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Anthony Joshua will fight Kubrat Pulev at the home of Tottenham Hotspur football club.

It is estimated around 65,000 spectators will pack in to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London) on 20th June 2020.

Kubrat Pulev from Bulgarian is the mandatory IBF challenger. He is 38 years old and has 29 fights: 28-0-1. His one defeat came at the hands of Wladimir Klitschko in 2014. He has 14 knock outs, 13 wins by points decision and one where is opponent was disqualified.

Currently Joshua holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts. He has 24 fights: 23-0-1. His only defeat coming at the hands of Andy Ruiz Jnr. He has 21 knock outs and 2 wins by points decision.

What do you think will happen?

In my opinion it will not be a walkover for Joshua because Pulev has been the distance at least 13 times in his professional heavyweight career. Never seen Pulev fight but would be hard for anything to happen except a Joshua win either by points decision or TKO.

It would be a big upset if Kubrat Pulev would win this fight.

per one of the sportsbook betting odds, Joshua is clearly the heavy favorites here with .

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Yeah, I think this is going to be a lot of incentive on Anthony Joshua, he got the time to show his talents again win and then go after Tyson Fury. Not taking anything from Pulev as he deserves the title shot because he is the mandatory, but I don't think he has the tools to upset Joshua.

Seems that Joshua got his second wind as well, after he lost to Ruiz and won on the rematch, he had this sort of mentality or at least matured after his first lost on Andy.

I think most people will say Joshua will win the fight easily but Pulev is no push over, he has a good record. The only problem for him is that is 38 years old and no longer in his prime so Joshua should play to his own strengths and not let Pulev think he can take it to a points decision.

This fight looks interesting :o, I'm now getting hyped. Joshua should be very careful on this guy, I can feel on his aura that he is a tough one. And look on his face, we can see that he is not coming this far for joking ;D.

Anyway, if we will take a look on their records, for me they are even. Yeah! Pulev got more wins but Joshua also got one loss too and that could be an equalizer. Besides, Joshua got a higher knockout percentage thus I'm more rooting on him. This is one hell of a fight! I'm so excited now :D.

Pulev is severely disadvantaged in this match imo. Just the fact that Joshua could be said to be still in his primes while Pulev just got out of that range is already a huge factor, then there's also the development of Joshua in his past matches. Still, Pulev would still probably put out quite a good fight. He's had quite a number of ventures and experiences, and as said by quite a bit of people, has the wisdom and defensive power to hold out. Though compared to Joshua, he may not have that much Knock-out power (comparing the # of Win KO's they've gotten), he still has his skills and experience to back them up.

Have never seen both of them fight, and I've tried to look at some of their highlights. Addition to this post, the factor that Joshua's K'O percentage over Pulev is higher which is also a good point to consider. This will be a good match to watch.

This fight is all about Anthony Joshua showcasing his boxing skills against an old man whose strength is definitely waning down. He is 38 years old right now but he will already be 39 years old by the time he faces Joshua in June. 39 years old is already a retirement age for boxing. Well, the Gypsy King considers the old man good and wise inside the ring. I believe in him but, as everyone knows, old age always betrays one's capabilities and strength. AJ being the huge favorite with 1.07 odds is just fair.

It's not shocking that most are in favor of Joshu since he's young and the good KO record is remarkable at 23 wins and 21 out of it is by KO. The number of fight Puvlev had at his age is too few compared to those who have started their career ealry in boxing so I would not say that he jas an edge in regards to experience over Joshua. I agree with Darker's statement that this is a bout where Joshua can showcase his boxing skills.

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Boxing Records update;
Wins does not matter here for sure. Especially Anthony  Joshua got the advantage in reach and height.
But Kubrat Pulev is much older with 8 years older.
This match is exciting, I'll go with Kubrat Pulev here with small bet only. They have both 1 loss, feels fair.

AJ should win this match comfortably since he is better at everything, height, reach, age, technique, speed, etc. I just rewatched the Pulev vs Klitschko match and found that this boxer has a pretty weak right-hand defense. Nevertheless, I hope AJ won't make the same mistake when he fought Ruiz 1st time because Pulev can take many hits just like Ruiz. He would continue marching towards AJ.

@JollyGood there’s no doubt in my mind that Joshua will win this match because he’s younger and has the desire to build a name for himself, meanwhile on the other hand Pulev is way past his prime and I’ll be surprised if he can last the entire match.


@Alimand I also feel that Joshua will knockout Pulev and win the match what do you think of this, do you agree that this is a realistic scenario for this match.

Anthony Joshua always had the skills to fill a stadium even if he faces journeyman fighters and hence it is not a big surprise that it will be another blockbuster show.

Kubrat Pulev is not known for his knockout power but he is a defensive boxer and has a really great jab and has an extensive amateur background and if Anthony Joshua tries the same game plan i am sure Kubrat Pulev will out point Joshua, he needs to be aggressive with his approach looking for a knockout rather than looking to win on points.

Not a good fight IMO, that's why I like Wilder and Fury as they are not afraid of taking big fights on opponent that as good as them.

Joshua now fighting a boxer that was a very low chance of beating him, this would not sell as expected, believe me.

Really?

Kubrat Pulev 29 fights: 28-0-1 isnt just a number for a boxer that can easily be achieve and you do tell that he do have low chance of beating him up? I dont think so.
Kubrat might not be popular as AJ but i do see this one can really match up.Those numbers arent lies for something to tell about on not being capable.

Joshua is definitely on a high, that cannot be denied. He is mentally strong and is going to enter the ring in a very confident mood but Pulev has a 28-0-1 record so should not be discounted easily. The only thing that makes this contest fall heavily in favour of Joshua is the age of Pulev. The man is the official IBF mandatory contender for a reason. With a fight record like that had be been 30 years old instead of 38 I would have gone for a possible points win for Joshua but it seems like a knock out or TKO in favour of Joshua will see him retain his belts.

Still though Pulev is going in there to win this fight and not want to be just another easy test for Joshua. Will be a good fight if Pulev will enter the right in a healthy and fit condition, then he might stand a small chance of creating an upset and winning.

Just considering the numbers we have at hand right now, in addition to the age gap between the two, the chances are honestly quite high. Especially with how most of Joshua's matches are wins made by KO's after all. In all honesty, just like how I said it before, Pulev's chances of winning are all dependent on how he moves and acts towards the possible aggression of Joshua. If we see Joshua as a boxer aiming to fight it out/duke it out head on, Pulev would probably be described as a snake, waiting it out for opportunities to counterattack while retreating/defending.

So with this odds.


This means that AJ is undervalued here? @milewilda , thanks for sharing that wonderful record, I have change my mind a bit and I think I would take chances on Kubrat Pulev since AJ has a history that is beaten by a heavy underdog of Ruiz. 

I think you are right but people should not forget this will probably be the last time Pulev will get a shot at the heavyweight title. he will not be a push over, Joshua will have to work hard if he is to get the win. An upset is not off the cards, if Joshua is not focused in the ring Pulev has every chance to go for the win. If Joshua stays focused he will win the fight.

Tyson Fury Won against Deontay Wilder and put a record of lost in his career, Anthony Joshua should have taken Tyson Fury as his next opponent but Kubrat Pulev is a mandatory opponent for him, but if this goes well for Joshua I think that will be the next fight for him to take,

Apparently even though Kubrat Pulev had a good record in his career with only one lost to Wladimir Klitschko I think his 28 wins is nothing to Joshua's 23 wins over his career at the age of only 30, he is pulling out something like this, So I think their Age, in my opinion, may have an impact to Kubrat Pulev.

I tell you, even if AJ would fight Wilder if Wilder would loss in the 3rd fight, I am still putting my bet on Wilder.


That's why the betting odds say so, Joshua to win by 1.07 only, nobody would take that bet.

Pulev is going to get completely demolished lol, he couldn't even knockout Rydell Booker or Kevin Johnson.

