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

- no-name was leading 2-0
- embarrassingly early stoppage… agree Agit LIKELY would have finished it in the next rounds, but we don’t know if Knyba may have an iron chin and could have recovered after the round. Comebacks is what boxing is about
- this match will not help boxing to gain momentum in Germany, if anything it will further solidify MMA‘s momentum in Germany. Every recent Oktagon event was way more spectacular than this fight
- I was not there in person but seems like vast majority of fans in the Arena had Kurdish flags? Glad for them but not sure how scalable this is wrt ppv

Would like to see Agit vs Hrgovic.

 

Oh I would definitely pay to see AJ vs Fury and Ruiz vs. just about anyone -- and on the same card would be great.

But the fights that matter, and that I really want to see -- are the consequential ones ... the ones that get at the belts. Watching the no-longer-ranked has-beens like Wilder and Chisora (loveable as he is) fight can be entertaining but little more than a passable time-waster.

Now if you unleashed a couple of balls-to-the-wall sluggers to wail on each other regardless of whether they're within hailing distance of a title shot, I'm always up for that. Will we ever again see the equivalent of Foreman vs. Lyle .... ?

 

As polish fan I'm disappointed u forgot referee In Huck vs Glowacki? If van der viele would be referee there Huck would be still champ. Maybe Knyba would down but who knows what would happen later it's boxing u never know. Same like Glowacki down bad and finished Huck in end of the fight

 

Just watched the highlights. BS stoppage. That ref was instructed to stop in favor of Kabayel at the earliest possible moment.

 

I really did believe my panamanian countryman would step up and make the difference

I really, really did believe.

 

I was only mildly disappointed. I really hoped the winner of this fight would prove to be a legitimate top 10 contender. Maybe next time. But, Kabayel would certainly have been a solid Tuesday Night fighter in the 90s. Not title worthy, but even money with the Maurice Harrises and Alex Garcia's of the world.

 

Kabayel is world class, he dispatched of Knyba after a bad first round. Even Holyfield struggled with Bert Cooper, that dude is Chisora level at best

 

Kabayal is a basic fighter, and Usyk would likely make him look silly. I don't see anything special about him at all.

 

Kabayel is a solid 6/7 out of 10. I give him credit for toughness. But, his speed, skill, defense are nothing special. Not championship caliber.

 

Nice performance by Kabayel


Bring on Usyk

 

Some of you guys just mythologize the 90s too much. Yes, it was a great era in that you had a LOT of guys at near parity fighting each other frequency, but no, Kabayel is not by any means squeezed out of an era in which Bruce Seldon, Oliver McCall, Michael Moorer, Johnny Ruiz, Ray Mercer, Tommy Morrison, Michael Bent, Herbie Hide, Haseen Rahmen, Henry Akinwande and 45 year old George Foreman wore belts. And don't even start up with the Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe and Lewis stuff, because post-prison Tyson was already shot, Bowe was a one-hit wonder, and Holy and Lewis lost to some of the guys named above.

If we are being fair, Kabayel would beat a lot of those guys.

 

The opening two fights of the televised card were utter jokes. And that Fury referee stoppage was comedically bad.

Herrera was about to score a vicious KO, and the referee rightfully intervened, but of course for some reason he fumbled the stoppage. Dropped to the canvas like a bag of stale potatoes.

Birchall is one I will look out for. Young southpaw who is super aggressive, should be a fun career.

10th round of Shala vs Millas was FUN! Ref wanted to see that man dead

Kabayel was Kabayel, did not look to have any ring rust at all. Knyba did force him to be a bit more aggressive than is usual for Kabayel in the first round, but it did not work out well for Knyba. I must say, it was pretty funny to watch Kabayel force Knyba into a headlock: "No, no. You are not going to play dirty here tonight."
Another quick stoppage, but It was a good fight tho and the crowd was great! Hopefully we do get Usyk vs Kabayel!

 

Kabayel is legitimate top 10. He's legitimate top 3.

 

Kabayel v Knyba was similar to Kabayel v Smakici

 

Kabayel has become quite an exciting fighter, and he would probably draw a good crowd in Germany if he had a legitimate world title challenge, he is also known to the Saudis. He deserves a shot at Usyk, of course.