Terence Crawford and Jai Opetaia, two well known boxers, compete in some ad hoc wrestling at an iconic place.
An unusual place to see two of this era’s world champion boxers get into a wrestling tussle.
Crawford comes from a wrestling background originally growing up in Omaha in Nebraska USA before he got into boxing and later became the pound for pound number one best boxer on Earth.
Retiring after defeating Canelo Alvarez last year after he won their super fight on points by UD in Las Vegas.
Jai Opetaia of Australia is current cruiserweight champion and the two earlier on were seen right outside the iconic Pyramids wrestling.
They are both in the city for the Usyk heavyweight title fight there this weekend with a strong undercard featuring a heavyweight fight between Richard Torrez Jr and Frank Sanchez.
For those new to boxing, here’s some more intel on Crawford and Opetaia:
Terence Crawford
- Nickname: “Bud”. Born Sept 28, 1987 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
- Stance: Southpaw, but switches stances fluidly.
- Record: 42-0 with 31 KOs.
- Weight classes: World champion in 5 divisions: lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, light middleweight, and super middleweight.
- Historic first: First male boxer in the “four-belt era” to become undisputed champion in 3 weight classes — 140, 147, and 168 lbs.
Jai Opetaia
- From: Australia. Born June 30, 1995 in Sydney.
- Stance: Southpaw.
- Division: Cruiserweight, 6’2″ with 76″ reach.
- Record: 30-0 with 23 KOs.
- Amateur pedigree: 2012 Olympian for Australia and 2011 World Junior Championships gold medalist.
The main event this weekend sees Usyk take an easy fight with Rico in the headliner but still, a solid undercard to watch this weekend.