Remember, Anthony Joshua knocked out Kevin Johnson within his first 10 fights.

Pulev is also extremely old and slow now, this is going to be his final performance probably.

I'll bet AJ will stop Pulev within 6.

I checked on Pulev's past fights, and they are not that good, considering that he is fighting a very good and hard puncher, I have watched Pulev's match against Klitscko and he was outboxed and out punch and he has a glass chin, Joshua will definitely knock him out and this Pulev cannot box either, it's going to be a one-sided match.

I think Joshua have advantage to win from Pulev because when you watch all his fight you see his strength to all his adversary to knock them even he lose, still you will saw the eagerness ti win everytime his in the battle. Also Joshua is younger than Pulev, so he has more stronger than him and has a chance to win against Pulev.

I'll just get an update because+ this is going to be a one sided fight because we all know how good Joshua against Pulev's skills, this isnot even in the caliber of Andy Ruiz, they just want an easy fight after the Ruiz fight, Joshua can only prove himself as the greatest if he fight and win against Fury or Wilder.

Many people here think that Anthony Joshua will win, but I don't think so, or at least it will be a very difficult victory  :D I read a few news, they said that Bob Arum made a statement: Pulev will take down Joshua, then the British champion will retire  :) He will put pressure on Joshua and knockout Joshua completely  :D I believe in the judgment of this long-time boss

Wow, Arum just trying to sell the fight or maybe wants bettors to put their bet on Pulev.
Anthony Joshua had a very good KO percentage of 91%, so let's see if he can knock a heavy puncher like AJ, maybe Pulev was thinking that he could imitate what Ruiz did to AJ, and retirement? I don't think so as there's more money in the rematch.

Kubrat Pulev  record is impressive but I would stick with my stand that AJ would win this easily.
It's not only me who think that AJ would win this easily, the betting odds tells clearly and that replicates of what majority thinks about this fight.

Well, it is clear that Joshua has a more impressive record because of the knock out ratio.  I agree that this isn't a walk in the park for Joshua's fight considering Pulev is a boxing veteran and had much experience on the ring.  Pulev being on age 38, many might say that he is no longer on his prime but good conditioning can fix this.  I think this fight will give a lot of excitement to viewers and probably it won't go to a decision.

Pulev fully deserved, with his results, to wear the championship belt for a while, but also in my opinion, Joshua is unreachable for him.
Majority is not mistaken this time.

Bob Arum is snake oil sales man selling the fight as Kubrat Pulev is not known for his knockout style and Anthony Joshua got a surprise in the hands of Ruiz because he underestimated his boxing skills and his fast hands and he came back making changes in the rematch and won the fight and i am sure he will take Kubrat Pulev seriously and come up with a serious game plan, even if Kubrat Pulev wins he will win by points and not by knockout.

Joshua should not underrate Pulev,  the way he did during Andy Ruiz first match,  regardless of the odd being given by bookies,  I think this match will be somewhat tricky to bet on,  I hope Joshua wins and move on to face Tyson fury , looking at the record of Pulev,  he doesn't seem like an easy fight for Joshua

What makes you say Pulev isn't an easy fight for Joshua?

Pulev is about the same age now as Klitschko was when he fought Joshua a few ago, and look how that turned out.

Do you think a B-list heavyweight like Pulev can do what the longest reigning heavyweight champion of all time couldn't?

Joshua has also improved massively since then, I think it's a complete shutout for Pulev.

Then you should see the Pulev Klitschko fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPZrvNRi-ro, perhaps this video will change your mind because Pulev was exposed in this fight, has a glass chin, do not have a good boxing skills, with a very dominant fighter like Joshua he will not stand a chance but I will not rule out a possibility of a huge upset.

Give Anthony Joshua the most upset boxer of 2019 - 2020 award if he loses hehehe. However, I reckon that he has certainly learned a good lesson versus Andy Ruiz 1.

What you say is probably correct but do you think Joshua will win by a points decision, TKO or knock out? I think Pulev will make things very difficult for Joshua.

I think Anthony Joshua have big possibility to win againt Kubrat Pulev because of his speed and strength to is opponent. Also Joshua have advantage to win this battle because he win all his battle, and I think this time he will win again even Kubrat Pulev is also stronger and have ability in all aspect just to win. 

Pulev has a glass chin he is not on the league of Joshua, Wilder or Fury he has a lot of wins via knock out, but these are low-level fighters, I don't think he has a chance, it will be another ordinary day in the office for Joshua, and Joshua has experienced how to get knocked out by an underdog, so he knocks how to move and how to get on, he is getting better disposing fighters like Pulev.

Sure it is true Pulev is 38 years old and past his prime but he will be a danger and just might go through all 12 rounds. I think Joshua should be able to contain the threat though but a guarantee of a knock out cannot be given as a must.

As usual where most bettors will simply choose up on whose the favorite but come to think that upset can happen anytime. ;D

Was suppose to say the same thing too, im sure that he's already aware and wont surely for that thing to happen. 2nd time upset would be already shameful. lol

No choice though, he needs to face his mandatory otherwise he will be stripped on his belt.
And I'm sure that Joshua will get the lion share of the split. So still a win win situation and if he ever go and win against Pulev, then he can wait for the winner of Wilder vs Fury trilogy.


Everything is good on paper for Pulev, but he hasn't face a fighter like Anthony Joshua.

I really feel that if it goes to a points decision things might get very controversial. Pulev has a history of getting points decisions in his favour, he is no walkover. Joshua should try to knock him out early on instead of letting the fight go on longer than it needs to.

Since Joshua lives in North London it would not be a problem for him to sell that many tickets. For any heavyweight title fight it should be easy to sell that many tickets in a city the size of London.

not unless there is something behind that Arum's word then things may change but if we will go a fair fight?even how we look at this match?it wasn't that match after all because AJ is more tougher and good record also Fit compared to Pulev.

and checking the record of two specially their recent fights?it is for sure Joshua will bring down Pulev even in the first 5 quarters.

Anthony Joshua predicts the round in which he will knock out Kubrat Pulev

When pressed to give a prediction on the fight, Joshua simply said: "Round 11."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/anthony-joshua-predicts-round-knock-21621258

I also think that Wilder could beat AJ if they could clash right now and with the previous Deontay Wilder VS Tyson Fury match I never thought that Wilder could lose on Fury, but as the fight goes Tyson Fury really is aggressive on their match and pushing Wilder back, A busted ear and the throwing of a towel was the finale of the fight.


I certainly also think that the fight will end up with Joshua winning this the odds really is speaking a majority for Anthony Joshua.


A rematch is given if Wilder would lose the match against Fury, I never thought that Deontay would lose to Fury but as I have seen the match Fury keeps on pushing Wilder back and even busted his ear in the process but I am excited in seeing an Anthony Joshua VS Deontay Wilder fright than an Anthony Joshua VS Tyson Fury, let's just say that I want Wilder to really win this.


Well, I really am not interested in Pulev cause, in my opinion, Joshua would surely win this, but I would still consider not let Joshua put his guard down on Pulev in my opinion every fighter should not underestimate his opponent, because Kubrat Pulev still has an error of near undefeated.

Poll added: "Who will win"

I chose Joshua to win. Who will you choose?

This two, anthony joshua and kubrat pulev is both veteran when it comes on boxing industry but i think the one who will dominate on this match will be anthony joshua as i watch fred videos and highlights on anthony joshua defeated and dominate his own enemies via knockout and i think this will be also against kubrat pulev. so in this much i will just go on anthony joshua based on my statistical analysis when it comes to boxing.

Not trying to be biased here. But I think this match would be going to Anthony Joshua. Total record based Pulev is on the edge over Joshua, Pulev had more expeirience but having more than 5 matches isn't that far though as Anthony have more belts than Pulev, and more knockout counts on his record. Easy to say that Anthony has more punch/knocking out power over the challenger. Hence, Anthony are going to wreck Kulev here but I think Kulev aren't going to hold back either. Although it sounds pre-decided, surely, Kulev are going to give Anthony a hard time in this show. These two would put a bloody match up here since this ain't just a normal match.

