Full Fights: Jai Opetaia vs. Jack Massey
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00:0025 wins coming by way of knockout ladies and gentlemen here is the current ring magazine
00:07champion and tonight the reigning and defending two-time ibf cruiserweight champion of the world
00:17okay boys have a cold break you take a step back you don't deliberately throw punches to the back
00:32of the head you protect yourselves at all times touch gloves good luck lads jai opataya has been
00:39entertaining talks of perhaps facing the winner of bivo beterbiev which is of course our main
00:45event but first things first he's got to get past an extremely tough and determined jack massey
00:52fighting out of cheshire uk here we go 12 rounds for the ring and here we go 12 rounds
01:02i mean the first thing i see here is this massey this is going to be the battle early on the size
01:10he looks big at the back trying to find a rhythm with the jab again dip it on the outside who's
01:16going to vary the foot placement for court when it's a southpaw v orthodox but who's going to
01:22get the final shots downstairs that's a lovely left to the body and because opataya has good feet
01:28he just bounced bounced walked him into that situation massey's giving away too much ground
01:32here he's going a little bit left a little bit right and he put him in the corner
01:35now there you go straight left hand down the pipe from opataya and massey's looking to maybe
01:41trying to make up a time missing counter over the top you said barry about going back to his
01:46way of aggressive but he's smooth he's not like that's got him to be in so successful and i say
01:53it's this a smooth boxing always seems to start strong does well in the middle rounds but at the
02:01center of the ring again there opataya a problem closing fights out if they go into the later
02:07rounds he just had a broken jaw his second fight had a broken nose but to be fair his first fight
02:16he started reading up and down with a jab
02:20if you really well here opataya good variation with the the rear hand very sharp on the feet
02:25a lot of pressure here she just defeated putting a real panic there on jack massey
02:38massey's attitude going into this fight there to be greatness
02:43my love love see how good i am that's basically the question he's been asking
02:47let me see let me massey with the distance at heavyweight against joe parker
02:51get in there with the best
02:55so if opataya could find a way to stop him what a feather in the too easy attack
03:02cap that would be a good shot there for the ties finding it to that left hand
03:05he's finding too easy to land without shots nothing back is it to stop opataya that's a little bit better
03:15just massive not often we fought that the best chance i'm going to be the aggressor to be the
03:20bully and if he's not able to do it in this corner it's the first round but the best chance
03:25for massey would be to say it's become very difficult that was a nice
03:32there's good positive start here right to the body from massey
03:37from the champion
03:41get that engine going
03:42go right hand from massey
03:51he was just waiting for it
04:12so
04:43i can do this
04:53fennec said he knew opataya was something special the moment he saw him in the gym
04:57australian boxing legend hall of famer jim as a kid said i'll never forget the first day i watched
05:03him spar ever seen some talent this is i walked out of there thinking this is the best prospect
05:10i had some words and you can say a lot of confidence away from that you could be saying
05:15about jack massey's tough and he can really you know he's born to do this i've no doubt about that
05:20but saintly fire yet to get into this contest but looking to hold his feet the win over isaac
05:25chamberlain a good solid oh good a little more what did you make of massey's last performance
05:32right hook there from opataya the drop because isaac chamberlain you can feel when he can be
05:37slippery and the back downstairs with the left of the body but it was a good
05:41solid win uh it was a good title that he picked up the european tie for this ibf belt
05:46that's not where massey wants to be in the corner so and he's a deserving challenger
05:52the combination there because i don't look at there with the left hands and the rhythm to his work here
05:59change of shot day from opataya you saw the livery
06:03as he said yesterday after the weigh-in but he might have a hard time getting there to the
06:08late rounds of opataya close strong don't count me out in the later rounds continues this onslaught
06:14look at the feet look at the feet of opataya plant his and let some shots go look at that
06:18movement just out of range whenever jack massey looks to very difficult to pin down especially
06:26your dominant massey yet
06:30please from foot there's loads of space behind barry yeah nothing's bothers higher when you
06:34can't punch the rest of your breathing you get a bit tense just stop just from walking
06:40and he just needs to settle in his hands a little bit here massy should write up on it
06:44even if it's just a jab something and we see shikin lobachenko who aren't necessarily in
06:49your face the entire time this kind of pressure from fighters with great footwork guys like
06:54but keeping you at just close enough range you've got to be at attention versus it's not only
06:58physically draining it's men's you've always got to be kind of tight looking for those shots and
07:03what that does clearly draining having to be switched off for every second exactly got to
07:08the later rounds of that fight and we've heard tony bell you talk about the of every round
07:12i thought that's how ucic drained fury the pressure that ucic
07:15that's what we dreamed every cruise
07:19that upper tire brings to a contest but he beat that that's how he did it and this is similar the
