Usyks team signaling that Kabayel isn't a big enough money fight

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  1. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  2. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    Usyk is currently trying to bribe Fury to accept a trilogy....problem is AJ offers more money for fury than Usyk!!! them netflix deals be strong.
     
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  3. SquaredCircle

    SquaredCircle Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What's a big money fight? Winner of Joshua/Fury? A ridiculous Turki fantasy match against Benavidez? He should retire if he doesn't fight Kabayel. It's painfully obvious comparing the footage from last week with the form he was in a few years ago that he's on his last legs.
     
  4. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    It was very telling on Saturday when Kabayel was in the ring Uysks reply what that of "only if Turki is paying"
     
  5. jmb1356

    jmb1356 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Usyk is in cash-out mode now. The signs have been piling up the last several months. It's why he wasn't keen on the Parker fight. He should retire.
     
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  7. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    It's either Kabayel or retirement. There is no more deserving fighter than Kabayel.

    If Uysk's team is making the decision, I'd like to hear it from Usyk and not his team. He's already made a lot of money, he doesn't need another giant event. He need to fight his mandatory or drop the belts and if he does retire, no one will blame him.
     
  8. ubareem

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    Considering his last performance, it's a super risky fight for him now as well.

    Ironically, the Rico rematch might bring him a bag as big as one vs Fury.

    He should take the Rico rematch and then retire. The WBC might grant him an exten$ion too.
     
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  9. ubareem

    ubareem Member Full Member

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    He wanted to fight Wilder and Jake Paul in MMA...
     
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  10. ubareem

    ubareem Member Full Member

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    Many here were upset he wanted cashout fights in America vs Wilder and Ruiz... But after the Rico fight that might the best move for him.

    If he wants to fight 1 more boxer it should be Ruiz. Rico and Ruiz, and then retire. Or only Rico
     
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  11. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You either die a hero or live long enough to become a greedy belly.
     
  12. TowelThrower

    TowelThrower Y'all must've forgot Full Member

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    It is irrelevant whether his team consider Kabayel as not being financially adequate. I'm sure Joshua and Hearn found fighting Fury far more appealing than fighting him back then but he'd earned his standing in the sport and was the mandatory. If he gives up the belts then fair enough if he looks elsewhere. If he wants to remain as champion he defends against the fighters who have fought their way to their mandatory position whether they earn him one million or thirty million.
     
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  13. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hes going to fight Wilder. It was implied he had a deal with Wilder and Chisora to fight the winner.
     
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  14. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    And a sporting moment, legacy, career, return after a fight that many will mention for many reasons, ATG rating?
    Is Kabayel not a big enough even in that case?
     
  15. Mickc

    Mickc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    His actions of late are the same as Greedy Belly,he’s already Greedy Rabbit fighting a cross over fight whilst holding the Division up. Usyk already agreed to fight Kabayel in the deal allowing him to fight Rico,I can’t see Usyk going back on his word and neither can I see him ending his career with the fall out from the Rico fight .
     
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