Jai Opetaia With less than four weeks until his Zuffa fight, the IBF lightweight world champion doesn’t know if his title shot will become a reality.

Opetaia was frustrated by his inability to face unified WBA and WBO champion Gilberto “Zudo” Ramirez and continued his fight for a lightweight title unification.

However, To the confusion of many fans, the Australian southpaw recently chose to sign with Dana White’s new team, Zuffa Boxing – an organization that does not recognize any of the four traditional major world championship titles, instead having its own belt.

Despite this, Opetaia remains the IBF world champion, but when his first fight under the Zuffa Boxing banner was announced yesterday against Brandon Granton, there was no mention of the IBF title on the official fight poster.

during an interview australian sports newsOppetaya now admits he is “not sure” whether his IBF world title will be up for grabs against the 15th-ranked Granton, but says he will defend it in his upcoming fight if not against the Atlanta-born challenger.

“There’s a lot going on behind the scenes and I’m a proud fighter who won the IBF fair and square and I’m excited to hold this belt.

“Whether we defend it (against Granton) or not, I’m not sure, but I’m going to defend it. Whether it’s this one or the next one.

“My mission is to become undisputed, so without the IBF, I wouldn’t be undisputed.

“As far as I know, (I’m not in danger of being deprived). I don’t think there’s any danger.”

Journalist Dan Rafael confidently says the IBF belt is on the way, but fans are still waiting for confirmation from the sanctioning body.

Oppetaya-Glanton to headline ‘Zuffa Boxing 04’ On Sunday, March 8, in Las Vegas, both the inaugural Zuffa Boxing Lightweight Championship and the Ring Magazine Championship were at stake.