07:23approach
07:28he flew business class for the first time ever in his life coming to south he considers himself
07:32a blue collar fighter in fact he said howdy arabia for this fight we'll be going back
07:39tire again just dip into the right and throw in our left hand class if he wins this one
07:46disguising his shots here's a really good performance
08:00your main event fighters are here our turn
08:03better vf the unified lighter better be having these first few rounds he had surgery on his knee
08:14heavyweight champion i think we're gonna learn a lot about our five months ago he had to have
08:20gotten back is he at 39 physically in top the camp three some odd months ago two some odd months ago
08:27in form because he's gonna have a tough test in front of him in dimitri biebel he's just a scary
08:31looking dude i'm sorry he's just scary heavyweight champion and there is the other unified light
08:48unbelievable second chapter contest that promises to be him he really is what
08:58on tonight's main event it's the four crown showdown one so he's not that great
09:04he only has one better be on someone's leaving here undisputed my apologies b-ball one title
09:08just he has three and only one weight what's going on yeah what's going on the las vegas
09:14finally scores a big one second but he is the slightest of favorites according
09:20yeah that's better but massy there your hands go yeah he also walked on to a right hook
09:28got over time now did massy as he let his shots go but i also think getting mass you want to go
09:34back to being the destroyer being rough and you know he might just square himself up getting
09:37up a time man it's not a bad thing because he'll make mistakes i'll get caught
09:41okay you surprised at massy's not being more aggressive
09:50aggressive trying to go to opetai he seems to be content just
09:53back the fight really start to surprise opetai but maybe it's the plan to finish strong second
10:00half so far this is this has been very impressive from opetai i love the way he's setting the trap
10:05as well for that left left hand upstairs he's placed himself in the ring the variation with
10:10the shot i think he's sinking loads into the body i think you'll faint down chef takes his
10:16tool out for a few rounds as christmas there's a fire one back up and again this sort of pressure
10:21saying it'll wear you down to assert himself really from the opening minute of the first
10:27round he has been applying yeah i don't think that opetai has given massy a chance
10:32this type of pressure he's kept massy on that back foot pretty consistently
10:35so
10:56yeah i've just stabbed that right hand into the chest like that
10:59from i think as opetai lets the shots go messes back onto the road
11:06proper title says the one that knocked elisauro out the lot
11:12i think the shot also from left hook yeah
11:22from both actually is really good
11:36really really good work he's got massy pinned into this neutral corner
11:43the working head and body just ready to spring out of range if matt i'm the champion good left
11:48but massy took the fire back on pointy shots he looks to launch an attack very very good boxing
11:55right
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12:25only to the past jokovic i guess it's nadal swan something this was brilliant work again it's been
12:31a fantastic start oh he's announced he's done after the year to the contest from the champion
12:39just just ready to jump out of range
12:44all over massy like a rash back with chris chris counters like that right hand there
12:50that might be a good positive sign going into this next round for him
12:53it's been impressive but massy showing he can fire back under pressure i think
12:56that interesting story about how round four scheduled for 12 as he got motivated to stick to
13:09boxing as he lands right and told his son come watch me work for a day he says you want to be
13:13stuck here to hand there his father works in a brake pad factory what i'm doing the rest of your
13:18life make something of yourself because you have my father and it motivates me to this day
13:24i've become a great boxer and he said i'll never forget that exchange
13:31he's looking things back into the corner but he's looking to try and put a dead
13:34and offer to not give up as much ground now massy as he's as i said all right but
13:39i'll put tire with that left hand so child but tire kind of gets tired towards the end of the
13:45fight dangerous well these punches are so ferocious perry no wonder yeah he does he
13:50does know that but it's also smoother to his work but but the feet are busy so yeah you're gonna
13:54you're gonna tie it up with that he's applying all the pressure here but he's not
13:58throwing a million punches but your opponent's gonna tie it up more that's i think that's the
14:01theory of that all right good shot but i like it but i just take half a step back and go straight
14:16back in obitai as he his feet were switching stances there again that that straight left
14:30complaining about an elbow was massy
14:34oh
14:42left hand straight left from obitai he looked really uncomfortable there massy and i
14:46might have suspected it when he got caught in the nose here
14:52which is a problem for him fire back that's his wife he's not gonna be happy with that
14:56he's supposed to go on his honeymoon after the last left hook there massy
15:00backs onto the road this fight shot from massy
15:07massy is having moments of success
15:15the opportunity to counter-attack
15:20he's down to throw single punches he overtired that gives mass the way he rolled under that
15:24right hand of massy as well come back with the bridge of the nose there massy reacted to it
15:28looking like it hurt the right hook was lovely from obitai and you can see that right hook catch
15:33the way obitai just doesn't let you breathe really good stuff like right back into the
