His fellow Briton Chris Billam-Smith so recently signing with Zuffa potentially makes him the likeliest next opponent for the 30-year-old Opetaia, but Riley regardless told BoxingScene: “I wouldn’t take the Opetaia fight next, ‘cause at the end of the day he made his Zuffa decision and what I grew up watching, and what I know, and what is prestigious to me, are the belts like the IBF, the WBC, [and] the WBA. If I’m in a position to go and win one of those belts that I dreamed about having as a kid, I’ll always pick that option first, over something new.
‘He made his Zuffa decision’