There's a poll now and out of three that participate including no one voted for Pulev, obviously Joshua is far more powerful and skill between the two, by the way, here is an article where Joshua give the round where he will knock out Pulev, his prediction is much more modest than Fury's prediction against Wilder.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/03/anthony-joshua-names-round-will-knock-kubrat-pulev-heavyweight-title-clash-12340917/

Just 4 users voted in the poll?

Can we get more people voting please?

 ;D

Voted  ;D

According to votes, no one believes in Kurbat Pulev. And the reason probably is Pulev's age. 38 is a lot. The best of him were 2013-2014, or the time before he was knockout with Klitschko. Don't know... I don't see how Pulev would win this match. The only way he could win is by an accident punch :)

Joshua isn't the most defensively sound fighter. He beat Ruiz the second time by being extremely cautious, but also using his superior fitness to keep the distance, and his superior reach to score the points. Honestly, I thought Ruiz when getting within range looked the most dangerous of the two despite Ruiz not turning up to that fight. Joshua has been rocked by a few boxers in his career, because he likes to get close, and exchange big blows, leaving him rather susceptible to these "punches from the gods". Don't get me wrong I do want a Joshua win just because it sets up the fight against Fury nicely (as long as he goes on to beat Wilder for the third time ;))

Six voters and that includes me and all for Joshua obviously I will not rule out an upset but Joshua knows very well how to be a victim of upset and I'm pretty sure that he will not let that happen, and besides Pulev is not even as good as Ruiz I don't know if there will be brave bettor to bet in favor of Pulev.

I picked Joshua as well. So it's 7 for Joshua now, boxing fans here are very knowledgeable so everyone is using for Joshua simply because he is the better fighter.

Yes, we can't rule an upset, but I'm sure that Joshua has learned his lesson very well from his Andy Ruiz fight. "Never underestimate your opponent mentality" now for him.

In the end, it is a fight. One solid punch from Pulev landing when Joshua lowerrs his guard would end the fight like wise the same from Joshua landing one on Pulev. Anything can happen but the odds are favouring Joshua.

Pulev has been quiet as of late, and due to his old age in boxing terms, he might get easily outworked and outlasted by Joshua in the ring. Then again, there's a possibility that he might take the win for himself and get one of the biggest upsets in 2020. We have nust seen Pacquiao still doing pretty good at the frail age of 40, and for boxers to still be in shape, form and speed at that age is darn impressive, and we'll see whether Pulev here will prove--just like Pacquiao--that age is uat a number. On most aspects of this fight though, I expect a Joshua win by a huge margin.

Dont know why there are people who do think up this way? Anything can happen on the boxing ring and we know that upsets can happen
anytime.So theres no such thing about conclusions even no matter how good we do look at it.

Pulev is old but doesnt mean that he cant swing out any solid punch and also its just normal to see about favorites when it comes to betting.
I would say that i can risk out some dollars on Kubrat.

So far 7 voters in the poll and all of them vote for Joshua to win.

Okay, I'll vote for Kubrat Pulev, not that I am expecting him to win but because I am taking chances betting on his  very attractive odds.
No doubt Joshua is a very good fighter compared to Kubrat Pulev, but upset is nothing new in boxing, or in any sport.

The poll is about who will win and not about which has attractive odds. Should it really read 8-0 then  ;D

Anthony Joshua and Fury fight shouldnt be expected atleast Q3 of this year because it well stated already after Anthony and Ruiz fight in Saudi Arabia that Anthony next opponet will be Pulev and after him will be Oleksandr Usyk.

In addition to that, i read that Anthony took advise from Wladimir Klitschko ahead the Clash of the dune fight and if you remember Wladimir Klitschko was the same person that defeat Pulev so it should easy for Anthony to win the upcoming match.

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This is current odds now in stake sports.
They are almost the same with sportsbet.io now.
I think this odds will change the closer the fight is. Still months to go and for sure, there are still few people who are able to bet last recent days.
Anthony Joshua is really owning now, even in the Poll on this thread, well, let's see and observe more upcoming updates for this fight.

11 votes in the poll so far:

9 vote for Joshua
2 votes for Pulev

Coming in and voting for Joshua Pulev is good but everytime I see that Klitscko fight I feel that he has no chance against Joshua, Joshua is so much better than Klitscko and even better after the second Ruiz fight, he has become a good boxer and have perfected his timing, Pulev should always cover his chin he has a glass chin and it will be targeted by Joshua.

To put some hype on the fight,  ;D


https://www.boxingscene.com/arum-why-i-talk-hearn-on-fury-pulev-ko-joshua--147382

Good old Arum, Lol, really know how to sell the fights, however, we boxing fans that Joshua is already tested and his first lost against Ruiz Jr, has awaken him up of the dangers of an upset. So he wouldn't risk any at all in the Pulev fight.

12 votes in the poll so far

10 vote for Joshua
2 votes for Pulev

For obvious reason like what the majority of votes and comments here i will also go for Anthony Joshua in this fight( well i also did in his last fight) because i think record of both fighters will tell us why this favors for first fighter.

Pulev experiences and skills don’t even made half on Joshua’s  so this is either early knock out or at least before the end game.

Of course Arum wants to sell all tickets so nothing he will do but to promote the fight as more interesting but the truth is not.

14 votes in the poll so far

12 vote for Joshua
2 votes for Pulev

It would be funny of Pulev wins. Who would he face next? Fury? This would be a total missmatch and he’s got no chances. Wilder? Again no chances, old vs younger heavy puncher, this would even ends faster that Fury vs Pulev.

Who else is left in heavyweight division?

Head to Head Comparison between Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev

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The statistics shown in the image you posted are wrong. These are the accurate age and fight records:

Joshua is 30 years old:

Total fights    24
Wins             23
Wins by KO    21
Losses          1
Draws           0
No contests   0

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Pulev is 38 years old:

Total fights    29
Wins             28
Wins by KO    14
Losses          1
Draws           0
No contests   0

14 votes in the poll so far

12 vote for Joshua
2 votes for Pulev

Surely there are more voters. Let us get some more public opinion on this one  ;D

My sincere apologies mate for the late reply, I've been quoted many times that made me lost the track.

I think AJ will beat Pulev by KO at round 9, here is why:
- Pulev is old, and he will run out of gas in about 30 minutes;
- Pulev still can take beatings, pretty unlikely for early KO;
- AJ will play smart, won't rush it, and will eat Pulev slowly punch by punch.

I also believe Pulev will make things diffcult for AJ but the fight is must win fight as said by Hearn (AJ Manager) cause AJ camp want an undisputed fight to happen between AJ and winner of the Fury vs Wilder lll fight.

Meanwhile, Joshua himself dont predicted an early winning against him while Pulev himself said he's happy he's going to show the world how strong he's. Therefore, i will no to the part of him running out of gas

Do you plan to make any bets regarding this match? I find you quite excited with it  :D
Not really, although he is old, but because he is old and he has paid a lot of matches, he has a lot of experience, it is not easy for him to run out of gas in 30 minutes, it will take more time. I still believe that Pulev can make something, a surprise that is different from his victory.

Aj is at it again fighting heavyweights older than him who have a decent record. Pulev only lost to Klitschko but he was knocked out by Wladimir so if we are talking about skills and talent here I don't think he is at least on the caliber of AJ especially if you looked at his opponent's record you will see that the only high profile boxer he fought is Klitschko and he got KOed by him. So really I am giving the edge on this match to AJ who is cherry picking his opponents again, I just hope this is another Andy Ruiz kind of fight for Pulev.

Pulev will fight AJ at 39 years old (almost 40) when many boxers start thinking about their retirement. Yea, probably Pulev would look fine and tireless, but in reality, his age couldn't cope with AJ's physical presence.