15:42oh lovely fire
15:50then just shoot one back upstairs
15:58so
16:15you're starting to throw back now so you have to counter the
16:18you gotta do more work the counter what happened to your jab
16:33vip road a bar
16:38there turkey ala chic frank warren nick george warren frank's son of course he's doing a
16:44tremendous job of shadows doesn't he does he does a really good job and i think you know
16:48i think that's the queensbury running the show pretty much he stays in the shadow
16:52with eddie's it's better because of george
16:56just a random eddie
17:01a nameless eddie i'm glad you felt the need to clarify that barry
17:07you don't know who eddie haskell is do you they might think eddie works from queensbury haskell
17:13look that one up actually is there another eddie i think comes to mind chambers and nobody cares
17:20boxing i don't know i like the instructions from where's the jab you know neglecting the
17:29jab get down to work the dad of obitai in the corner no cheerleading so i like that positive
17:36instructions performance i think here for massive professional performance i think
17:41but it's a really it's a really good workman like
17:46trying to pick massy down we know all tough man he's applying pressure
17:50a good boy from massy that's gonna be a hard task but
17:53you know he's winning the rounds is he compu box numbers open tire that's 40 more
18:01thrown about 40 more punches and has landed just over
18:05this man takes it out do physically
18:12pressure as darwin said the mental aspect is so draining enough that massy's face is starting to
18:17deteriorate but all right like he gets his spider his bone in the corner and you can see good
18:23barry jayapati does not smother himself good mid-range distance where he likes to work out
18:29all the time and he turns from the hips when he throws and all that means even he
18:33that's why he's keeping it evenly evenly apart he's in the center of his stance
18:36throws you can always throw another shot off his punch he's struggling here
18:40as opera tire cuts on the left eye as well as well as effort
18:43i see this is he's just up up the tempo for massy problems getting worse yeah these are all punch
18:50cuts that one really hurt massy that one really nothing do the headbutts
18:55he's not getting reckless here he's still patient but he's aggressive
19:00this is really really impressive to landing shots of will head and body
19:06moment i and you just wonder how does massy survive what six or seven fantastic work
19:11you've seen the work so far for a bit more rounds of this he's looking to hold here he is
19:25massy massy's a special breed there are both shots now in this round he got clipped with a
19:34counter shot a few moments ago it's here where i think jayapati can take advantage massy kind
19:37of looking for some of those home run oh vulnerable to them again make the mistake
19:43and i look for that clean shot but i think that's what i think he's waiting
19:46for him to make a mistake isn't he just a pressure pressure you
19:49clean good round for jayapati
20:14yeah fantastic work it really is
20:16probably the best round look at that lovely counter right hook fantastic boxing then he
20:24avoids the left hook coming back from massy just says massy throws a right hand phanter
20:31again he doesn't take too much of a step out of range yeah other time
20:37it's impressive barry oh he's been i think he's been fantastic
20:41it's all been almost a flawless performation of punches he's got to be careful mass because
20:45every now and then so far from avatar the foot pressure the face the very end because massy's
20:51so passive most of the round flawless from avatar and there's probably one more round left in this
20:56he'll open up every now and then it can be quite dangerous but so far that was andy lee sitting
21:01right behind us here ringside well i think if you're the corner he's calling it one more round
21:08calling it one more round to go that's a bold statement of jack massy if this round goes like
21:13the previous five you have to start to punishment for another six there's a right hand from massy
21:18take it a long look at your fighter and ask if he wants to take this kind of
21:24that was what i put the draw but will he even make it
21:27to be able to question i posed earlier massy says he's going to close so strong
21:32what's up yes it's survival oh that one chop it right home well that wasn't it for massy
21:40that's the problem but he has to win every round this is getting really really difficult
21:46with the distance with heavyweight joe parker let's see and remember this is a guy last year
21:54but he's having all sorts of trouble with this little counter left from jayapataya
21:59all right cruiserweight the king of the cruiserweight
22:04massy spits blood out of his mouth busted mouth busted he is tough but
22:12the nose busted the eye getting battered here jayapataya we've ever seen him 41 percent of
22:20jayapataya i must say this is one of the most impressive jayapataya's landed punches have
22:26been to the body so even though the but again let's go back to the same thing where even he's
22:30not throwing punches the face looks wrecked the body's busted up too feet they're just constantly
22:36putting massy in the pressure doesn't even appear to be breathing now this has been a flawless
22:41performance and as bad as massy looks chris jayapataya so far for jayapataya yeah joe
22:47gallagher's got to have a look at the pace and you're so smooth look here but it's good to take
22:54in the pace that is they have thrown in the towel they have thrown masterpiece of a performance
23:01in this world title in the town and jayapataya gives us a middle defense yeah that that was a
23:08good call from joe gallagher there that was and like jack massy who is as getting very very tough
23:14very difficult for a man