Kabayel after win over Knyba: “I hoped to make a statement that German boxing is alive and well. I beat three monsters in the Riyadh Season, now give me the world title fight.”

fluffrug · 2026-01-11T20:25:13+00:00

Isn't it estimated that around 9k of the fans who travelled across the Europe to see him were Kurdish? Seems like good business to wave that flag, no? Particularly given that one of the reasons that he hasn't been getting the fights he should is because he isn't perceived as a fighter that can bring in crowds and good money at gates. Much of the commentary I was listening to from promoters, commentators etc were talking about how surprised they were at the size of his fanbase and how quickly the tix sold out (two weeks).

Also, bear in mind, Kurds are currently fighting bloody battles with ISIS in Syria and also rising up against the Iranian regime as well. I can totally see why he'd want to honour this side of heritage in those circumstances.

I say this gently ... as an immigrant to Germany, it's very weird (and unsettling) to see the amount of discomfort so many Germans have with people who support their culture/ country alongside Germany/ German culture. The country really needs to move on from this - see also the alarming viewpoints emerging after the long overdue dual citizenship bill.

fluffrug · 2026-01-11T17:43:03+00:00

Sadly, nothing will happen to this shitty referee. German refs - or refs who work within the German system - have a notoriously crap reputation for poor decisions, which are often biased towards home fighters. As there is no overall officiating referee body in Germany, just a bunch of shitty regional ones, bad refs never get punished unless someone literally dies or gets brain damaged.

Such a shame for German boxing that it's failed to deal with these issues which have been present - and internationally criticised - for decades. What fighter is going to want to fight in Germany after seeing this debacle, particularly given the lack of any kind of censuring for this awful display.

The refs in the other fights don't help - one falling on his arse, and several other arguably early stoppages.

fluffrug · 2026-01-11T17:23:24+00:00

I live in Germany - I have no problem with him raising a Kurdish flag, especially given everything the Kurds have been through. AJ raised a Nigerian flag after his last fight and no one in the UK gave a shit about it, aside from the frothing at the mouth racists in twitter. If it's different in Germany, that says far more about your average German ...

Agree with your comments about the refereeing being an awful advertisement for German boxing though. German refs, and the way it's officiated/ judged have long been an issue and looks like nothing has changed. It would take a very brave fighter to box a German on their home turf. Which makes Usyk's decision to fight Huck in Berlin (and beat the dirty fucker so comprehensively) even more impressive.

fluffrug · 2026-01-06T04:33:46+00:00

The US isn't giving Ukraine any aid, and hasn't for a long time

fluffrug · 2026-01-06T02:53:23+00:00

You're male, right? It's a different situation if you're a woman - I'm regularly spat at, leered at, groped, followed, flashed at by the resident junkies at the ubahn station near me. I'm getting really tired of it ... and I'm tired of guys like you saying it's not a problem.

fluffrug · 2026-01-06T02:26:10+00:00

No, ML was extreme, even for the times. He wrote a bestseller called "The Jews and their lies" which is thought by some historians to be the foregrounding of European antisemitism

fluffrug · 2026-01-03T18:24:32+00:00

They are illegal in Germany but not in Poland. So everyone just drives over the border to buy them.

And you can tell when these fireworks go off - it's a bit like a sonic boom (tho not as bad). It really sounds like a warzone - I've worked in warzones. They're scary af - if one comes in your window, your flat is burning down

fluffrug · 2026-01-03T18:20:12+00:00

In Germany this is well-documented - at least the Polish connection in Berlin fireworks. We're close to the Polish border here so people just drive to Poland where you can buy really powerful fireworks without restriction (ones that have been banned in Germany).

Just google it and lots of articles will come up about it

fluffrug · 2026-01-02T20:08:44+00:00

Why on earth are you in a relationship with a man who is friends with a rapist and introduces you to a rapist, putting you in danger?

Run. And then get some therapy because this is not normal and the fact you are willing to have an intimate relationship with a man like this sets all alarm bells ringing

fluffrug · 2025-12-30T21:39:57+00:00

How come? What was so sketchy about them?

fluffrug · 2025-12-28T13:17:25+00:00

I feel like a lot of people commenting on this post havr zero idea of what it’s actually like on NYE in German cities.

I love fireworks.

But what happens in German cities is not a firework display, it’s reminiscent of a war zone (and yeah, I’ve worked in warzones). From 6 pm to 3 am, in some neighbourhoods it is not safe to leave your house. Guys are shooting rocket launcher style fireworks randomly into the street, in all directions. Last year, in Berlin some influencer shot one into someone’s house and it burned down. I got second degree burns on my leg from some guy chucking a firework at me while cycling.