However, anything can happen in boxing, and especially this is IMO, the last chance Pulev would have a title fight. If he lost, he could say "bye-bye" to his dream forever. The betting odds also way better compared to Wilder.

15 votes in the poll so far

13 vote for Joshua
2 votes for Pulev

The overwhelming majority of voters in this thread are going for a Joshua win

I'm in favor of Anthony Joshua because he is very relentless inside the ring. Reach and height advantage is not the factor but his skills in dominating his opponent really makes me enjoy watching him. He defeated Andy Ruiz Jr. although Anthony had a hard time fighting him. Don't say that body composition really can bring you to win because sometimes the smaller reach have a quicker movement and punches. In addition to that, Kubrat is much experienced than Anthony when it comes to durability inside the ring. Kubrat Pulev is very hard to knocked down because of his endurance in the fight. As you watched his last fight, he can stand in the ring until 12 rounds. But I believe that Anthony Joshua will defeat him by a unanimous decision, so I will bet on him.


This doesn't matter, being defeated is normal and nothing is wrong about that.

Therefore, this may be your last match to end his career. And with this match, he will unleash everything he has  ;) Like this saying "with age comes wisdom", he is not an easy opponent
It's impossible to say that Pulev can win this match, but I'm sure this will be an exciting match for everyone, the only thing that is unfortunate is the odds are so different  ::) With a small hope, I still want Pulev to win despite his chances  :D

17 votes in the poll so far

14 vote for Joshua
3 votes for Pulev

Though the majority here think Joshua will have a win, how many think it will not be straight forward? Pulev is a dangerous fighter, just look at his record.

I would say it's not impossible, anything can happen here.

Maybe let's try to analyze and compare Joshua's fights being the heavy favorites.

1st fight against Ruiz, the odds were.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterkahn/2019/05/30/how-to-bet-anthony-joshua-vs-andy-ruiz-ultimate-bettors-guide-and-latest-betting-odds/#315dab6a1140

Joshua  -2100
Ruiz +1125

Today's fight.  https://www.oddsshark.com/boxing/joshua-pulev-odds-and-pick

Joshua -1400
Pulev +750

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Look at the comparison, Ruiz even have a better odds compared to Pulev and he won the fight, so upset is possible in this fight too.

Speaking of age and anything can happen in the gane of boxing, will need to face the reality and fact aspect about things in some occassion like this.
1) No boxer in the history could say he cant run out of gas.
2) Age can not be cheated cause it nature.
3) The experience Anthony got from klitschko is enough for him to beat Pulev
4) Pulev age range is in the stage of retiring and i believe he's after this fight for quick money before his retirement.

This is going to be a demolition job that's for sure.

Look what Joshua did to Povetkin, who is arguably a better version of Pulev—knocked him out in devastating fashion.

I personally think that Pulev is far too slow and clunky to pose much of a threat to AJ. So it's going to be an early stoppage, probably a serious knockout in the 4th or 5th.

The odds aren't good enough for me to bother betting on it though, the event will probably get cancelled anyway due to the virus outbreak.

19 votes in the poll so far

16 vote for Joshua
3 votes for Pulev

Keep those votes coming in  ;D

UPDATE: "Anthony Joshua’s world title fight with Kubrat Pulev could be delayed"

https://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/sport/national/18312075.anthony-joshuas-world-title-fight-kubrat-pulev-delayed/:

"Promoter Eddie Hearn has admitted Anthony Joshua’s next world heavyweight title defence against Kubrat Pulev could be pushed back a month to July."

Damn... but at least they are warned long before about possibility of delay or cancelation. I’m sure they haven't event started preparation camp and just do regular trainings.

I wonder if there is a sport, event, organization, or anything that has not been impacted by COVID-19. Everything, simply everything is delayed, cancelled or closed...

I think July is being optimistic.

A huge number of different events are going to get cancelled and competition for venue space when things die down is going to be intense.

That said, the boxing event is likely able to pay more than most other events, so it's still possible.

Gives Anthony Joshua an even better chance anyway, since Pulev will be another month older.

Makes sense to move the fight to a later date as we all know that the corona virus pandemic has really the world by storm and it seems there's no stopping, As Floyd said, "Health comes first". But this is just delaying the inevitable for Pulev.

@TopTort777 - only the Olympics is not cancelling the games, although it will be held in July and we don't know, maybe that time a vaccine has been discovered already, or the contamination has been contained already.

The news says it could be delayed, its not final yet, so maybe they are still optimistic that the vaccine will be discover soon.
Anyway a little unrelated video on the fight, I just found it while browsing in youtube.

This Kubrat Pulev is a sweet person, he kissed a reporter, lol.  ;D ;D ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE05akv_k08

Just hope they wont make it as UFC last even - "behind closed doors". Sadly not much is known was it worth doing such an event and did they earned on PPV.

About that kiss - funny, that after that California State Athletic Commission suspended his licence ;D and that reporter took legal actions against Pulev for sexual harassment (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-24/boxer-who-kissed-reporter-during-interview-gets-licence-back/11341394) :D I don't understand why he did that, that doesn't look like Bulgarian tradition :D

Yes it will not be going ahead but we are waiting for official confirmation.

I not so sure though that Joshua will demolish him. when it does take place it will be an interesting fight where Joshua will need to box clever against a dangerous opponent.

You should not blame Kubrat Pulev for this kiss. If you can see the full video, you can see that the reporter is also not wearing a decent dress and anyone can kiss her if she wear such a dress.

https://i.imgur.com/ikRHmZM.png

You're totally correct with what you said because the reporter dress and analysis shows that ladies lips gently and subtly lick or bite your lips while talking to a guy is the strategy used by ladies to attract men with body language. So, i wouldn't be surprised if Pulev kissed her cause he seem to understand what the reporter is trying to do.
With that been said, lets hope an effective vaccination will detect for COVID-19 before the fight date.

I heavily agree one of the youtube comment that i have seen about this issue;

"Timing is everything and he found an opening. Boxing is truly universal."
LOL!

I cant blame Puleve for that one yet that one doesnt look like a reporter.

That is not an excuse, round girls are even wearing sexier clothes but I don't see them being harassed, Kubrat Pulev is just too careless, not thinking of the legal action after the action, and I hope he will not only be aggressive with girls but also with fighter inside the ring.

In Covid-19 related news,


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8151323/Anthony-Joshua-fit-healthy-meeting-Prince-Charles-contracted-coronavirus.html

Well we all know by now that the virus is asymptomatic (30%), but it's good that he feels great, but still he needs to self isolate and we do hope that he doesn't have the infection.

The situation becomes more harder because of that asymptomatic thing where people cant be easily detect out as early as possible because of this one which would worsen even more.
By the way,thanks for giving out the link about AJ is still fine in spite on meeting Prince Charles which ad been tested positive but still not an assurance as long the isolation
isnt over yet.

Every careless move would have corresponding consequence.I dont know if that reporter do made some legal action with that incident.

I search and I found that there was an action by the boxing organization regarding that, the lady complained so he got sanction.
Boxing news: Kubrat Pulev banned and fined for kissing reporter Jennifer Ravalo (https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/boxing-news-kubrat-pulev-banned-15974569)

I wonder if a kiss is worth making a denunciation? It was simply a kiss  :D I'm sure he didn't have any ill intentions, maybe his careless action. I know that many girls don't like it, but this reporter is being outrageous. She did that because she was a reporter  :D and the reporter must keep herself-image.
The epidemic is terrible and there is no stopping. It was like a purge  ::) The purge will not stop until the results are satisfactory  ::) Everything will be postponed longer, but cheer up, we have more time to anticipate  ;D

No worries mate, I really do hope that AJ will be negative with the Ncovid-19 virus. Although it is sad to hear that another high profile personalities have been infected.

