of his short stature.

Jai’s defects: Left hand heavy

When he tried to get involved, Jai would move away, just like Dmitri Biblical, with the way he pulled back when attacked. However, Opetais’s offense against Squoo was with very few combinations left from left, which shows he does not want to hit.

Target Gilberto Ramirez Unification

After the fight, Opetaia said he wanted to fight a one -game with the WBC and WBO champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez. However, it will be to the promoters or maybe Turki Alalshikh if ​​he wants to help Ramirez to wage this risky battle.

After tonight’s executive victory, it is doubtful whether Gilberto wants to make the effort to take the battle with Jai. Later this month, Ramirez defends against Yuniel Dorticos on June 28. So, Opetaia will have to wait until the smoke from the fight before he can possibly erect a unification with Gilberto if he overcomes.

If Opetaia can’t get Ramirez or other champion champion Badou Jack to fight against him, his promoters should find better opposition to fighting. The 34-year-old Squoo was selected from the bottom of the IBF’s rankings in the #14 place and looked completely out of his depth in this fight.

Overpaid top contenders need

There are many better contenders in the division than Squeo that could be found for Jai. Even if Opetaia has to surrender some of his wallet to get these fighters, he has to do it.

Ideally, his promoters should invest in him by overpaying the top contenders to face him. How else will Opetaia become more popular? The fight against tomato cans like Squoo is not going to do this, as this fight has yielded very little buzz outside Australia.