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There had been talk of Kabayel returning again this spring, but he says plans have changed after discussions with his team.<\/p>\n \u201cWe talked with Frank Warren and Spencer Brown, and the plan is now to wait for Usyk-Verhoeven. I\u2019m just waiting for the situation to sort itself out. Usyk will fight me or vacate the title. That is the best option for me, and then the results will show themselves, said Agit Kabayel to Ring Magazine.<\/p>\n Kabayel currently holds the WBC interim belt, which puts him in a position to press for a mandatory shot once Usyk faces Rico Verhoeven on May 23 in Egypt.<\/p>\n If Usyk keeps the belt and accepts the order, Kabayel could land the biggest fight of his career next. If Usyk steps away from the title or chooses another route, Kabayel would be in line to become full champion.<\/p>\n For a contender in his position, staying busy has value. But waiting for a world title can be worth more. Kabayel appears convinced the risk of taking another fight now is not worth losing the place he has earned.<\/p>\n Eddy Pronishev has covered professional boxing since 2001, earning recognition for his technical analysis and informed perspective on the sport\u2019s leading fighters, promoters, and events. Known for his clarity and depth, he provides authoritative insight into both in-ring strategy and the business of boxing.<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Latest Boxing News:<\/p>\n \t\t\tTags Agit Kabayel<\/a>, OIeksandr Usyk<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Boxing<\/a> \u2022 Boxing News<\/a> \u2022 Agit Kabayel Pauses Return To Wait For Oleksandr Usyk<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Last Updated on 2026\/04\/24 at 11:58 AM \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agit Kabayel is choosing patience over activity, with the unbeaten German saying the smartest move is to wait…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-628175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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