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The long-awaited day of the world title fight in the heavyweight category of professional boxing has arrived. Kubrat Pulev will face Anthony Joshua in a dispute for three of the four world titles: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Federation and
The two will enter the ring around midnight, Bulgarian time.
The two showed mutual respect at the last press conference, and on the official scale they barely started exchanging fists before the start of the gala night in front of 1000 spectators at Wembley Hall.
The Cobra weighed in at 108.7 kg and Joshua – 109.2 kg, as the Bulgarian has lost weight compared to his previous collision, while the champion has gained a bit compared to his last fight.
Kubrat Pulev: tomorrow I’ll show Joshua who the best fighter is
“I’m generally angry.”
The Cobra had to wait six years for his second chance to become No. 1 in the heaviest, after being knocked out in late 2014 by then-elite dominator Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg, which remains the only defeat in his career. professional. from Bulgarian. Since then, the 39-year-old Pulev has recorded eight consecutive wins, including against serious opponents like Derek Chisora, Huey Fury and Bogdan Dinu, to cement his position as a contender for the IBF belt.
Anthony Joshua: Pulev was talking a lot of nonsense, he was ready to punch him in the jaw
“When I see that the opponents give up, I finish them off”
Pulev and Joshua had to face each other for the world title in 2017, but then the fight fell through at the last minute because of an injury to the Bulgarian, so he had to wait another three years.
Pulev himself has repeatedly expressed his full confidence that he will beat Joshua and become world champion, although according to experts and bookmakers he is an outsider.
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