As far as the kiss though, I totally forgot that it was Pulev, Lol, my attention is with the girl, Pulev defense though is that they are friends, (she is a Filipina, btw).  :)

As much as we all enjoy playing and watching a wide variety of sports, it is at times such as these unprecedented because of the coronavirus that we realise health, safety and security are things many of us had taken for granted.

This fight and all sporting events will not taking place for a long time and not many people are complaining because it is not really a priority for anybody any more, our lives and those of others are far bigger priorities right now.

I wish everybody stays safe and hope this pandemic will be over soon so we can all get back to some sort of normality in our day-to-day lives.

It was simply a kiss but there is something a celebrity shouldn't be doing in public, when on camera and especially when the lady is not your girlfriend because the lady can sue him. However, i don't see a reason why this situation should matter now because it really last year Mar 25th.

:D
Though, the lady seem to somehow woo Pulev but i dont see any connection between the two that shows them to be friends and they might be after the scheme.

Me too  :D To be honest, I felt quite bored with my current life, I could do nothing but stay at home, I had to do some stupid work on my computer. I want to go out and meet friends, but I'm not allowed  ::) I totally understand where I should be and what to do, but damn it, this boredom cannot end  ::)
If in the previous post, I was still indifferent, but now not, I'm completely limited  :'( I have to watch old matches again

I understand mate, all we can do is watch old matches in any sports we loved. However, there will be a time that people need to go out and socialised. The lockdown here would end in about 2 weeks if I'm not mistaken, but that is still a lot more boredom days, Lol. But we can't do anything about it, we need to follow protocols so that everyone will be safe. And we can only hope that everything will settle down in the next 2-4 weeks.

Let's accept that life is not all about happy moments, there are trials that will come that would take us away to what we usually do.
I know you are not the one who are bored, I myself is also bored as I love to gamble in sports regularly and I can't even gamble on any sports now.

Man, just relax and keep safe, this dilemma will just pass and we will be back to normal again.

Just keep yourself occupied with other things.
Actually, there's a lot of things to do at home.
If you are bored, and complaining that you are bored at home.
Just think of other people who are complaining not because they are bored, but because they have no food on their table.
Also, if you can take a quick read on this article.

https://www.breitbart.com/news/how-to-survive-a-lockdown-by-the-chilean-miners/
https://i.postimg.cc/wTKkr12L/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-1-34-21-AM.png

No pun intended. But want to say, that if we are at home and we have something to eat, just be grateful for the moment.
Sports events will come in no time.

Neutrally perhaps as a AJ fan or supporter, i would have went all in to say Joshau is winning this fight in a KO manner.
But with the fears around, and with all man having different psychological state of health.

Its going to be a close call, i would really hope that the Bout is extended for a while, to help the world regard emotional and psychological balance before sporting activities resume.

Well you got a point but it cant really be avoided not to complain about this current situation and we are all in the same boat in terms of boredom just because we cant do things that we usually do specially on going outside but now with this pandemic situation all we need is a little bit sacrifice and i would rather choose to wait for so long rather than letting myself to get infected with the virus.
We should be grateful on lots of things. :D

Next, we should talk on topic and not to derail this AJ and Pulev thread.

I get your thoughts, but to talk about people without food, I think it's a bit too much for the current situation, even though the economy is affected, but the food supply is still adequate. The government still has measures to support it. In my place, the isolated people even get free food and drink. They don't need to do anything, just stay still and someone brings food  :D
I'm still bored, there's not much to watch now. Can someone suggest me a good old tournament that I can watch again?

Pulev To Donate Half His Purse From Joshua Fight To Help Battle Coronavirus


https://www.boxingscene.com/pulev-donate-half-his-purse-from-joshua-fight-help-battle-coronavirus--148093

My heart melted away when I read this article. Pulev said that he is willing to donate half of his purse, so that's $2.5 million to help the front liners in the fight for the Covid-19 pandemic. I know that there are a lot of sports personalities who are already helping or who are willing to help but this move from Pulev was very kind of him.

It is a generous move and hope he is financially well off as he is 38 years old and his sporting career is coming to an end and most of the sportsperson become bankrupt once their sporting life is done and hence any donation is really generous.

The only option is to watch movies documentaries or play games, take a subscription on major streaming services and have fun as there is nothing else to do and i am loosing my mind sitting at home for two whole weeks just watching movies and documentaries.

I am also not expecting the situation to calm down as some are anticipating as the number of patient keep on increasing and it will take a few months for everything to settle down.

Yes, that a very good act from him and i do hope that Anthony Joshua would do the same, maybe not half because it's too much  :).

I think sports personalities from all over the world do this because they realize that if this pandemic would go on for months, they will be the ones affected also. The amount they are donating is just penny when everything would be back to normal.

We can never really tell, some guys have are bad in the ring or even outside but they are human, they still have a heart and what Pulev showed here is he has a good heart. Mayweather is one of the richest in the sports of boxing, I hope he would be able to help too.

It seems that Mayweather is not trying to help, there is still no news or articles about his donations to the people who affected to the pandemic which is the covid-19. Pulev is a good boxer because he donated millions of dollars to the frontliners. And also manny Pacquiao donated ppe equipments worth of billions of pesos to the health workers.

So wonderful for a beautiful act. His heart is really beautiful  :-* It is not fair for a good person like him to be denounced for a simple kiss, a woman so selfish  ;D Sorry if I digress, most famous donors in the world are men. Messi and Ronaldo have donated millions of dollars to the anti-epidemic, all of them are wonderful people  :D
This is not important, many people donate without publishing to the press, they do not want to receive attention. We cannot know the truth behind that.

That is really so generous coming from Pulev himself, I'm not sure if Joshua will follow as well. But there could be a lot of sports personalities that really care and silently donating to the cause and give help whatever they can. And I guess everyone was really caught by surprised by Pulev's move here. All of us remember that infamous kiss, LOL. But I think we all agree that this guy really deserves more specially after the backlash he received when he kiss that reporter.

21 votes in the poll so far

18 vote for Joshua
3 votes for Pulev

It looks like this fight might not even go ahead now. A two fight deal between Fury-Joshua has been brokered according to their promoter:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/52997084

If Fury and Joshua fight is set up, what about Anthony Joshua versus Kubrat Pulev and Fury versus Wilder, after the last fight between Wilder and Fury i wanted to see Joshua and Fury rather than any other fight but these are big fights and the promoters need the audience and until then we might not seen any huge fights we are waiting to see.

I forgot to post this one,

Anthony Joshua Suffers Left Knee Injury, Marches For Black Lives Matter In Watford


https://www.boxingscene.com/anthony-joshua-suffers-left-knee-injury-marches-black-lives-matter-watford--149332

So the reports say he suffered an injury on his knees. But we all know that his fight will Pulev is going to be push and reschedule so ample time for Joshua to recover and then resume his training. Or as @JollyGood pointed out, it might not happen at all.

Four weeks is not long enough to recover, and since there is no fix date for this fight, they can still make this fight possible next month of the following month, this fight was already postponed, so there is no pressure at all, we just have to be thankful that it was just a minor injury.

There will be fights that are scheduled this month already, so let's see how this goes first.

It wont really be a long time even if they do set out 8 weeks rest or recovery wont really be that an issue and as said - the schedule of this fight havent announced yet which means theres still lot of time to recover.

Boxers and other athletes on other sports should really take well of themselves even though we are on the state where events or plays had been postponed.They should maintain their shape and trying to avoid
injuries or accidents because if the event had resumed then they are always prepare to be on canvass, court etc..

Im also bit excited on how these upcoming boxing fights would be done in a new system :D

The fight we are waiting for between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury could have a date in 2021. It is what is said in this article.

https://qconline.com/sports/tyson-fury-and-anthony-joshua-agree-to-two-fight-deal/article_e3b0c207-1964-5032-a4b0-c9455b35f299.amp.html (https://qconline.com/sports/tyson-fury-and-anthony-joshua-agree-to-two-fight-deal/article_e3b0c207-1964-5032-a4b0-c9455b35f299.amp.html)

I've just got to smash Deontay Wilder's face right in, in the next fight, and then we go into the Joshua fight next year,” Fury said.

