By Per Ake Persson

IBF # 1 heavyweight Kubrat Pulev, 18-0, will now face Joey Abell, 29-6, on Sauerland´s big show in Neubrandenburg on Saturday December 14. Abell steps in for Sherman "Tank" Williams who withdrew this weekend with injury. Abell, a tall southpaw, is completely different kind of fighter than the stocky Williams style-wise but Pulev is confident of victory anyway.