Usyk-Kabayel is the fight to make.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by DaRealJT, Feb 22, 2025.


Usyk vs Kabayel

  1. Usyk stoppage

    18.6%
  2. Usyk decision

    62.8%
  3. Kabayel stoppage

    16.3%
  4. Kabayel decision

    2.3%
  1. senpai

    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You know Usyk will not fight him and his fans who are supposed to be the boxing fans will cover him at all cost.
     
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  2. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 banned Full Member

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    Yeah brother honestly doe I’m rooting for Bakole hoping it gets him into the mix and Parker away from fighting Usyk and holding up the division, just not a fun a fighter and I’m positive he losses to Usyk, rather watch him fight Fury… Bakole is the size of a dinosaur, busy and not very blooded so I wanna see his ceiling and put in the mix… at the least we might see Dubois vs Bakole and Kabayel vs Usyk, I think those are the best fights to be made for the fans considering we’ve got AJ vs Fury to look forward to, sad to see Zhang go he was so close to a shot and if he didn’t get Usyk (Terrible idea) he may have wasted DDD.
     
  3. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I hope they aren't hypocritical
    They say Usyk is the goat because he always travels and picks the toughest tests

    I think usyk is just like every other fighter and will bend the knee to the highest bidder. This holier than now s..t needs to stop. He's a great fighter yes, but he fought away from home often, because he was following the money. Nobody is going to fight in Ukraine even pre war
     
  4. MuffinTop

    MuffinTop New Member banned Full Member

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    Nobody in history could beat Usyk because Usyk barely beat a faded Chisora year after David Haye destroyed him. Beat Joshua a fighter called a slow robotic bodybuilder after Andy Ruiz destroyed Joshua first. Then beat a drugged out Tyson Fury who did nothing in his career besides run from a 40 year old Wlad 11 years ago. A Fury who is so bad he could barely beat Francis Nggano a MMA fighter who had zero pro bouts.

    This makes Usyk the most skilled heavyweight in boxing history even though he is a cruiserweight with only 7 bouts at heavyweight

    There is no way Usyk is going to fight Kabayel and if does there is no chance he isn't getting stopped
     
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  5. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Stop hating, he's better than Ali, despite Ali having to dominate the division in two separate decades, while wrongfully being banned

    I know I said I would ease up on usyk, but you need to be a clinical moron to have him ahead of Ali, never mind the goat lol
     
  6. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sorry, missed your thread, and started a similar one.

    Yeah, I completely agree. In fact, I think it is ridiculous the hoops he is being made to jump through. WBC#3, Mahkmudov > WBC#2 Sanchez > WBC interim vs Zhang.

    I've pointed out the difference before, but
    Top HW wins on route to a first title shot:
    Fury: Cunningham, Chisora, Hammer
    Joshua: Johnson, Cornish, Whyte
    Wilder: Harrison, Liakhovitch, Scott
    Parker: Takam, Haumono, Dimitrenko
    Dubois: Cusumano, Bryan, Lerena
    Usyk: (WBO CW champion route), Witherspoon, Chisora
     
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  7. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He fought Chisora from the outside 7 years ago and made easy work of it, something Usyk couldn't do btw
     
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  8. BoyBato

    BoyBato Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not sure what kabayel did to earn a shot this early. Zhang is a good win, but not enough to earn a shot. Would prefer him to fight parker or dubois
     
  9. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Do you think Chisora is known for boxing at distance?
     
  10. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you are mad
    He's done more than any other contender in about 30 years
     
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  11. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I’d prefer Kabayel vs. Dubois or Parker.
     
  12. BoyBato

    BoyBato Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If anyone's deserving of any shot at usyk right now, its parker imo
     
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  13. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The point being he adjusts his style to what is needed. Maybe you are correct that Usyk will box his head off, but saying he can't box from the outside because he exposed flaws in his opponents by going to the body doesn't compute
     
  14. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Saying he can box from the outside because he did so against Chisora isn't saying much. Everyone boxes Chisora from the outside. It's a good game plan even if it's not your forte which, in Kabayel's case, it isn't. Styles make fights. Usyk boxes his head off.
     
  15. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree that Parker should also be in line for a title shot. But I don't know what you are basing it off if you don't rate Kabayel stopping a guy that Parker scraped past in his last fight.

    Parker took a bad loss to Joyce, beat Wilder (who let's be honest looks done with boxing), scraped past Zhang, stops a 2-days notice Bakole
    Kabayel just fought WBC#3 contender followed by WBC#2 contender followed by interim against Zhang. He's undefeated, was EBU champion including making light work of everyone's favourite, Chisora
     
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