Serhii Lapin: “Usyk vs Kabayel would be a big European fight with strong business potential”

Serhii Lapin, director of the team of three-time undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, shared his thoughts on a possible fight with interim WBC heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel.

“We see how Germany reacts to these fights, the stadiums they can fill, and how strong that market is.

Stylistically he can be tricky too. Pressure, pace, physicality. It would be a big European fight with strong business potential,” Lapin said.

Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) last fought in July, when he knocked out Daniel Dubois in the fifth round to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world for the third time.

On 10 January, Agit Kabayel (27-0, 19 KOs) stopped Damian Knyba via third-round TKO. After the fight, when the question of Kabayel’s next opponent was raised, the crowd began chanting: “Usyk, Usyk, Usyk.”