Agit Kabayel Stops Damian Knyba In Germany.

One of the best body punchers in the business, Agit Kabayel stopped Damian Knyba in the third round Saturday at the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, successfully defending his WBC interim heavyweight title in the main event of a DAZN broadcast. Kabayel halted the previously unbeaten Knyba with sustained pressure late in the third round of their scheduled 12-round bout. Referee Mark Lyson stopped the fight with 27 seconds remaining after Knyba absorbed a series of unanswered punches near the ropes. Knyba started well in the opening round, using his jab to control distance and opening a small cut under Kabayel’s right eye. Kabayel adjusted in the second round and increased his output. In the third, Kabayel landed clean right hands that cut Knyba over the left eyebrow and left him unable to defend himself effectively. In the co-main event, Petar Milas stopped Granit Shala in the tenth and final round of their IBF International heavyweight bout. Milas scored two knockdowns in the final round before Shala’s corner threw in the towel at 1:30 of the round. Milas rallied after trailing early, outworking Shala over the second half of the fight before closing strongly in the tenth. Jadier Herrera stopped Ricardo Nunez in the eighth round to win the vacant WBC interim lightweight title. Herrera was dropped in the first round but recovered and gradually took control before the referee halted the fight following a sustained exchange. Gleb Bakshi stopped Juan Jose Rodriguez Duran in the first round of their middleweight bout. Oronzo Birardi knocked out Milosav Savic in the fourth round of a scheduled eight-round cruiserweight fight. Kevin Saszik stopped Brian Swart in the first round of their heavyweight contest. Daniel Dietz and Seun Salami fought to a six-round majority draw. Nelvie Tiafack stopped Piotr Cwik in the second round of their six-round heavyweight bout. Roman Fury stopped Kevin Greenwood in the fourth round of a scheduled six-round fight. Nelson Burchill earned a fifth-round stoppage over Wibert Panttin after Panttin’s corner declined to continue following the fifth round. Ring announcer was Mark Bergmann.