Comments Thread For: Kubrat Pulev vs. Hughie Fury Set Down For October 27 in Sofia

[filup79]

They finally got someone to go over to Bulgaria then.
Tough fight for Fury.

Right! Yet Eddie Hearn with all his supposed cash could have easily won a purse bid for either Miller/Pulev or Whyte/Pulev and had it in the UK or DAZN. Instead both ducked the fight even though it would make them the IBF mandatory.

[GlassJoey]

I'll watch it! It's make or break for Hughie.

Why is it make or break? He’s young and I think everyone is expecting a bad home decision against him so he’s got nothing to lose...
he will need a KO or a few knockdowns to make sure.

[K Man]

The Bulgarians will help accommodate the Fury camp's sleeping quarters (during fight-week) next to a rooster farm. ****-a-dootle-doooooo!!!

[PBR Streetgang]

Give Hughie credit for going over there. His style isn't the most exciting but Hughie isn't a bad boxer. This will probably be a jab fest and, provide the judging is fair, it should be a close, tactical match. Fury is younger and has been more active recently but Pulev looks to have a little more snap on his punches.

[Azzie]

Surprising he's willing to go to Bulgaria when nobody else would.

[sammybee]

Hughie will lose to Bulgaria commando.

There was a good reason why the other boxers abandon fighting in Bulgaria.

[Scipio2009]

Fight is before Halloween, with the IBF calling for the fight by Thanksgiving.

[Mammoth]

Joshua vs Pulev after Povetkin

[JakeTheBoxer]

So even Hughie fight better opposition than fat bum Miller.

[yammy25]

Right! Yet Eddie Hearn with all his supposed cash could have easily won a purse bid for either Miller/Pulev or Whyte/Pulev and had it in the UK or DAZN. Instead both ducked the fight even though it would make them the IBF mandatory.

Hearn and sauerland got outbid by almost double... by a non associated party to either promoter

Why would matchroom for whyte .. or matchroom USA / DAZN in miller's case pay over 1.5 million .. for 75% of that to go to a completely undeserving..non drawing fighter in pulev for them to go over to Bulgaria and get decisioned out ?

Not to mention that it'd be more than that outlay as both miller and Whyte will have higher guaranteed purses than the 25% of the winning purse .

It's **** business.. fury is going there because Hennessy couldn't even dream of winning a purse bid and it gives fury a shot at Mando when he's got no other avenue to go down at the moment.

Nobody is ever going to pay 75% of more than 1.5/6/7 million to pulev for their fighter to fight in Sofia.ever