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Kubrat Pulev on Anthony Joshua Row: “I just wanted to tell him, because I’m so much better than him and I’m amazing.” The Bulgarian challenger faces the British heavyweight star in Saturday’s world heavyweight title fight, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
By Richard Damerell
Last Updated: 11/12/20 4:33 pm
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Here’s what Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev had to say in a heated exchange
Here’s what Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev had to say in a heated exchange
Kubrat Pulev revealed how he told Anthony Joshua “I’m amazing” during a heated exchange of words before their heavyweight world title fight.
The Bulgarian challenger elicited an irate response from Joshua at the weigh-in for Saturday’s fight at the SSE Arena in Wembley, live Sky Sports ticket office.
Pulev continued to yell loudly at Joshua, even after being separated for safety, insisting that he wanted the unified champion of Great Britain to know that he is a superior fighter.
2:48 Pulev says he told Joshua ‘I’m amazing’ during weigh-in line
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“Olympic champion, world champion. I respect him a lot, but I’m a better boxer and I’ll show it tomorrow,” Pulev said. “That’s what I tell him, ‘Because I’m amazing.’
“I don’t think he liked that.”
2:02 Joshua dismissed Pulev’s attempts to intimidate him
Pulev denied trying to gain a psychological advantage, saying Sky sports: “This is not my motivation, but I just wanted to tell him, because I’m so much better than him and I’m amazing.
“Amazing boxing, incredible style, I’ll show the whole world tomorrow that I’m so much better than him. That’s it, easy.
“I don’t hate him, or anything bad, no. I tell him three, four, five times, I respect him.
“Yesterday he said he was hungry. This is not true. He doesn’t need to fight me, but I respect him accepting this fight.”
3:15 Eddie Hearn says Joshua vowed to deliver ‘humiliating’ loss
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Joshua vowed to inflict a tough loss on Pulev during a fierce showdown.
“That was probably the most intense weigh-in I’ve seen in Anthony Joshua’s career so far,” Hearn said. Sky sports.
Pulev was goading him as he climbed the stairs, pulling him off the scale. He just reacted and was ready to go there.
Joshua weighed 17 2 pounds
Pulev was a bit lighter at 17 1 pound
“Both guys in great shape, both guys came in at optimum weight. You have a classic world heavyweight championship fight tomorrow night and now with even more spite, even more importance.
“It was cold. Sometimes you drag a fighter off the scale and they’re shaking face to face with adrenaline. This was cold. Pulev kept telling him, ‘I’m better than you, I’ll show you tomorrow night.’
“AJ didn’t like it, he wanted to say his part and said, ‘Tomorrow night I’ll humiliate you and knock you out.’
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