Most of the responses were not evenly distributed. They closed in on Kabayel.
Fans pointed to his 25-0 record and the way he handles himself in the ring. Calm, controlled, no wasted movement. The kind of heavyweight that keeps winning without much attention. Many of the comments surrounded the same idea: he continues to be passed over while bigger names like Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury take the spotlight.
It’s interesting how a single social media post can act as a barometer for the sport. Agit Kabayel taking the lion’s share of that conversation makes sense when you look at his recent run.
While he may not have the marketing machine of a Tyson Fury, his resume has become impossible to ignore. Since late 2023, he has systematically taken down some of the most shunned names in the heavyweight division. Fans are probably the fact that Kabayel is finishing top competition.
He is coming off a massive TKO win over Damian Knyba in January 2026, which followed his knockout of Zhilei Zhang in early 2025. Kabayel currently holds the WBC Interim Heavyweight title, making him the mandatory challenger to the winner of the top-level fights involving Usyk.
That “calm, controlled” approach supporters call is backed by the numbers; he is known for landing over 35% of his power shots, which is elite for the heavyweight division.
Zayas also came up frequently. Still early in his career, but fans have mentioned his undefeated run at junior middleweight and the way he’s already collecting belts. Some see him as a future headliner who hasn’t quite broken through yet.
The support for Zayas is also well deserved. He has moved past the “prospect” label and is now a legitimate force at junior middleweight. In January 2026, today Zayas became the youngest unified champion in the sport by taking the WBA and WBO belts in a gritty win over Abass Baraou.
There has already been much talk of a potential clash between him and Jaron “Boots” Ennis, which would be a massive crossover event for the 154-lb and 147-lb divisions.
Ennis and Parker were mentioned, but not with the same pressure. Schofield got some support from fans who follow the lightweight division closely, though the conversation continued to drift back to Kabayel.
The fact that Jaron Ennis and Joseph Parker have taken a back seat in this particular thread indicates a “what have you done for me lately” mindset among fans. Parker had a resurgent 2024 and 2025, but with Kabayel sitting as a mandatory and Zayas holding two world titles at the age of 23, the momentum has clearly shifted to the new guard.
It turns out the “Other?” option may have been a bit of a safety net, but when a guy is 27-0 with five straight shutouts against world-class heavyweights, the fans don’t really need to look elsewhere.
