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Agit Kabayel
Sat, 28 Nov 2026
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Agit Kabayel
Kurdish Power
Boxing · Heavyweight · Kurdistan · GermanyWBC Champion
“Undefeated WBC heavyweight champion of the world, feared for his body punching.”
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Agit Kabayel is the undefeated Kurdish WBC heavyweight champion, renowned for ruthless body punching and ring intelligence. Statement stoppages of elite opposition carried him to the world title and made him one of the heavyweight division's most avoided names.
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Career highlights
- 2017
European champion, then past Chisora
Wins the vacant European heavyweight title on points against Belgium's Hervé Hubeaux in February, then defends it in Monte Carlo in November by outpointing Dereck Chisora.
- 2023
The upset of Makhmudov
Goes to Riyadh in December as the underdog against the unbeaten puncher Arslanbek Makhmudov, drops him three times in the fourth round, and the fight is waved off.
- 2024
Through the WBC eliminator
Drops Cuba's Frank Sánchez twice in the seventh round in Riyadh in May, and the second knockdown ends it. The win makes him the WBC's mandatory challenger.
- 2025
Off the canvas to interim champion
Is knocked down by Zhilei Zhang in the fifth round in Riyadh in February, then stops him in the sixth with a body shot to win the WBC interim heavyweight title. No one had stopped Zhang before.
- 2026
Full WBC heavyweight champion
Is elevated to full WBC champion in June after Oleksandr Usyk vacates his titles — the first German heavyweight world champion since Max Schmeling in 1932. “The first Kurdish heavyweight world champion in history,” he writes.
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Mon, 28 Sept 2026
Agit Kabayel to Defend Heavyweight Title Against Nelson Hysa
Agit Kabayel is set to make his first WBC heavyweight title defense against Nelson Hysa on 28 November in Düsseldorf, Germany, a significant event for Kurdish boxing.
Mon, 21 Sept 2026
Agit Kabayel planned for WBC title defense in Oberhausen this November
Agit Kabayel is scheduled to defend his WBC heavyweight belt on 28 November at the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen.
Sun, 20 Sept 2026
Agit Kabayel seeks new challenger for upcoming WBC title defence
Agit Kabayel remains on course to defend his WBC world title in Germany later this year despite losing his initially targeted opponent.
Sat, 12 Sept 2026
Agit Kabayel targets first WBC title defence in Germany
Agit Kabayel is planning the opening defence of his heavyweight belt against Nelson Hysa after being elevated to full world champion.