# Jai Opetaia

jai opetaia (born 30 June 1995) is an Australian professional boxer who has held the WBA Oceania cruiserweight title since 2019. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Youth World Championships and represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games. == Amateur career == In Opetaia's amateur career, he won the Light Heavyweight title at the 2011 Junior World Championships then qualified for the 2012 Olympics as a Heavyweight at the age of 16, making him the youngest ever Australian Olympic boxer.Opetaia won the Junior World title in Kazakhstan in July 2011.At the Olympic qualifier in Canberra 2012 he had a tough final against New Zealander David Light but prevailed 15:10.In 2012, Opetaia got the bronze medal at the AIBA World Youth Championships in the heavyweight division.