Kabayel vs Okolie

When is Kabayel vs Okolie?

Agit Kabayel could face the challenge of Lawrence Okolie in Autumn/Fall 2025 the United States.

The fight would take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which means there would be no weight limit.

would be defending WBC Interim World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Zhilei Zhang in February 2025.He has held this belt for 1 month and 3 days.

Kabayel vs Okolie stats

Agit Kabayel would step into the ring with an undefeated record of 26 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Lawrence Okolie would make his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggest Okolie would have a slight advantage in power over Kabayel, with a 76% knockout percentage compared to Kabayel's 69%.

Agit Kabayel is the same age as Lawrence Okolie, at 32 years old.

Okolie has a height advantage of 2 inches over Kabayel. This also extends to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Agit Kabayel and Lawrence Okolie fight out of an orthodox stance.

Kabayel is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 9 months earlier than Okolie, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He has fought 21 more professional rounds, totaling 131 compared to Okolie's 110.

Agit Kabayel goes into the fight ranked number 4 by The Ring at heavyweight.

Lawrence Okolie is currently ranked number 1 by the WBC, and 5 by the WBO in the Heavyweight division.

Kabayel vs Okolie form

Kabayel remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Zhilei Zhang on February 22, 2025, by knockout in the 6th round in their WBC Interim World Heavyweight championship fight at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to that, he had won against Frank Sanchez on May 18, 2024, by knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Heavyweight eliminator fight at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Arslanbek Makhmudov on December 23, 2023, by technical knockout in the 4th round at KINGDOM ARENA, Riyadh.

Before that, he had defeated Agron Smakici on March 4, 2023, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at RuhrCongress, Bochum, Germany.

He had won against Kevin Johnson on June 5, 2021, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Seebühne Elbauenpark, Sachsen-Anhalt.

Okolie has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he defeated Hussein Muhamed on December 7, 2024, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Wembley Arena, Wembley, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had defeated Lukasz Rozanski on May 24, 2024, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Hala na Podpromiu, Rzeszow, Poland.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chris Billam-Smith on May 27, 2023, by majority decision in their WBO World Cruiserweight championship fight at Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten David Light on March 25, 2023, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Cruiserweight championship fight at AO Arena, Manchester.

He had won against Michal Cieslak on February 27, 2022, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Cruiserweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Lawrence Okolie has been fighting more than Agit Kabayel.

Agit Kabayel last fought 7 months and 5 days ago, while Lawrence Okolie's last outing was 9 months and 20 days ago.

Kabayel's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 22 days, which means he has been fighting approximately every 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

Okolie's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years and 7 months, meaning he has been fighting on average every 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

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