By Per Ake Persson

On June 17th, the International Boxing Federation will hold purse bids for Wladimir Klitschko´s long overdue defence of the IBF title against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev. All in all - given the IBF tournament that never got off the ground - Pulev has been waiting for his chance for close to two years now. The monetary split for the fight is 80-20 in favor of the champion.