The world champion from Ukraine has no plans to fight the German heavyweight hopeful.
Germany’s boxing hopeful Agit Kabayel plays no role in world champion Alexander Usyk’s plans and is very upset about it. “I’ve always respected Usyk for his athletic achievements and said, ‘Hey, he’s not afraid of a challenge and he’s a man of his word. But he’s only interested in money; everything else is irrelevant to him. I’ve noticed that again very clearly,” Kabayel said in an interview with RTL/ntv and sport.de. Heavyweight Usyk had previously presented his plans for what are likely to be the last three fights of his career in The Ring magazine. In these fights, he wants to take on Rico Verhoeven, the winner of the fight between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois, and his old rival Tyson Fury.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) had recently urged the Ukrainian to defend his title against Kabayel in the near future. The 33-year-old celebrated his 27th victory in 27 professional fights against Poland’s Damian Knyba in January.
“How can he not name the number one contender, his mandatory challenger? It’s just sad that he’d rather fight Dubois or Fury a third time, even though he’s already beaten them both twice,” Kabayel said.
