{"id":55769,"date":"2026-01-10T21:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/agit-kabayel-stops-damian-knyba-to-retain-wbc-interim-heavyweight-title-and-calls-for-oleksandr-usyk-fight-boxing-news\/10\/01\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T02:45:20","slug":"agit-kabayel-stops-damian-knyba-to-retain-wbc-interim-heavyweight-title-and-calls-for-oleksandr-usyk-fight-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/agit-kabayel-stops-damian-knyba-to-retain-wbc-interim-heavyweight-title-and-calls-for-oleksandr-usyk-fight-boxing-news\/10\/01\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Agit Kabayel stops Damian Knyba to retain WBC interim heavyweight title and calls for Oleksandr Usyk fight | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Agit Kabayel stopped Damian Knyba in the third round to retain his WBC interim heavyweight title as the unbeaten fighter set his sights on Oleksandr Usyk.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to the ring for the first time since victory over Zhilei Zhang in February 2025 for his first defence of the belt on home soil in Germany, Kabayel withstood a strong start to the bout from his Polish opponent in round one before turning the screw in Oberhausen.<\/p>\n<p>The referee intervened to stop the fight after a flurry of right-hand punches from Kabayel in the final minute of the third round.<\/p>\n<p>In his interview in the ring after the fight, Kabayel asked the crowd who they wanted to see him take on next, with chants of &#8220;Usyk&#8221; ringing around the Rudolf Weber-Arena in response.<\/p>\n<p>Kabayel then told <em>DAZN:<\/em> &#8220;I wait so long for this title shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last time I beat three monsters in the Riyadh Season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Give me the world title fight. I&#8217;m ready.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Really, I&#8217;m ready. Let&#8217;s go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Kabayel celebrates retaining his title belt and going 27-0<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Sky Sports<\/em> in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12040\/13476265\/agit-kabayel-declares-that-he-is-the-best-opponent-for-unified-heavyweight-champion-oleksandr-usyk-lets-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kabayel had declared that he was the best opponent for Usyk<\/a>, the unified world heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>He did say he was not expecting Usyk to defend against him in the Ukrainian&#8217;s next fight, but added: &#8220;We also have a big market in Germany. I think when I fight with the biggest name, we go in a stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think when Usyk&#8217;s team understand this, maybe after he says: &#8216;Let&#8217;s go Kabayel, I will fight with you.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/12040\/13492954\/agit-kabayel-stops-damian-knyba-to-retain-wbc-interim-world-heavyweight-title-and-calls-for-oleksandr-usyk-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agit Kabayel stopped Damian Knyba in the third round to retain his WBC interim heavyweight title as the unbeaten fighter set his<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/agit-kabayel-stops-damian-knyba-to-retain-wbc-interim-heavyweight-title-and-calls-for-oleksandr-usyk-fight-boxing-news\/10\/01\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[7585,354,1130,1022,449,620,2858,7586,7587,33,2260,7333,5981,113,2261,2517],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/01\/1600x900\/skysports-agit-kabayel-boxing_7132309.jpg?20260110224815","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55771,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55769\/revisions\/55771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}