Jai Opetaia believes that David Nyika replacing Huseyin Cinkara as his challenger on Wednesday evening “saved the show”

Jai Opetaia retained his IBF cruiserweight title Wednesday with a spectacular fourth-round KO of David Nyika in Gold Coast, Australia. Opetaia, ESPN's No. 1 cruiserweight, and Nyika engaged in a firefight from the opening bell that featured nonstop exchanges of power punches.

Jai Opetaia stopped David Nyika with a vicious knockout on Wednesday, retaining the IBF cruiserweight title on home soil in Australia. Opetaia stopped the New Zealander in round four, landing a series of shots with Nyika stuck against the ropes and putting the challenger down and out with a brutal left hook.

David Nyika has warned Jai Opetaia that he will show the same desire Opetaia did to defeat Mairis Briedis when on Wednesday they contest the IBF cruiserweight title

Uncrowned has Jai Opetaia vs. David Nyika live results, round-by-round updates, ring walks and start time in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Jai Opetaia (27-0, 21 KOs) remains a cruiserweight world champion after blasting out David Nyika (10-1, 9 KOs) in four rounds. The time of stoppage was 2:17.