No agreements have been signed yet, only the financial part is being discussed.
I am pleased with this news because we are moving forward in the midst of this crisis.

It looks like Fury already assume that he will win the fight against Wilder, what would happen if Fury will lose in this trilogy fight against Wilder?
Then maybe this article would be useless, sure enough,  right? ;D ... I guess I like to see Wilder gonna win in their 3rd fight as he is the only one I believe who can punished Joshua, Fury might beat Joshua but not as brutal Wilder usually beat his opponents.  ;D

Does that mean Anthony Joshua suffered an injury to his knee while marching, if that is the case it would be funny, he knows how to punch but does not know how to walk :D. I hope to see every life matters marches.

Do you think Eddie Hearn will put a fight without audience or are they really waiting for the audience to return  to make the fight happen.

And another thing that is funny though, it seems that during this pandemic, suddenly all camps agreed in principle to fight each other for the biggest "fight in British boxing history", LOL. Prior to the pandemic, the two camps doesn't want to give each other benefits on the fight and we think that this fight in not going to happen specially after AJ lost his first fight against Andy Ruiz, although AJ won in the rematch, Fury's camp, they are not impressed by AJ performance. And now, all of the sudden, in this situation, they have have accepted to face eatch other? So what gives?  ;D

Yes, that's the good news, there's no pressure on Joshua to make a quick recovery on his supposedly knee injury. And we don't want to hear excuses coming from him because of this one. He can take his sweet time to heal, recover and be back 100% on this fight, or whoever fighter he is going to face in the next coming months.

@Kemarit - the all British showdown is bound to happen though, regardless of the pandemic or not. There's too much money to be made if this fight are going to be finalised in paper.

22 votes in the poll so far

19 vote for Joshua
3 votes for Pulev

If the fight goes ahead, it looks like the majority here simply go for a Joshua win.

That's expected, but I would go for Pulev as I am one of those who votes for Pulev.
Joshua is good but he has some kind of vulnerability, and I I've seen that in the past, so I am hoping that he will lose again, lol..

+600 for Pulev , I'm willing to put a small amount that I won't bother me if I lose.

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/boxing-mma/boxing/anthony-joshua-v-kubrat-pulev

He's got a puncher's chance, that's for sure. But I don't think those odds are attractive to me.

I think Pulev has around a 1 in 20 chance to win, he's far too old and has fought relatively weak opposition compared to AJ.

AJ has beat everybody he's ever faced (including Ruiz). There's literally nothing that Pulev does better than AJ.

The odds for AJ vs Fury are much more enticing;

https://www.oddschecker.com/us/insight/boxing/boxing/20200610-boxing-odds-anthony-joshua-set-to-fight-tyson-fury

Well Pulev is no muppet, he certainly has got a chance. If he catches Joshua with a massive hook or uppercut then an upset could be on the cards but if Joshua is as mentally solid and focused just like he was went he went in to the re-match with Ruiz then Pulev would probably be no obstacle.

It would be a huge mistake for anybody assume Pulev has no chance, he certainly does have a chance.

Fury will almost certainly have a rematch clause. In a previous interview he mentioned the rematches could go on and on if he loses so that would insinuate that he'll be having a rematch clause in there. I suppose they could agree to leave it at the trilogy but Fury would be silly not to at least have the clause in there if he loses.


Could have. Could be 2022 or 2023 or never as well. It seems the terms have been agreed on now but the contracts still need to be signed, which is the most important part as without a signature the deals mean nothing and won't happen. Fury or Joshua losing would push it back by another year as well as they will likely want rematches. If Joshua loses the belts Fury might not even be bothered in fighting him.

I knew it, that's why he is the favorite here, I mean the heavy favorite but I like the betting odds of Pulev though he has lesser chances.
Not going to go with the public as personally, I don't like AJ as a boxer.



They better finish beat their respective opponent if we want to see this fight to be more interesting.

Personally, going against AJ here.

So, it will take us one year to wait to see who is the truly champion. Although for most of you, the results are already there, the eagerness, which to wait for what will happen in their match, is indisputable. The damn plague has made things worse. We could have seen results this year, but no, it's slow everythings down  ::) (and even football matches)

Quite possibly yes it might be take that long for Fury-Joshua two fight deal to go ahead but that is based on Fury beating Wilder again and Joshua beating Pulev.

Things are beginning to look very interesting in the heavyweight boxing area again  ;D

At least a year. Both Fury and Joshua will almost certainly have rematch clauses if they lose as well, so that could add on another year. Not sure Joshua will lose and Fury is unlikely to, but you never know. Nobody expected Joshua to lose to Ruiz and look what happened so itt's not unthinkable that one of them will lose. I don't think Fury will win as easily as people expect though. The first fight was very close and Fury practically came back from the dead at one point so don't underestimate Wilder.


It's a mandatory fight. Unless Joshua wants to vacate his belts to fight Fury, but I doubt Fury would want to fight a beltless Joshua.

I think he means the Wilder Fury 3 fight might not go ahead.

Apparently Wilder injured his bicep throwing all those haymakers he missed in their second bout. He just had surgery on it and now thinks he can get in there with the champ and win?!

Insane.

Wilder got exposed and is basically finished now, if he gets in the way of the undisputed fight people will just hate him for it. Especially if he gets smoked even worse this time.

I voted for Anthony Joshua, but he will be thinking on Fury fight all the time.
I am just not so sure he is mentally ready for this fight and even more for fight with against Fury next year.
My popcorns are ready anyway  ;D

That might be a problem if he will underestimate his opponent now as he already envision the big money he will make when he will face Fury, we might see another upset like the Ruiz fight, hopefully not.

23 votes in the poll so far

20 vote for Joshua
3 votes for Pulev

Keep the votes coming in  ;D

Surprised Pulev even got 3 votes really, these are the same guys that will lose their money when the first actually happens.

Pulev is an old man now, far past his prime and hasn't fought anywhere near the calibre of opposition that AJ has. He's going to get smoked.

I'll be putting a nice chunky sum on AJ when it gets closer to the fight date.

Pulev could pull off a shock, it is a possibility that should not be discounted. The smart money is obviously on Joshua to win but if he takes his eye off the ball and gets complacent after the win over Ruiz, it might be a tough fight against Pulev.

With all the stakes stacked against Wilder i expect him to prepare his best and hope for the best because one more loss and his career as a main stream fighter is done for good. He would have played smart and fight some other fighters and then return back to face Fury again rather than taking an immediate rematch which is an impossible task.

If Ruiz can pull of a shocking fight anyone in the top could make that happen and Kubrat Pulev is certainly a fighter who can capitalize on the mistakes but if that happens then the most anticipated Fury fight will diminish its value.

24 votes in the poll so far

21 vote for Joshua
3 votes for Pulev

Please keep voting   ;D

Surely, because AJ would demand a rematch and beat Pulev like he did with Ruiz, and also we have to remember that the Wilder vs Fury fight is still to be decided, if Pulev can pull out an upset then for sure Wilder also has a chance to beat Fury. So both Fury and AJ has to beat their opponent now for them to get a good payday when they fight in UK.

I agree, Pulev is a live dog here, although I voted for Anthony Joshua to win, and I think there are no pressures on Pulev side, he just need to relax show his best version and test Joshua to his limit.

If Joshua came like he did against Ruiz I, too over confident, cocky and thinks he can just go fight square against Pulev, there could be a good chance for an upset here.

   I voted for Joshua, too, I think he will win. Interesting prediction from the sport news writer "Joshua will knock out
Pulev in the fourth round".
   Joshua is taller and has bigger reach, in boxing that is an advantage! If he learned his lesson against Ruiz he will
not get into fights cocky ever again.
   Odds on Joshua are low, I will not place a bet, but I will watch this fight! Agree with you JollyGood, if Pulev gets
into fight relaxed without pressure he can make a surprise here.

