The Latest Breaking News from Noel Mikaelian

Opetaia's KO fuels duel between 'two baddest dudes'

Appetite for a fight between Jai Opetaia and American three-division champion David Benavidez has reached new heights after the Australian's Vegas knockout.

AAP · Sep 13

Garcia vs Benn LIVE: Result, updates and reaction after welterweight title fight

Ryan Garcia stops Conor Benn in two rounds in Las Vegas to retain WBC belt

Evening Standard · Sep 12

Garcia-Benn spark chaos but Opetaia all business

Jai Opetaia has clear intentions in Las Vegas, the Australian unfussed by the circus that unfolded around him at a chaotic pre-fight press conference.

AAP · Sep 11

BOX:'Rather fight Jai': team Opetaia slam rare WBC move

Jai Opetaia's manager thinks the touted clash with WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian will go ahead despite the organisation's best efforts to derail it.

AAP · Jun 3

'Rather fight Jai': team Opetaia slam rare WBC move

Jai Opetaia's manager thinks the touted clash with WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian will go ahead despite the organisation's best efforts to derail it.

AAP · Jun 3

'With or without the belt': stripped Opetaia finds ally

The trainer of one of the men standing in the way of Jai Opetaia's path to undisputed status has given hope to his cause after the IBF's call to strip him.

AAP · Mar 25

Opetaia injury fallout as unification path clears

The ferocious Jai Opetaia blow that stopped Huseyin Cinkara has kept the German boxer in hospital with a fractured C1 vertebra and brain bleeding.

AAP · Dec 8, 2025