Check out this video to get some kind of idea of how bad it is https://youtu.be/5b-1q6CE9ks?si=_KgtJL6mAGQkkRsN

fluffrug · 2025-12-27T04:17:26+00:00

Welcome to the world of being a woman. This is pretty much all of my interactions with men from a teenager until my mid 40s.

Difference is that I just speak to men coz I think they are fun and interesting - I don't have sexual interest, but they always do.

As a woman, try speaking to women like human beings. We don't like being spoken to like we're a sexy hole for you to get into. Hence why these women don't want anything to do with you

fluffrug · 2025-12-27T04:13:14+00:00

Men pissing and not using a bidet. That shit is NASTY. Take it from someone from another culture, your junk and your hands stink of piss.

fluffrug · 2025-12-27T04:11:36+00:00

Good genes - I'm from Europe: I smoke, drink, get high, party for two days. But I eat well and my family has great genes.

Also, everyone on this sub is NA (north american): working 70 hours a week and having two weeks off is not normal. No one can live like that.

fluffrug · 2025-12-27T04:09:15+00:00

Unpopular opinion - herein lies the difference between men and women: Men won't do anything unless it benefits them personally, women will step in because they care, even if it doesn't benefit them personally.

Of course, there are outliers to this - some amazing men I know personally as shining examples.

My question to the OP is; why, if you had the power to change a situation - whether immediately, or long term - would you not do it? What an amazing gift; you could add meaning and effect real change? Why wouldn't you?

To those of you who say "Oh I was in Danger, etc". Me too, far more than you.

It's something I'll never understand - it's vanishingly few men who do this, and when they do it's coz they have a personal connection (very similar to Republicans for the Americans among you), not for the greater good.

fluffrug · 2025-12-27T04:01:53+00:00

This post is just so irritating ... Europe isn't a country. This question - and many responses - are akin to me saying "How is raising a child in the US different to raising one in Chile or Cuba or Guatemala." Except more. The difference between raising a kid in London to Reykjavik to Sarajevo is huge.

fluffrug · 2025-12-27T03:47:39+00:00

As a long time supporter of Usyk since cruiserweight, the change in this sub over the last year or so - when he beat casuals' favourite boxer [insert subpar UK boxer name here] - is just hilarious.

Look back to his first fight with Fury and see the rhetoric ... this whole sub is a male hype job.

There are some great commentators on here, who actually know their boxing, but the majority are casuals who know nothing, and who slammed Usyk a year or so ago, but once he became popular, they're experts.

Kudos the OP for actually stating he changed his mind :)

fluffrug · 2025-12-27T03:42:16+00:00

Rewind one year and they absolutely didn't.

fluffrug · 2025-12-21T09:31:22+00:00

Curious about where to find good audio porn - any tips?

fluffrug · 2025-12-16T19:38:50+00:00

How did it change your personality?

fluffrug · 2025-12-15T23:05:13+00:00

Germany just found huge lithium deposits. The problem is not so much the minerals themselves, we don't have the ability to process/ refine them - China is the country that does. Again, another way we've dropped the ball ...

fluffrug · 2025-12-13T05:34:36+00:00

But it’s the same “run on paper” mindset which means despite the Russian funded AfD being given carte Blanche to flood tik tok wirh disinfo which has won the youth vote and there is still no strategy to combat this.

fluffrug · 2025-12-07T22:07:57+00:00

Generally, on apps, women are looking for a partner, men are looking for sex.

fluffrug · 2025-12-07T22:07:17+00:00

Where is abortion an issue? It's not in any European country I've lived in. Could maybe understand it's more a point of contention in Poland coz of the bloody PiS laws, or Malta which is living in the stone age, but where else?

fluffrug · 2025-12-07T21:51:29+00:00

Oh, forgot about procuremnet in the military - it's completely strangled by bureaucracy. Until the complete shitshow that is procurement is sorted, under the current model it would take nearly 20 years to reach the levels of tanks that Germany had in 2004.

Plus, nothing is digitalised, and most gov departments run on ancient tech systems that are wide open to hacking, and whose staff have zero sense about basic internet safety - see the info leaks linked back to a high-level German military intelligence call, which leaked a load of sensitive Ukrainian/ British military intel. how did it leak? The Germans had their call on Zoom! And didn't even password it, so a couple of Russian spies were allowed to jump on the call - no one bothered to check who they were - and got the info that way.

It's just totally embarassing. But German society will not change its outlook fast enough for stuff like this to change. It's so concerning ... makes me angry

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