Tyson Fury calls Kabayel vs Hysa a 50/50 and says the challenger has sparred at his gym

Agit Kabayel makes the first defence of his WBC heavyweight title against the unbeaten Albanian in Düsseldorf on 28 November, live on DAZN.

By Combat Sports UK Staff · Published Mon 12 Oct, 13:40 UK · AI-assisted reporting

Agit Kabayel celebrates after beating Zhilei Zhang in Riyadh — Photo: Matchroom Boxing

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Tyson Fury cannot pick a winner between Agit Kabayel and Nelson Hysa, and says the Albanian challenger has been up to his gym to spar.

"Nelson is pretty unknown, we haven't seen that much of him, but he has been up to my gym sparring and he's a tough old boy and he's game and he wants it and he's got all them knockouts," Fury said. "So I don't know who is gunna win that one. 50/50."

Kabayel, 27-0 with 19 knockouts, makes the first defence of his WBC heavyweight title against Hysa at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf on Saturday 28 November, live on DAZN. Queensberry has yet to announce the undercard.

The German won the interim WBC title by knocking out Zhilei Zhang in the sixth round in Riyadh in February 2025, and was elevated to full champion in June when Oleksandr Usyk vacated his belts. That made him the first German world heavyweight champion since Max Schmeling.

Hysa, 42, is 25-0 with 23 knockouts and ranked No. 5 by the WBA. He called Kabayel out after stopping Thomas Narmo in the second round on the Filip Hrgovic vs Moses Itauma card in London. It is his first world title fight, and it falls on Albanian Independence Day.

Fury, now in camp, fights Anthony Joshua at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Friday 11 December, live on Netflix, with the ring walks planned for around 1am UK time in a licence application to Cardiff Council that has yet to be approved.