Comments Thread For: WBC interim heavyweight title to be on the line when Zhilei Zhang and Agit Kabayal collide

[A.B Counterhooks]

Its all about the sanctioning fees noble Gentlemen lol, I think Kabayel has a good shot if he manage to absorb ZZ best punches him being the Technical of the two. Its a tough one to predict tbh.

[PBR Streetgang]

the Kabayel fight was the first time I saw the much touted Makhmudov. Makhmudov is horrible, a really tall guy with terrible coordination, his next fight Vianello made Wilder look like a skilled boxer. Sanchez has the Cuban pedigree so his skills are not in question, but he has no big names on his resume, and he seemed to be legit injured with that knee brace. He is supposed to fight Bakole for the IBF final eliminator, after Kabayel and Zhang turned it down, but he is gonna get knee surgery and that's why Ajagba is getting the shot.

I had seen plenty of Makhmudov and it was hard to properly evaluate him when he's blasting out guys early who were there to be blasted out. The red flags appeared in the Takam fight, when his shopworn opponent didn't go away easy, Makhmudov started to unravel a bit and lost rounds (I thought the fight was closer than the judges had it).

Sanchez had the skills but the red flags on him came early when he would "play with his food" so to speak. He showed no urgency to get outmatched opponents out of there and would just sleepwalk at times.

I still think Kabayal is a very good, solid fighter...I just think we might overvalue his two most recent wins. If he beats Zhang that will confirm that he's a player. Big **** has his flaws but he's dangerous and a known commodity.

[wileyhemi]

great! this is what i wanted but for the regular wbc belt if they don't fight dubois or usyk. hopefully usyk vacates wbc and wbo after his rematch with fury. it's important to keep wba just to stop charr from becoming a champion by default.

I just can't wait for one of the so called elite heavyweights to grow a pair and face up to king Charr

[Damn Wicked]

This is an interesting matchup, but I have a feeling its going to play out as boring and frustrating to watch wide UD win for Kabayel. Kabayel is smart like Joe Parker and he's got the energy to outlast an old Zhang unless he gets lazy and gets caught clean.

I believe this is a VERY strong possibility. Zhang always runs out of gas. The opponent just has to outlast him. After round 6 he quickly goes downhill.

[Boomer]

Kabayel hits often and will make you work--Zhang hits hard but will he be able to keep up the pace. Zhang is a southpaw so gotta be careful.
Kabayel is 32-- Zhang will be 42 soon. I've been watching Kabayel for some time now and that's the guy I pick for this fight, I like a busy fighter.

[Joseph]

Sometimes when you're surfin' the kush, a slow, fat fight is aaaaalllllright.

I want to say all Zhang needs is to land one of his bombs and it's lights out. However, Zhang possesses more than just power. For a few rounds.at least.

Problem is, Kabayel appears to be good, or at least enough to take advantage of Zhang's age. All he needs to do is carry Zhang past the sixth and the fight is his to take.

I wish Zhang was as good as he is now about fifteen years ago.