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The victory in the ninth round was won by A. Joshua, who saved the championship belts. He dominated the entire fight, but the Bulgarian, who had shown resilience, climbed after two knockouts in the second round and survived the ninth.
K. Pulevas also got up after the third fall, but as soon as the fight continued, the veteran was laid on the shoulder with a blow to the face, for which the referee was forced to stop the fight and declare the winner to A. Joshua.
The boxers returned to the ring after a hiatus of more than a year. Joshua took the belt from Andy Ruiz last December, and Pulev was able to challenge the British as the IBF ranking leader.
So far, A. Joshua, 198 cm tall, has entered the professional ring 24 times and has obtained 23 victories (21 of them knocked out) and suffered only one loss (against A. Ruiz).
Great round of fighting for AJ #JoshuaPulev pic.twitter.com/EACCjstEN4
– Joshua vs Pulev Live Stream Reddit Boxing Streams (@AJvsPulev) December 12, 2020
At that time, the 194cm tall K. Pulev had so far won 28 out of 29 fights (14 of them knocked out) and also suffered only one miss (against Vladimir Kličko).
London Olympic champion Joshua, who would like to tie his gloves next year to fellow WBC champion Tyson Fury, has earned at least $ 11 million from this weekend’s matchup. EUR, while K. Pulev – at least three times less.
Anthony Joshua defeats Kubrat Pulev via KO to retain his IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles.
He is now 24-1 in his career with 22 KOs. pic.twitter.com/5v3WH02vKn
– Bleach Report (@BleacherReport) December 12, 2020
After the fight, Fury shared a message on social media urging Joshua not to hide and agree to fight him next year.
A. Joshua’s agent, Eddie Hearn, for his part, assured that he will try to implement the British fight dreamed by the fans as soon as possible. Even before the fight, Hearn said that Pulev was the last obstacle to the fight against Fury.
Anthony Joshua was on another level tonight 😤
(@AutoZone) pic.twitter.com/ghdeHst1dk
– DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) December 13, 2020
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