Benavidez vs Opetaia May 5th 2027

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  1. Punk

    Punk "Twinkle Toes" McJack Staff Member

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    Benavidez could hit the weights and put on 20lbs of muscle, or just eat burgers and do a Ruiz.
     
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    ILLUMINATI Roberto Duran

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    outbox??? He doesn’t do that now…never has..

    outfight, outslug, out punch guys at heavy? That’s going to be tough….
     
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  3. Punk

    Punk "Twinkle Toes" McJack Staff Member

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    Anyway how does Opetaia do against Wilder is more the story....seems like a dumb fight for Opetaia except for building his profile on a big card.
     
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    Wilder seems completely spent, but I guess he has a puncher chance, especially considering Opeteia is no defensive genius
     
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    I think Opetaia wins tbh. Wilder's old, has lost confidence plus the snap in the one serious weapon he had. He's basically a wombat now.
     
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    Agreed.
     
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    If wilder landed a lucky shot and won would it be the 2nd best opponent he ever beat?
     
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    He might, in the Max Kellerman sense of "Smoke Gainer Was Outboxing Corrales For A Round" kind of way.
     
    Irish, Oct 13, 2026
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  9. Neil

    Neil The Merchant of Venom

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    Usyk plans to cut to 200 to take benavidez belts
     
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    That would be disastrous for him
     
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    With the weight cut Usyk gonna end up looking like Chris Byrd in his last fight

     
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    ...... What?
     
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  14. Neil

    Neil The Merchant of Venom

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    .@usykaa tells me he wants to return to cruiserweight for a fight with David Benavidez because he’s already “cleaned (out) the heavyweight (division)” and wants to return to his weight. He said right now he’s around 96/97 kilos (211-213 pounds).
     
    Neil, Nov 1, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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    Jesus of montreal WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Is that really byrd. He got aids or what??
     
    Jesus of montreal, Nov 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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  16. Neil

    Neil The Merchant of Venom

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    Welsh went to ibeabuchi play book to get that stoppage
     
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    No he got something far more lethal, a fat Karen wife.
     
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    Deontay Wilder takes on Jai Opetaia on the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua fight card
     
    Neil, Nov 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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    Wow.
     
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    Yeah it;s on Boxrec so there ya go. Crazy fight for Opetaia from a height (+5")/reach (+7") perspective, but as a co-main to Fury/AJ its an opportunity to cross over with a big KO and have more leverage for bigger fights.

    Or get knocked out and then it's back to blasting bums in backwater boxing bouts in Brisbane bars.

    Probably the former TBH Wilder is pretty bad.
     
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    Punk, Nov 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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  21. whiskey

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    Kind of hard to get excited about fights 6 months away.
     
    whiskey, Nov 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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  22. Double L

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    And that has a good chance to be cancelled as well and that is just a shiny object to distract us from the matchup that common sense fans actually want to see, which is against benavidez, not wilder of all people.
     
    Double L, Nov 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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