Jay Obitaya looked and sounded angry as he went head-to-head with rival David Nica on Saturday to discuss their January 8 fight. From the beginning, Obitaya appeared to be in a bad mood, as if he had just rolled out of the wrong side of the bed in the morning.
His cranky mood worsened when Nika did not complain, show fear, and behave in the servile way he seemed to expect of him.
Obitaya's anger was exposed
Obitaya wanted him to cower and act submissive, but he didn't. Jay wanted to be in control and dominate Nika during their meeting.
It was an indication of how insecure Opetaia was. He's clearly used to intimidating his opponents, making them subservient so he can control them when they get into the ring.
IBF cruiserweight champion Opetaia (26-0, 20 KOs) was upset when he was told that Nyika (10-0, 9 KOs) wanted to have a “gunfight” with him on Wednesday night.
Obitaya, 29, said he wants 12 rounds of “war” with the 6'6″ Nika and believes he will knock him out. The two fighters will meet at the Gold Coast Convention Center in Broadbeach, Australia. The event will be broadcast live on DAZN.
“Sparring is sparring. I'm ready to fight on April 10. Don't worry about sparring. It's a whole different ball game,” Jay Opetaia said. DAZN boxing By David Nica.
“I feel like I did everything I had to do. I feel like I know Jay well enough. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. I've had my eye on Jay for a long time,” Nika said.
“I know I can knock him out. I know I can hurt him,” Obitaya said. “These little gloves are a dangerous game. You want to have a gunfight. Let's have a gun battle. I know it's not going to be a gunfight. It will go into the fund. He doesn't want to get hit. It will be a chess match.
“So, let's go out there, let's play it. 12 rounds of war. I'm ready for it. You say you're ready for me. I'm ready for anyone. I don't have targets set on anyone. I'm just training. Focusing on myself. That's all “There’s no one I can imagine wanting to beat or defeat,” Obitaya said.
Will Obadiah freeze again?
Jay talks big, but he did not participate in any part of the fight in his rematch against Mairis Briedis on May 18. Opetaia had the look of someone suffering from a bad case of combat stress. He collapsed when he came under constant bombardment from the Latvian fighter and froze for the final six rounds.
Briedis dominated the second half of the fight, doing enough to deserve a draw. The judges gave it to Opetaia, but it should have been a tie. This is why it is strange for Obitaya to talk about wanting to go to “war” with Nika; It's not good under the circumstances. Where Opetaia is good is when his opponents aren't shooting, and he does all the attacking. When it's just throwing, he's fine.
“I beat myself up every day. Pain and sacrifice every day, I’m ready for it,” Obitaya said.
“It sounds like you haven't done your homework,” Nika said when asked what goes through his mind when he hears Obitaya talking about him, knowing he'll knock him unconscious. “Perfect practice never seems to make perfect.
“I trained, I researched, I gathered my information. This is not the kind of sport you can play with one game plan. I have a game plan from A to Z,” said Nika.
As Nikka was saying all these things, Obitaya seemed to be in a fit of rage, very upset that he had someone who wouldn't bow down to him and scrape the ground like a footman like many of the second-rate fighters who built his record. with.
