Ağıt Kabayel vs. Damian Knyba & Jadier Herrera Montero vs. Ricardo Antonio Núñez Pérez RBR.

Knyba is good and deserves a chance, I would like to see him against a fighter like Makhmudov or Ajagba.

 

I haven't seen the fight. Is there a consensus that Kabayel would have won without the early stoppage or some of you have a different opinion?

 

I'm fine with seeing him against a stiff international journeyman or bargain basement gatekeeper like this - it'll tell us if he has any future in the international circuit.

Preferably have it outside Germany so we can actually properly see his durability and heart without it being waved off too soon.

My gut says he struggles if he blows his load trying to throw everything early like he did against Kabayel, he was slowing after only a a couple of rounds...
Yes, Kabayel was hitting body, like he does, and that slows you down quicker, but Knyba needs to show a lot more gas if he's going to survive gain against anyone at all at international level.

I suspect he'll never make anything noteworthy, but I'm absolutely fine with seeing him have a go at working up the levels - just not as a soft touch for top guys again, at least not without having clearly improved.

 

Knyba was gassing already and getting hit at will - very clearly too many levels between them.

It was coming - Knyba knew it, himself, but it's a shame he didn't get opportunity to show more heart.

 

I think there is a consensus . The early stoppage was just bad taste on a good event .
That said knyba in the first round was better than anybody would have expected !

 

Knyba had Kabayel cut and was still capable of landing punches. It look like the beginning of the end was well underway for Knyba, he might have even been knocked down and out with the next punch - but he still had a chance to land something and open that cut with a last desperate retaliation. Unlikely but I've seen similar things before. He wasn't completely gone. Probably the referee should have waited a few more moments.

But I expect this kind of thing from boxing. It's never completely on the level, and even honest referees are in a tricky spot, aware of getting criticized for stopping too late or too soon.

The really crazy one was Roman Fury v Kevin Greenwood. The worst I can remember seeing in a long time.