Tags: Amateur Boxer, Boxer.
Jai Opetaia (born 1995) is a Samoan Australian amateur boxer who won the Light Heavyweight title at the 2011 Junior World Championships then qualified for the 2012 Olympics as a Heavyweight at the age of 16 making him the youngest ever Australian Olympic boxer.Opetaia a southpaw counterpuncher won the Junior World title in Kazakhstan in July 2011.At the Olympic qualifier in Canberra 2012 he had a tough final against New Zealander David Light but prevailed 15:10.He is related to Australian soccer player Tim Cahill and rugby league Ben Roberts of Parramatta Eels.