{"id":524916,"date":"2026-03-07T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/524916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:42:09","slug":"jai-opetaia-vs-brandon-glanton-when-it-starts-and-ring-walk-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/524916\/","title":{"rendered":"Jai Opetaia vs. Brandon Glanton: When It Starts and Ring Walk Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/boxing\/players\/jai_opetaia\/911782\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jai Opetaia<\/a> returns to the ring on Sunday, March 8, when he defends his IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight titles against Brandon Glanton at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. The undefeated Australian enters the bout as one of boxing\u2019s most dominant champions and also makes history as the first boxing world champion competing under the Zuffa  <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing<\/a> banner. <\/p>\n<p>Opposite him stands Glanton, who arrives after recent fights against Marcus Browne, Chris Billam-Smith, Aleksei Egorov and Emil Markic \u2014 a stretch that has kept him active against experienced cruiserweight opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate and Start Time<\/p>\n<p>Opetaia vs. Glanton takes place on\u00a0Sunday, March 8.<\/p>\n<p>The main card is scheduled to begin at\u00a06pm local time.<\/p>\n<p>Global start times:<\/p>\n<p>9pm ET<br \/>\n6pm PT<br \/>\n2am GMT (Monday)<\/p>\n<p>All times are subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Main Event Ring Walk Times<\/p>\n<p>Fans waiting for the cruiserweight championship main event can expect ring walks for\u00a0Opetaia vs. Glanton\u00a0at approximately:<\/p>\n<p>10:30pm ET<br \/>\n7:30pm PT<br \/>\n3:30am GMT<\/p>\n<p>Ring walk times are approximate and may shift depending on the duration of earlier bouts on the card.<\/p>\n<p>Full Fight Card<br \/>\nMain Event<br \/>\nJai Opetaia vs. Brandon Glanton \u2014 Zuffa Boxing Cruiserweight World Championship<br \/>\nMain Card Bouts<\/p>\n<p>Ricardo Salas vs. Jesus Saracho<br \/>\nAdan Palma vs. Pablo Rubio Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary Card Bouts<\/p>\n<p>Vlad Panin vs. Shinard Bunch<br \/>\nJoshua Juarez vs. Jardae Anderson<br \/>\nJaycob Ramos vs. Ethan Perez<br \/>\nBrady Ochoa vs. Adrian Serrano<br \/>\nEmiliano Alvarado vs. Erick Rosado<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, the event will stream live on\u00a0Paramount+. In the United Kingdom, the full event will be available\u00a0free on Zuffa Boxing\u2019s official YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jai Opetaia returns to the ring on Sunday, March 8, when he defends his IBF and Ring Magazine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-524916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}