Kubrat Pulev: record, next fight and profile →
Bob Arum can’t envision any scenario in which someone would be able to pay Deontay Wilder and Kubrat Pulev enough money to step aside and allow a Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight to happen next.
According to Ivaylo Gotsev, manager of Kubrat Pulev, the bout with Anthony Joshua will need to finalize a new location within three weeks. Joshua was scheduled to defend his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO world titles against Pulev on June 20th at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
PERHAPS NOW, MORE than ever, is the time for boxing to properly punch its weight and establish a strong foothold on what will be, for a while at least, a new sporting landscape. As someone who was involved when the strict safety provisions were put in place when British boxing was nearly out for the count following the negligence case pursued by Michael Watson against the Board of Control at the beginning of the century, I know more than most that there cannot be any shortcuts taken.
Top Rank President Todd DuBoef believes the United States is the perfect location to stage a mega-fight between heavyweight champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Both Joshua and Fury have contracted assignments coming up. Joshua is scheduled to make a mandatory defense against Kubrat Pulev on a date to be determined, while Fury is heading in the direction of a fall trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.
The next defense for WBO, IBO, WBA, IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua could take place in a Roman amphitheatre in Croatia, according to the manager of mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is not ruling out the possibility that Anthony Joshua's next bout will be held on foreign soil. Joshua was scheduled to defend the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO belts against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on June 20 - but the fight was pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Barry Hearn, promoter for IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, believes a unification with WBC champion Tyson Fury can certainly be next - based on the current situation. Boxing is currently on the shelf for the most part, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to play out.
Heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev does not believe Anthony Joshua has mentally recovered from his knockout loss at the hands of Andy Ruiz. Back in June of 2019, Joshua was dropped four times and stopped in the seventh round.
Heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev has lashed out in the direction of IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Pulev is the IBF's mandatory challenger and was scheduled to face Joshua on June 20th in London.
Frank Warren, who along with Top Rank is the promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, agrees with his promotional rival, Eddie Hearn, when it comes to rejecting speculation that negotiations have begun for a fight between Fury and unified champion Anthony Joshua.