Overview

• Opetaia’s rescheduled meeting with Cinkara comes after the challenger withdrew with an ankle injury in January, when David Nyika stepped in and was stopped in the fourth round.
• Huseyin Cinkara, 40, is unbeaten at 23-0 with 19 knockouts and returned in April with a first-round TKO of Juan Diaz.
• Australia’s 28-0 titleholder returns to the Gold Coast Convention Centre, where he won the belt and logged 2025 stoppage defences over Nyika and Claudio Squeo.
• Heavyweight Justis Huni is expected to feature in the co-main for his first fight since June’s loss to Fabio Wardley, with his opponent to be confirmed.
• Team Opetaia is targeting a bout with WBC beltholder Badou Jack in Saudi Arabia in January 2026 if he wins, with a possible meeting with Gilberto Ramirez later next year depending on injury and sanctioning.