{"id":1859,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1859","headline":"Wilder-Opetaia added to Fury-Joshua Netflix card","dek":"Opetaia, the reigning cruiserweight titleholder, moves up to heavyweight to face former WBC champion Deontay Wilder on the December 11 undercard.","body":"Deontay Wilder will face Jai Opetaia on December 11, in a heavyweight bout slotted as the co-feature to Tyson Fury's clash with Anthony Joshua on Netflix.\n\nThe matchup puts three of the heavyweight division's biggest names from the past decade on the same card. Opetaia currently holds the cruiserweight title and is stepping up in weight to take on Wilder, the former WBC heavyweight champion.\n\nWilder, 41, has a long history with Fury, having lost the final two bouts of their trilogy to the Englishman. Now he gets a chance to stay relevant in the heavyweight picture on the same night Fury and Joshua finally meet.\n\nThe full card is shaping up as a marquee night for the sport, bringing together fighters whose careers have intersected for years. No further details on the rest of the undercard have been announced.","published_at":"2026-11-04T23:33:22.238429+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Deontay Wilder vs. Jai Opetaia set for Fury-Joshua Netflix co-feature","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/boxing/article/deontay-wilder-vs-jai-opetaia-set-for-fury-joshua-netflix-co-feature-170330794.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Jai Opetaia vs. Deontay Wilder added to Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua undercard in December","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/jai-opetaia-vs-deontay-wilder-undercard-for-tyson-fury-vs-anthony-joshua/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Deontay Wilder, Jai Opetaia to fight in heavyweight bout on Fury-Joshua undercard","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7753199/2026/11/04/deontay-wilder-jai-opetaia-boxing/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Deontay Wilder to face Jai Opetaia on Fury vs. Joshua card in Cardiff","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/deontay-wilder-face-jai-opetaia-153838015.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Deontay Wilder, former heavyweight champion, sets next fight vs. Jai Opetaia","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/deontay-wilder-former-heavyweight-champion-160026795.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Deontay Wilder will co-headline Fury-Joshua Netflix card vs. undefeated opponent","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/deontay-wilder-co-headline-fury-162953340.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Wilder v Opetaia to serve as co-main for Fury v Joshua","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wilder-v-opetaia-serve-co-165434987.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Deontay Wilder vs. Jai Opetaia added to Fury-Joshua undercard on Netflix","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/deontay-wilder-vs-jai-opetaia-194354526.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Heavy Duty: Wilder vs Opetaia Confirmed as Co-Main for Fury vs Joshua","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/heavy-duty-wilder-vs-opetaia-230044157.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}