{"id":757634,"date":"2026-09-02T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757634\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:24:09","slug":"agit-kabayel-confronted-by-ko-artist-heavyweight-who-demands-title-shot-dont-be-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757634\/","title":{"rendered":"Agit Kabayel confronted by KO artist heavyweight who demands title shot: “Don’t be afraid”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newly-crowned WBC world champion Agit Kabayel<\/a> has been called out by an unbeaten heavyweight who suspects he is being avoided.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old was elevated from \u2018interim\u2019 to full WBC champion in June, immediately after Oleksandr Usyk decided to vacate his three heavyweight titles.<\/a><\/p>\n

Prior to that, Kabayel had claimed his interim belt with a sixth-round stoppage of Zhilei Zhang in February 2024, before scoring a third-round finish over Damian Knyba the following January.<\/p>\n

With previous stoppages against Frank Sanchez and Arslanbek Makhmudov, too, the Kurdish-German has established himself as a ferocious body puncher and one of the division\u2019s top-level operators.<\/p>\n

Since being upgraded to world champion, though, there has been no word of a date, location or opponent for Kabayel\u2019s next outing.<\/p>\n

The opportunity for a major title shot is therefore being pursued by Nelson Hysa, who scored a second-round knockout over Thomas Narmo on the undercard of Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Immediately after improving his record to 25-0 (23 KOs), the 41-year-old confronted Kabayel at ringside and demanded a WBC title shot, with Queensberry Promotions sharing their altercation on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAre you afraid of me? Why you don\u2019t fight me? I come to fight you in your house, in Germany. Wherever you want, okay? Don\u2019t be afraid. I will knock you out. Fight with me \u2013 don\u2019t run away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelson Hysa CALLS OUT Agit Kabayel \ud83e\udd29\ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n

The Albanian Eagle and the champ clash heads \ud83d\ude31#MosesHrgovic<\/a> | Now | The O2, London | DAZN pic.twitter.com\/IiQfnpZp6j<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Queensberry Promotions (@Queensberry) August 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

While Hysa had been mooted as an opponent for Tyson Fury<\/a>, he was ultimately replaced by the 46-year-old Mariusz Wach, who suffered a seventh-round stoppage defeat to \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 in July.<\/p>\n

Now, though, Hysa could soon find himself colliding with Kabayel, who is also unbeaten and would be made a sizable favourite against the Albanian.<\/p>\n