Anthony Joshua retained his world heavyweight title after he defeated Kubrat Pulev in the ninth round on Saturday night. Heavyweight boxing can be one of the most unpredictable and unforgivable areas of the sport, as Joshua learned when he suffered a setback 18 months ago against Andy Ruiz Jr., but beat the 39-year-old Bulgarian to match Wembley Arena expectations. In submission.
When it came to an end, Joshua noticed that Pulev’s head had a series of PC heads, including a series of evil upper cuts, which left the challenge on the canvas. Somehow, the old warhorse slipped on his feet, but a thud brought the fight right in dramatic fashion, pulling the right hand straight on the pulav canvas.
In contrast, the opening round was an exercise of extreme caution for both fighters, with Pulev being even more cautious than Joshua, who threw at least a few jabs. Joshua opened the second and punched him just before Pulev answered with the hook on the left. But the same pattern of fints and exaggerated respect, suddenly changed to Joshua’s straight right in the third round, which shook Pulev. The champion hurt the Bulgarian badly and yet Pulev made a strange sound of humor, while he was stuck, he was in terrible trouble. He was knocked down by the cruel Joshua Uppercut and struggled to his feet.
In the fifth, Joshua’s right hand shook Pulev, who fought valiantly and fought his best. But Joshua knelt under the oncoming blows, cracking a smile on the llnt, which Pulev returned with a flash of his white gumshield. The rugged challenger tried to push Joshua into the back of his head but Pulev had to ignore all his stiffness and round seven. Joshua pushes him again with heavy combinations but Pulev doesn’t budge. He tagged the champion with a big right hand.
Joshua was in control as he advanced to the eighth round, but he had to be wary of some wild roundhouses swinging from the plywood – whose resilience was not matched by technical superiority. The champion was more impressive as he completed the fight with the Clinical Authority.
In addition to getting down with Tyson Fury, Joshua’s decisive win also made a small piece of boxing boxing history. His brave Pulev’s defeat came in the first World Heavyweight Title fight held in the Bisecure Bubble. One thousand provocative fans were allowed to enter the arena in view of the first occasion when a crowd was allowed to take part in a boxing promotion in Britain since the onset of the epidemic. Flood Mayweather was also a surprise supporter of Joshua at Wembley Arena. Joshua’s fans lifted the atmosphere but their social distance sound was a reminder of how much boxing xinging, and the world, under the shadow of covid, has changed this year.
Joshua’s victory is expected to be confirmed soon as he faces Fury in next year’s potentially rugged and surprisingly exciting World Heavyweight Integration title competition. Eddie Horn, the promoter, predicts that the fight between Joshua, who holds the IBF, WBA and WBO belts, and the WBC champion, Fury, could escalate to more than 200 200 million and approximately 2 2.2 million pay-per-view. This will be only the first encounter in the proposed two-fight deal.
For a short time on Saturday night, all the glitter fury and Joshua Talk were put aside as Puev went on the ropes with the clear intention of tearing up these egoistic plans. But Joshua has been training hard for the last six months and preparing Pulev enthusiastically, which is the right job, and he was not in the mood to fight or lose his grip on the World Championship belt.
Pulev’s ambiguity weighed heavily, and when he promised to “destroy” Joshua, he stole more from him. But perhaps the only way to give the Champion-born champion a chance to boost his reputation in the extravagant way of making money against Fury – was largely driven by his determination not to ruin the huge opportunity he had won for himself. Boxing at a new level.
