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Aussie boxing champ slammed for aggression against Police

 

Australian boxing world champion Jai Opetaia has been slammed by a magistrate for aggressive behaviour towards police and urinating in his cell after an arrest at a Sydney nightclub.

Opetaia faced Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday charged with remaining in the vicinity of a licensed premises after being excluded, behaving in an offensive manner in a public place and using offensive language in a public place.

The 27-year-old undefeated IBF champion became aggressive and refused to answer police questions, with court documents revealing he began banging on his cell door, urinated in his dock and was verbally abusive to officers following his recent arrest.

The charges relate to an August 14 night out in Sydney where the boxer and a friend attempted to enter Home Nightclub on Cockle Bay Wharf.

The pair walked towards the exit to the premises, where the security guard denied them entry – telling them to use the correct entrance.

They then moved towards the security guard, prompting five men to grab Opetaia and move him away.

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Opetaia was asked to leave after getting into an argument with security guards – but he remained in the area.

The boxing champ was restrained by two security guards until police arrived and put him in handcuffs.

Opetaia sensationally won the IBF cruiserweight world title on the Gold Coast in July against Latvian champion Mairis Briedis. What made the win all the more impressive was he did it with a badly broken jaw.

He has also represented Australia at the Olympic Games in 2012 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

When Opetaia qualified for the Olympics in 2012 he was just 16 and became the youngest ever Australian Olympic boxer.

 

 

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