Jai Opetaia vs. Claudio Squeo | FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS

Fight Night on DAZN, brought to you by That Prize Guy. The 34-year-old is Square, Opotaya at the peak of his powers at 29. 10 centimeters is that height advantage, 11 centimeters of reach as well, and plenty of weight also going to the Australian. The defending champion, Jai Opotaya against Claudio Square. Okay, boxers, we went over the walls in the dressing room. All punches here will be good, all punches right here will be good. Obey my commands, give me a good, clean fight. Touch him up, scoop back. Square has a dripping man in front of him. The conventional wisdom being that Square will throw bombs as long as this lasts. Ben Damon in commentary alongside former Cruiserweight champion Ted Kofi. And, well, Opotaya is clearly ready to go here. Square looked relatively cold standing there at center ring. Yeah, he did, not an ounce of sweat on his body, just stoic, no expressions on his face. And Jai's just going to have a look for a few seconds or for a round, and then see him explode and do something big. Measuring with that lead right hand is Opotaya. Then he tries to turn it into a foot, and he goes to the midsection of Square. Square tries to come forward with that big left hand, but cannot find Opotaya. Yeah, Jai's showing great distance control, great maneuverability. It's a good shot. Beautiful shot. Good shot on the inside too. Square came back with some good punches. Came back with nice shots, but you don't want to trade with Jai Opotaya. So, good little moments there for Opotaya. Then Square did have his chance on the inside and through, but Opotaya with a menacing punch, and now he does look for that uppercut. Now he starts to open up a bit, this Opotaya. Yeah, beautiful work. Late in this second round. Beautiful work. Here's a shot over the top. Square just retreats for a moment after that left hand from Opotaya, but that's two rounds down. Opotaya steps into him with the left hand. Square wheeling around again to his left and trying to jab. Here comes Opotaya. Nice cut off the angle there, blocked the ring. Uppercut over the top two. Square comes forward. Well, he's taking his chances when he has them, is Square, but he just received a very big right hand. Yeah, he took it well. It was a big shot. Undefeated Square fighting like an undefeated fighter. There's a shot and a counter shot. Square scored with the right hand, took one back. And Opotaya is closing in on him. Yeah, he's closing the gap. Square with big shots again. Square over the top. Opotaya just striding towards him ominously. There's not much on that from Square. His right hand's found a home at times. It's a survival swing and Opotaya just looking to close the gap and finish him off. Landing something big and meaningful. Left hand gets through, an uppercut from Opotaya. And a straight left hand as well. Square on the inside here, body shots from Opotaya. On the inside he tries to work. Square works over the top. Body shot again from Opotaya. Beautiful body work. And he's bringing in the uppercuts as well. Square goes southpaw for a moment. Now he evades and just stands in this neutral corner. A dangerous position to be as Opotaya finds an uppercut. Late in this third round. Square hanging on. Tries to punch through the gloves of Square who covers up. Now comes forward with a right hand. Body shot. Oh! He said no. So the ruling is that he held and hit from Robert Hoyle, the referee. He says that he held and hit. Square is pointing low as though he believes it was a low shot. I'm not sure that that's what the referee has ruled. Rather he just didn't like the holding from Opotaya. But Square gets his chance to recover here regardless. This is the moment in question. Yes. Right in the solar plexus. And have a look at the gaze of Opotaya. Yes. Staring across that ring at Claudio Squaio. Who just bought himself some time. But now has his world closing in on him. Exactly. The blueprint is set. There you go. John Opotaya going for the kill. He strides forward. Does Opotaya, Squaio. These are desperate times. Yeah, very desperate times. Opotaya powerful. Over the top goes Squaio. Opotaya. He'll try and find that shot again. He will. Around the midsection. Right in the solar plexus. Jai, look at that retirement. From Opotaya again. Precise, meaningful, determined. Looking for the body again. Jai Opotaya. He goes again to that exact same spot as Opotaya. And now he's just trying to pick his shots. And he finds Squaio on the way in. Squaio has a chance to work here. Opotaya tries to work to the body again. Squaio desperately hanging on to that hands of Opotaya. Now he comes forward. And body shots are there again from Opotaya. Good right hand from Squaio. So it is one-way traffic here. But Squaio has been tough. He's hung around. He's tried to score with shots when he gets the opportunity. Opotaya, you get the feeling he can continue to step things up here on the Gold Coast. Yeah, Jai's going to stop. There's a good shot. That is a good shot. Squaio. He heads down. Beautiful. He gives himself some time. And will he continue the Italian? I think it's all she wrote. It is over. Yeah. The reign continues. And unification beckons. Opotaya a winner again. It was a matter of time for Australia's Jai Opotaya, who had things all his own way throughout against a tough Italian who ultimately wilted off a big right hand. It's seen enough. It's certainly felt enough. This was the shot. Caught him flush. Yeah, solid punch. And he knew straight away that Squaio, that something was amiss. Yeah, he grabbed his jaw. He knew it was hurt straight away. The end comes officially at 36 seconds of round number 5. Method of victory. Knockout in favour of your winner and still IBF and Ring Magazine Cruiserweight Champion of the World, Jai Opet!