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 an intense fight from the opening bell that featured nonstop exchanges of power punches.

The Sporting News brings you all the latest updates, results and highlights as Jai Opetaia defends his IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles against David Nyika at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Wednesday,

Opetaia, 29, enters this fight on the back of a stoppage win against Jack Massey in October, which followed a decision victory over Mairis Briedis – Opetaia’s second win against the former champion. In fact, Opetaia’s first fight with Briedis took place at the venue for today’s title bout: the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Jai Opetaia has retained his IBF and The Ring cruiserweight world titles, after the fight in Australia last night.

Opetaia, the IBF cruiserweight champion, had to ride out a couple of shaky moments before taking out Nyika, a late replacement, in round four

Jai Opetaia brutally knocked out David Nyika in the fourth round to retain his IBF cruiserweight world title in Australia on Wednesday.

Both men enter the main-event contest unbeaten, with Opetaia holding a professional record of 26-0 (20 knockouts), while Nyika is 10-0 (9 KOs). There is somewhat of a geographical sporting rivalry behind the bout,

Find out when the Jai Opetaia vs. David Nyika event starts and when the main event fighters should walk to the ring.