Definitely he learn a lot against Ruiz and he beat Ruiz convincingly in a rematch.

I think Joshua is going to use his advantage and he shouldn't be overaggressive trying to knock out his opponent in an early rounds, that's juts my expectation but of course I would like to see some real action here as his opponent IMO is better than Ruiz and this guy also has some good power although near at retirement age already. Joshua will try not to make a mistake here, otherwise it will be his 2nd defeat against an underdog fighter.

I participated in the poll and this is going to be a walk in the park for Joshua, I have seen Kubrat fought and he is very stiff if the match goes for Pulev that's going to be the upset the year, everyone who beat Joshua except Wilder and Fury can be considered upset of the year.

Whole vote for Anthony Joshua because aside from being favorite in his bout but Joshua is really showing fantastic games this past compared to what Pulev has so basically according to their performance it is Anthony in which going to win in this fight.

Well majority of us voted for the same person ,and yeah we will be surely upset if Pulev suddenly win here lol.

I think demanding re-matches after the event would probably carry no value, the best form of protection would be a re-match clause before any fight takes place which would ensure and guarantee it rather than wrangle about it later.

Joshua would probably only ever get in to a fight if a re-match clause was inserted, that was what allowed him to fight Ruiz again otherwise Joshua would have to wait for another shot at getting any of the titles back.

Money talks! When it comes to an event like this, Anthony Joshua is really the people's favorite and probably if the quarantine is lifted, there are a lot of people who will come to see him dominate his Opponent inside the ring. Pulev will surely have a hard time to defeat this relentless fighter because of their different boxing style.

But I know and I believe that this will be a great fight and whoever wins, both of them still have a huge money that they will get after this fight.


This crisis is never a hindrance once we prioritize the safety of all fighters, we can continue making events like this. Health is the most essential thing above all so we should be aware of the people that we can communicate with inside the event. New rules and regulations should be implemented when this boxing event become settled.

I wonder how you say that this is going to be walk in the park for Joshua? Is Pulev going to take a dive on this fight? Of course, Pulev is a big guy but it doesn't mean that he is going to be stiff in this match. Majority voted for Joshua to win, but to say that it is going to be walk in the park? No, Pulev will offer resistance here.

Most fans would favor Joshua to win against Pulev, as always, they believe Joshua can use his height advantage in the ring, and he is younger, so most likely Pulev won't stand a chance if this fight will go longer. I haven't voted yet (I just notice now), but if I'm going to vote, I think I'll go with Joshua winning this fight but I'm betting on the opposite player, hoping for an upset, I wonder what's the odds for Pulev winning in KO against Joshua.

It is a boxing match, anything can happen. If for some reason Pulev catches Joshua with a good shot which concusses him (almost like when Fury caught Wilder and when almost like when Ruiz caught Joshua in the first fight to knock him down) then anything is possible.

After what happened with Ruiz it is clear Joshua will never take another opponent for granted, he will go in to the remaining fights of his career with his eyes open knowing if he loses it will not be because he took his focus away from the opponent as he did with Ruiz, he will accept his defeat on the basis he tried his best but the better man on the day won.

Joshua should beat Pulev but it just might go all the way to a points decision as this could be the last professional fight Pulev will participate in and he will want to try to win it.

If the fight will Goes to Points decision meaning Pulev has a chance of winning over Joshua.well anyway Boxing is a one punch game that even how advantageous the fighter is but He Badly received a Hard punch he will Lose after all.

But like what you said that Joshua now is more particular in His decision making after what he Get against Ruiz,there will be very small chance that Pulev will beat Him.


Yeah thats insulting in Pulev's part because this is a professional boxer to be names as having a Walk in the part fight.

Joshua will surely have a contented fight in this one.

Well this is how community works,there will always supporting the underdog even they knew that the Boxer is far from winning.

Thats why there are news that This will be His last fight for the entire career,win or lose he will step off the ring for good.


I have decided to Bet a 100 bucks for AJ or maybe i will make it higher depend on the Mood when the fight comes nearer .

It would still depend on the agreement, if there is a rematch clause the better, but this usually happens if both fighters are champions or both fighters are on the same level, in this fight Pulev was an underdog and it's expected by many that he will lose, however, if AJ will lose and he will demand a rematch, I think Pulev camp will approve it as they are going to make money again. I don't know what would happen really, but let's just hope the we will enjoy this fight and if rematch will happen, then be it.

In my feeds in one social media I like a lot of pages about boxing and MMA and there's not much news about Joshua Pulev match, people are more interested in the Fury Joshua fight and they want this match to be finish so they can focus on the Wilder Fury fight and if Fury beat Wilder again the much awaited encounter will happen.

Of course, they will look for a better fight as people are expecting that Joshua can easy beat Pulev, and Fury will once again beat Wilder in their 3rd fight. The news that came out about Fury vs Joshua makes people excited and they want that fight to happen soon, and that's gonna be in UK, but in order for that to be realized, both Fury and Joshua has to win against their opponent, must better if the win is pretty much convincing, that would add more hype to the Joshua vs Fury fight and this fight was anticipated as the biggest fight of boxing in UK.

https://www.secondsout.com/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/5884/AJ_Fury_stats_resMain.jpg

Look, I found this one, I can tell that people are really excited.

32 votes in the poll so far

27 vote for Joshua
5 votes for Pulev

A huge jump in voting took place in the previous 12 hours or so with just 2 extra votes for Pulev but 6 extra votes for Joshua.

We need more votes here please  ;)

Thank you very much, that is exactly my point. Yes, we have our own opinion as boxing fans all we respect it. But saying its going to be walk in the park is somewhat insulting isn't it? The point is that when round 1 starts, on those boxers are in the ring, not the fans, not the trainers, not the managers and certainly not our opinions. We could just analyst after the fight is done whether Joshua win by KO or Pulev pull an upset of the year.

Pulev will fight Joshua while Fury will fight Wilder, so if you say your money is on Pulev, you have to watch the fight between him and Joshua.
Fury may not look physically well trained to you but he is a real deal, he beat Wilder who is a very popular boxer and they are into a rematch as their 3rd march of their boxing career.

Betting odds - Opening Boxing Odds for Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev (https://bettinginsiderjournal.com/2020/01/16/opening-boxing-odds-for-anthony-joshua-vs-kubrat-pulev/#:~:text=For%20the%20latest%20Joshua%20Pulev,upset%20win%20a%20cool%20%241100.)

https://imgbbb.com/images/2020/06/16/odds.png

Oh well, the odds clearly show where the smart money is going  ;D

I don't know where TBH.

As per the article shared, it was just an opening odds, I just checked the odds again in my book and I can't find it.
The article was release prior to the covid-19 pandemic but if it will be available in sportsbook, it might change a bit since at that odds, I think people will be attracted  betting on Pulev, for those who don't know how to read the odds.

For Pulev, if you bet $100, you will get $1100 if you win.
For Joshua, you need to bet $2500 in order to win $100, I guess.

Well, this topic is hilarious again since JollyGood updated the votes  :D It may be a question, but who decides the odds between them? Which individual or organization has the right to decide that odd? Although everyone understands that the odds are based on the ratio of winning on each side, how do you set a specific odds? Here is a huge difference. It is absolutely overwhelming  :D It seems that the house always wins no matter which side wins  :D

It's the oddsmaker which will decide the odds and usually that would be use as the standard betting odds on different sports book, so we need to trust them as they are experts on their field. The odds right now in the sportsbook I'm currently using is not available yet so the odds shared above would be our basis now.

