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World boxing champion Anthony Joshua has successfully defended his heavyweight title against challenger Kubrat Pulev. The 31-year-old Briton won the World Cup match in London against the eight-year-old Bulgarian by knocking out in the ninth round and celebrated his 24th win in the 25th professional match.
Pulev took a flurry of punches in round 3 and fell, but initially recovered surprisingly well and posed problems for Joshua with his receiving ability; In the ninth round, however, a series of uppercuts and a righthand home stretch was too much for the challenger. . One of Joshua’s first supporters was Floyd Mayweather, who was sitting in the audience (soon to be used against YouTuber Logan Paul).
The Joshua vs. Pulev on DAZN replay | DISPLAY
Joshua maintains his three world titles from the WBA, WBO and IBF associations and can look forward to a union fight against WBC champion and compatriot Tyson Fury. Promoter Eddie Hearn promised, “Starting tomorrow, we will take care of making the Fury fight possible. We will.” The likely time for the fight for unification is the summer of 2021.
Pulev, whose training was also attended by successful German coach Ulli Wegner, suffered his second loss in his 30th professional fight and probably lost his last shot at a world title. Before that, he had only lost to Wladimir Klitschko in 2014.
The ticker to read:
+++ Round 9: Ko! Joshua knocks down Pulev +++
Now it has happened: Joshua lands a series of uppercuts that cause Pulev’s lights to dim more and more. Ultimately, it gives Joshua a chance to finally get him up with a right straight – the premature ending!
+++ Round 8: Pulev proves to be tough +++
The Bulgarian puts up a brave fight and continues to pose problems for Joshua. During the course of the round, Joshua hits the body a little more often, undermining Pulev’s coverage.
+++ Round 6 and 7: Joshua and Pulev reinforced in the clinch +++
Pulev is now looking and increasingly finding the inside fight with Joshua, who gets dragged into the clinch several times and takes a few hits. Joshua should be ahead in points, but Pulev has already survived half of the 12 rounds. In the next round, Pulev tries to tie, but Joshua is now more on the trigger with his front hand and hits an impact. However, Pulev’s catching qualities are impressive.
+++ Rounds 4 and 5: Pulev recovered remarkably well +++
That wasn’t exactly what he expected: Pulev pulled himself together in the fourth round and met Joshua again at eye level. At first, he reacts with a wait-and-see approach rather than adding total engagement: a flash in the Pulev pan or is there still something to do?
+++ Round 3: Pulev on the ground! Joshua shakes the knockout +++
Pulev did well for two laps, but now Joshua has found the gap and is advancing mercilessly. Pulev survives a first barrage of punches, but turns his back on Joshua twice, but eventually falls, but still struggles and escapes the knockout.
+++ Joshua – Pulev: The fight has started +++
Lap 1 between Joshua and Pulev is over, mostly a scan in which they both stay under cover and try to make quick combinations.
+++ Pulev has arrived – now Joshua is coming +++
The moment of truth is near! Joshua moves to Survivor’s rock classic “Burning Heart”, the fans present create the atmosphere as best they can under the circumstances.
All Billboard Results:
Superbantam weight: Qais Ashfaq defeats Ashley Lane by TKO in the fourth round
Super welterweight: Kieron Conway defeated Macaulay McGowan on points
Heavyweight: Martin Bakole defeated Sergey Kuzmin on points
Heavyweight: Hughie Fury defeated Mariusz Wach on points
Cruising weight: Lawrence Okolie besiegt Nikodem Jezewski, Ko in Runde 2
