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Anthony Joshua is under the strong belief that Saturday’s heavyweight championship fight against Kubrat Pulev will all be about mindset. The WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion faces Pulev at Wembley Arena on Saturday night, and he acknowledges that the Bulgarian heavyweight’s experience will mean he’s in for a tough test.
Joshua, Pulev Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Anthony Joshua will return to the ring this Saturday to defend his WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO heavyweight titles against Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev. For the Briton, it will be the first defense in his new phase as a monarch and he will do it at Wembley Arena in London, where his best battles have taken place.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is rejecting talk of having weaknesses in his game. On Saturday night at SSE Arena at Wembley, Joshua will return to the ring for the first time in a year to make a mandatory defense against once-beaten Kubrat Pulev.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has confirmed that he will not be ringside for Saturday's fight between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev. Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO titles against mandatory challenger Pulev. Should Joshua win, he will be in direct line for a potential full division unification against Fury in 2021.
Joshua, Pulev Open Workouts Photos Gallery - Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) vs. Kubrat Pulev (28-1, 14 KOs) tops a huge night of action at the SSE Arena in London promoted by Matchroom Boxing in association with Top Rank and Epic Sports and Entertainment, with all of the action shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200 countries and territories on its just-launched Global platform. (photos by Mark Robinson)
Hughie Fury, who lost a twelve round decision in a world title eliminator with Kubrat Pulev, believes the Bulgarian veteran could trouble Anthony Joshua. Joshua will defend the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles against Pulev on Saturday night at the SSE Arena at Wembley.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is looking for a monster year in 2021. This Saturday night at the SSE Arena at Wembley, Joshua will defend his titles against the IBF's mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev. Should Joshua win, he will set his sights on a full division unification clash with Tyson Fury.
Anthony Joshua isn’t approaching his fight with Kubrat Pulev as some mundane mandatory title defense. The IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion realizes Pulev stands between him and the biggest British boxing match in the sport’s history, a showdown with WBC champ Tyson Fury in 2021. England’s Joshua has prepared accordingly and predicted during an appearance Tuesday on “The Ak And Barak Show” that he’ll knock out Bulgaria’s Pulev between rounds “seven to nine” on Saturday night in London.
Late May is the ideal time to stage a fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, according to Eddie Hearn, who hopes to start serious negotiations for a fight for the undisputed world heavyweight title as soon as possible, providing Joshua takes care of Kubrat Pulev on Saturday night.
IBF, WBO, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is trying his best not to look ahead, but he realizes that a full division unification with Tyson Fury could be just around the corner. On Saturday night at the SSE Arena at Wembley, Joshua will face the IBF's mandatory challenger, Kubrat Pulev.