Overview
- Fighting before a sold‑out crowd of about 13,000 in Oberhausen, Kabayel improved to 27-0 with a third‑round TKO to keep his WBC interim belt.
- Knyba used his height and reach early and opened a cut over Kabayel’s right eye, but the German took control with sustained pressure that forced a referee stoppage.
- The bout marked Kabayel’s first fight in Germany in roughly three years and was billed as the biggest German boxing event since the Klitschko era.
- Promoter George Warren said he will apply “high pressure” on the WBC for a world‑title opportunity and floated returning in summer for a football‑stadium event, potentially against a British heavyweight.
- DAZN carried the card worldwide as an exclusive pay‑per‑view priced at €9.99, while any potential clash with unified champion Oleksandr Usyk remains subject to WBC decisions and the champion’s schedule.