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Tonight will take place at Wembley Arena (Great Britain) one of the most important professional boxing fights of the year. After a hiatus of more than a year, a 31-year-old Briton will appear in the ring with three of the four world champion belts. Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 knocked out). Great Britain will defend the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and underrated IBO world heavyweight champion belts against the 39-year-old Bulgarian veteran on Saturday. Kubrat Pulev (28-1, 14 knockouts). The Bulgarian obtained the right to fight against the British as the leader of the IBF ranking.
Boxers are set to enter the ring around 0.15-0.30. Lithuanian time. However, as is common in boxing tournaments, the exact time will depend on how long the previous fights last. You will be able to follow the progress of the night. Sportas.lt portal.
Main program schedule:
20 val. Florianas Marku – Jamie Stewartas
Kieronas Conway – Macaulay McGowanas
Fight for the WBC International Heavyweight Champion Belt: Martin Bakole – Sergei Kuzmin
Hughie Fury – Mariuszas Wachas
Around 11:15 pm Fight for the WBO International Heavyweight Champion Belt: Lawrence Okolie – Nicodem Jezewski
At approximately 0.15 pm Fight for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight boxing world champion belts: Anthony Joshua – Cubrat Pulev.
Sportas.lt visitor forecast:
A. Joshua and K. Pulev had to defend themselves in 2017. The Bulgarian then, just a couple of weeks before the fight, reported that he had suffered an injury and could not fight. Replaced it Carlos Takamas, which resisted the British until the tenth round. London Olympic champion A. Joshua suffered only one defeat during his professional career: in June 2019, he was sensationally defeated Andy Ruizas. It is true that last December the British fought much more intelligently, retaliated against the opponent and regained the championship belt.
K. Pulev also stumbled only once, in 2014. In the fifth round in November in the fight for the same four world champion belts (WBA Super, WBO, IBF and IBO) he was eliminated by a Ukrainian Vladimir Kličko. Since then, the Bulgarian has won 8 marches in a row and has earned another opportunity.
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Joshua would like to face the British WBC world champion next year Tysonu’s Fury and “unite” the world champion belts. True, before that he still has to defeat K. Puleva, and the leaders of the rankings of other organizations are waiting their turn: a dangerous Ukrainian leads in the IBF rankings. Oleksandas Usykas (18-0) and the leader of the WBA ranking is American Trevoras Bryanas (20-0).
How is the physical data of boxers different?
A. Joshua is a taller opponent (198cm vs. 194cm) and has longer arms (208cm vs. 202cm), and the boxers’ weight on Friday was nearly identical. Joshua weighed 240.8 pounds (109.22 kg) and Pulev weighed 239.7 pounds (108.73 kg).
How much will boxers earn from the fight?
Due to strict restrictions, A. Joshua’s guaranteed winnings in this fight will reach only 10 million. British pounds (10.95 million euros). Pullev’s pockets will be supplemented with at least 3 million. pounds (3.29 million euros). Athlete earnings are expected to increase as revenue from pay-per-view broadcast sales is calculated.
What did the militants say at the last press conference?
“I’m ready to fight. I waited a long time for this fight. We were supposed to meet in 2017, but then I suffered an injury. I knew that sooner or later we would meet. I think Saturday’s fight will end with my win. 2017 was over. I was young, but due to the trauma I could neither fight nor train. Now I am older, but I am healthy. I am not 22 years old anymore, time is not on my side, but I am ready to fight. I am glad that the fight is taking place especially knowing what is happening in the world with a pandemic. “I respect Anthony, he is an Olympic and world champion, but I think I have everything to become the new world champion,” said K. Pulev.
A. Joshua, as usual, is called the favorite of the title fight. He assures that the pressure he exerted before the fight only strengthened him psychologically.
“Last year was tough, I felt a lot of pressure, but it only strengthened me psychologically. I have always wanted to fight the best opponents because that is the only way to be successful in this sport. My training sessions have always been hard, I “absorbed” the blows of the most capable spargers, so that Ruiz’s defeat would not break me psychologically. I know I will lose the punches in Saturday’s fight and Pulev knows the same. We both train hard, but I think psychologically I am stronger. Happiness is the last. However, if necessary, I can fight all the time. I’m a 15-round fighter, so 12 rounds would be enough for me, ”said the champion.
What was the outcome of the prognosis of the celebrities of the boxing world?
Bob Arum (Senior Manager): “One is running around the ring and playing Muhammad Ali when your opponent is fat and obese Andy Ruiz. When Kubrat Pulev is in good physical shape before you, the story will be different. Pulev has a chance to push Joshua into a corner and knock him out. Not only would it predict Pulevo’s win, I think it would knock out Joshua. “
David Haye (former world champion in two different weight classes): “It’s a good fight AJ. A big man from Eastern Europe awaits him, losing only to Kličko and even causing him problems in the early rounds. Pulev is strong enough to cause trouble for opponents. It will be a challenge for which Joshua will have to achieve the best athletic form. Doing so will clean the floor with Pulev. Joshua’s last fight with Ruiz looked, in my opinion, the best of his career. He patiently followed the fight plan, gave up excess muscle mass, and was much more agile in the ring than before.
Teddy Atlas (Mike Tyson’s former coach): “Joshua was considered by many to be the best heavyweight in the world before he was knocked out by Ruiz. Joshua then drew the necessary conclusions and, as it were, re-established himself as a boxer. This is very difficult to do. Remember how it was before. He used his great physical strength in the ring, looked like a sculpture of Adonis and practically always worked on the “first” number. After fighting Ruiz, he drastically changed his strategy and became an inferior version of Muhammad Ali. I don’t want to offend him because everyone can only become inferior versions of Ali. In the second fight, he found ways to take advantage of Ruiz’s weaknesses. I wonder what strategy he will choose to fight Pulev, will we see the old or the new Joshua, or maybe a mix of the two Joshua? Pulev, for his part, had a good amateur boxing career, but he was no longer a youngster. He will soon be 40 years old and a lot has changed since then. He has yet to live up to expectations in professional boxing. It will be practically impossible for him to score points at Joshua’s house, so he would definitely predict Joshua’s victory. “
Ben Davison (former Tyson Fury trainer): “I think Joshua will get along with Pulev without much trouble.”
Joseph Parker (former WBO heavyweight boxing world champion): “We saw what Joshua did in the second fight with Ruiz when he fought perfectly from a distance. I think Joshua Pulev will be too fast and experienced. “
Tyson Fury (current WBC heavyweight boxing world champion): “In heavy boxing, when you meet such big guys, anything is possible. Any of them can win. If Andy Ruiz manages to knock out Joshua, that means Pulev has his chance too. He’s a much bigger guy and he probably hits harder than Ruiz. “
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