The desired struggle against heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk is for the time being out of reach for Germany’s box hope Agit Kabayel. From England, information about the canal, the Leberking will hit a British ex -world champion in the next fight – but it has no big name.
Agit Kabayel is likely to increase “in all” next cruiser weight champion Lawrence Okolie from England. This reports the specialist magazine “Boxing” And refers to information from the Queensberry Promotions area.
Both Kabayel and Okolie are under contract with the stable of promoter legend Frank Warren. A duel in the summer is planned for Kabayel’s interim World Cup title of the World Association WBC-possibly even in Germany.
“With a view of Kabayel’s ranking and the situation around Usyk-Dubois, a fight against Okolie is the logical consequence. The winner would be the first candidate on the WBC title if Usyk put it down,” cited “boxing” from promoter circles.
Background: The WBC has long granted the planned association struggle between WBA/WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk and IBF world champion Daniel Dubois for a long time. The German desired struggle for the time being is out of reach. WBC boss Mauricio Sulaiman showed that Kabayel could defend his interim belt in the meantime.
World Association WBC with an embarrassing ranking in heavyweight
Okolie – From 2021 to 2023 WBO world champion in the cruisger weight and 2024 title holder in the insignificant “bridger weight” – occupies in the world rankings of the WBC behind the title girders Usyk and Kabayel 1st place. How the Brit received this position, only the association officials know.
So far, Okolie has only contested one (!) Fight: Last summer he beat Hussein Muhamed in London in round 1 KO Although the Englishman has no merits in the premier class, he lies in the ranking ahead of superstar Anthony Joshua and other well -known challenges.
Kabayel: Usyk cannot cope with my style
In one of his YouTube vlogs, Kabayel already had little surprise to think of a fight against Okolie. He wanted to measure himself with the best, he recently underlined in an interview with sport.de.
“In terms of sport, only three fights would make sense for me: against Usyk, against Dubois or against Parker. Everything else would be options where you would have to sit back and discuss with the team whether it makes sense or not,” said the 32-year-old.
Kabayel has the feeling that world champion Usyk avoids him. “My style, this body hit-the combat name Leberking has now established itself. I think it is very difficult to avoid this body hit. Very many do not get along with that, even a Usyk, you have to call the child by name. Usyk does not get along with it, you have seen that in the past, even in your amateur career: he doesn’t like to be met at all,” said Bochumer.