Anthony Joshua dominated and then floored mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev to score a ninth-round knockout and retain his IBF, WBA, WBO & IBO Heavyweight World Titles at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday.
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.
In the summer of 2014, Anthony Joshua was still a young professional, having just defeated Matt Skelton to improve his record to 7-0. The world he’d entered in the paid ranks after conquering the amateur world and capturing Olympic gold was ruled by Wladimir Klitschko, who was deep into his second run as heavyweight champion,…
Eddie Hearn, promoter for IBF, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, is taking all of the necessary precautions to ensure that his fighter’s mandatory defense goes through as scheduled. Joshua will satisfy his mandatory obligation on December 12, when he faces Kubrat Pulev in the UK. The fight was originally scheduled as a…
Unified Heavyweight Champion of the World Anthony Joshua OBE will defend his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO World Titles against Mandatory Challenger Kubrat Pulev at The O2 in London on Saturday December 12, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in all of its nine markets including the U.S., on…
News of the first steps taken towards creating an undisputed heavyweight champion has already generated a buzz to the point of it sounding too good to be true.
The purse bid that the IBF called for the Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev heavyweight title fight won’t be necessary.
Heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev is very confident in his ability to unseat WBA/IBF/WBO World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua.
It was a very productive fight week for Eddie Hearn, well beyond the event for which he was in town to promote. Among the many topics tackled by the British promoter was securing a firm direction for Matchroom Boxing’s star client, Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs). The two-time unified heavyweight titlist is pressed with…
After Saturday night’s knockout of Bogdan Dinu, Bulgarian heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev spoke to Vegas Sports Daily reporter Jennifer Ravalo for a short interview. He ended the session by holding Ravalo’s face, kissing her on the lips, and walking away.