Damian Knyba

Damian Knyba (born 25 January 1996) is a Polish professional boxer. He challenged once for World Boxing Council (WBC) interim heavyweight title in January 2026. He is currently signed with Top Rank.

Amateur career Knyba had an amateur record of 23 wins and 7 losses. He won the Polish Youth Championship in 2019 and the Polish Senior Championship in 2020.

Professional career Knyba made his professional boxing debut on 26 June 2021 in Człopa where he stopped Petr Frohlich in the second round. On 10 December 2022, Knyba fought Puerto Rican boxer Emilio Salas at Madison Square Garden on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez vs. Sandor Martin, winning by technical knockout in the second round.

Knyba vs. Kabayel On 4 November 2025, it was announced that Knyba would take on the undefeated Agit Kabayel for his WBC interim Heavyweight Championship on 10 January 2026 in Oberhausen, Germany. Knyba suffered his first defeat by a controversial third-round TKO. The first round was very successful for Knyba, who scored several hard shots to Kabayel's face, opening a cut over the right eye. However, Kabayel retook control in the second round, upping the pace and landing his own power shots in return. By the third round, Knyba was still trying to match Kabayel's pace but continued to receive more and more punishment, eventually suffering several clean shots that prompted the referee to intervene. However, many observers, including Knyba, considered the stoppage premature, as Knyba was still fighting back and attempting to defend. His entrance made headlines as he walked out dressed as a Polish hussar along with knights. He walked out to the Polish celebratory anthem, Rota, which is known to be an anti-German song written in protest of the German Empire's forced policies of Germanization of Poles in the earlier 20th century. Whilst walking out, Polish fans in attendance sang along.

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