So, is there only a single oddsmaker in the world or are there many such oddsmaker? And if there are so many oddsmaker, how does that ratio be regulated across all platforms? Or each platform will have different odds? I am wondering about these, although I have been betting a long time ago but recently, I started to be curious about the things related to it. I hope I can discuss the odds on this topic too, Jollygood  :D

We didn't get to see the fight between the two because of the covid-19 pandemic. Anthony Joshua has make his first move to challenge Tyson Fury. I see Anthony Joshua, Fury fight before this year end.
Kubrat Pulev is no match for AJ. It's a big win for AJ with a knockout, my prediction though.

Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev has to be realized first before moving to AJ vs Fury, both fights have their own assignment that they have to solve so their fight which people think it's  a big fight will be realized too, and I don't think it will happen this year, it could be next year so they can prepare more for this big fight.


That's what the odds are saying, but I might bet against your prediction as I love taking big odds.

Nothing is impossible in sports though. They less expected opponent can surprise everyone by winning at the end of match. That's sports for you "it's unpredictable''.

Will you be betting it on any betting site since it has a big odd? If I may ask.  
I will bet on both on different slip. Aj wins and Kubrat Pulev wins also. The fight might change hands in favor of Kubrat. 

Agree that AJ will probably have an overwhelming victory, but Pulev is not a fool. He is also a very strong opponent. Pulev knows the situation too. Therefore, I believe that he will have tactics as well as moves to prolong the battle or find an advantage for him. The odds are not always true, and so are our judgments.
Honestly, for me, this battle is not a good opportunity to bet, the odds are too different, the odds are too. Betting in this match is bad  ::)

AJ for me is not the same fighter anymore when he lose to Ruiz, although he redeemed himself through a rematch but coaches of Pulev surely found some weakness of AJ that they will target in this fight. You are right, the odds does not always true as no one would really know if who will win, so as a bettor, let's bet on the fighter which we think his betting odds has a good value.

32 votes in the poll so far

27 vote for Joshua
5 votes for Pulev


We need more votes please  ;D

A fighter wont really go into the ring without any preparation before the fight and of course, Pulev's team will surely get some info or analysis on AJ's previous fight with Ruiz.

They will surely able to pull off some good counter measures that can really be used against him.We know that patching up your flaws as a boxer when you do get defeated is normal but

lets see if AJ did really able to overcome that kind of weakness.If he does then Pulev will surely have a hard time. When it comes to odds then i do mostly go in line with the favorites but yeah, underdogs

would really always have the chance.

AFAIK, there are different oddsmaker but they always follow the standard odds, otherwise it would be easy for the gamblers to do arbitrage betting when there is a difference, actually I spot a difference in the past but it can be rarely seen, it needs a lot of time.

Let read this together  ;D, : https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/guides/betting-101/how-bookmakers-generate-odds/

I go for Anthony Joshua because I have seen him fought before this thread has been created and I think he deserved to be one of the greatest fighters in today's era. with due respect to Kubrat Pulev where I don't have any idea about his fighting style, I think this fight will gonna interesting because Joshua's opponent might give us some shocking technique that will give him a chance to win this upcoming fight.

34 votes in the poll so far

28 vote for Joshua
6 votes for Pulev


Keep the votes coming in. Joshua is way out in front as a winner in the votes so far.

Anthony Joshua was too confident in the first Ruiz fight and he did not expected him to be a threat and he might have taken the fight lightly and paid the price but he fought brilliantly in the rematch and by that time Ruiz went down the road without proper training and enjoying the instant fame he gained and that might have a significant role and if i am going by that then the Kubrat Pulev fight would be a tough one.

Joshua will be the favorite but i am not expecting Pulev to be a heavy underdog.

That's your opinion but in sports book he is a heavy dog, here's the betting odds that was shared in the previous page.


See that odds? that's $1100 winning for a $100 bet if Pulev wins, that's how people look at this chances against Joshua.

Personally I would not skip that opportunity to win x10 of my bet, though Pulev is old and might be going to retirement if he lose in this fight, I'll give him a shot. I will just treat this bet like a parlay bet where odds are high and but chances are low, it doesn't matter actually, I'll go with my instinct.

That's what this match are, if you are willing to bet on Pulev and hope that he will win then it's going to be a good profit for you, windfall. But betting publics really know what's going to happen and sayin that Pulev won't pull an upset here. And nobody can stop you as well, good luck on your Pulev bet if the fight progressed in the next coming months.

Anyone who bet on Pulev would win if AJ would experience a second upset in his boxing career.

Looking at their respective record and how both fighters fight, it looks like Pulev is very predictable and AJ can beat him either in points or probably from knock down.

There's nothing to lose for Pulev here since he is already close to the age of retirement and AJ is now one of the stars of boxing in his division. People would push that this fight will soon happen as they are waiting for the result of Fury vs Wilder which they already expect that Wilder will lose and AJ vs Fury would take place this year.

Pulev has nothing to lose in this one and im sure that AJ wont easily allow to have that second upset to happen but he shouldnt take Pulev confidently yet we know that lucky punch
would really be always next in line if you were careless enough and of course people do always look possibly for AJ and Fury fight but that would be still next in line
yet we havent known yet on what would be the result of Wilder and Fury, if either would happen or not.

Pulev is 39 years old and Joshua is 30 years old so age should play some part but either fighter is capable of ending the fight in the early rounds. The longer the fight goes on the more the odds probably favour Joshua.

Advantage? maybe there is but we never know, we were thinking that Manny would lose against Thurman because he is already 41 years old Thurman was 31, but at the end of the round, Manny was declared as the winner. So it could also happen in this fight, who knows.

Point taken  ;D

I was just giving my opinion and perspective. Either way both of the fighters have to actually win in order for their careers to progress but as of right now even though neither has won because the fight has not taken place - the odds on favourite according to bookmakers is Joshua, granted it does not mean he will actually win.

Agree with you in this point, bookmakers are offered odds according to the trend they feel is right, and the odds are always in their favor. But in this case, many people find that the age difference is a pretty clear advantage in this match  :D Although I hope Pulev wins, if viewed objectively, his chances are small. Joshua's strength is undeniable  :D

In gambling world, favorites arent really mean to win always in the end thats why sometimes i do really like to bet with underdogs specially if the odds are quite attractive.

I cant deny and do somewhat agree that age would really take a toll but it all varies on dedication and experience.No one knows if Pulev will still able to pull that knockout punch

and would see another upset but basing of between Knockdown rate or percentage- Aj does really have that power. Hope he do learn up something on his last fights!

Joshua vs. Pulev could be the most lucrative boxing event of the year. Organizers are planning to host it at the Royal Albert Hall with 1,000 people willing to pay a hefty sum of money to be there £ 10,000 for each attendee who would generate £ 10,000,000 ($ 17,000,000) for Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev.

https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2020/06/22/anthony-joshua-kubrat-pulev-dinner/ (https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2020/06/22/anthony-joshua-kubrat-pulev-dinner/)

These preparations could be advanced once the UK and London reopen.

It may be soon because the Prime Minister has announced that restaurants and other businesses will reopen as of July 4th.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-easing-of-lockdown-restrictions-23-june-2020 (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-easing-of-lockdown-restrictions-23-june-2020)

He will because he already learned in his past mistake against Ruiz which we thought in their first fight that Ruiz would never pull an upset and then it happens. If we compare Puleb on Ruiz, I think Puleb is quite better in terms of his record and the way he looks, so it's going to be a tougher fight for him although the betting odds says the other way.


Great amount of reward, thanks to AJ for taking his reputation back and now he continues to make money, probably this figure is way lower if the Fury vs AJ fight will happen.

Yes, I think if Fury vs AJ really happen in the future, it's going to be a huge payday for both and we do hope that by that time pandemic is gone or a vaccine is already in place. It can literally pack Wimbley if the fight push through.

As for Pulev vs AJ, that is also a huge money to be made in this pandemic, and because AJ has regain his sttatus I believed that he can pull great numbers against Pulev as well. Could be one of the most lucrative for this year, as we still have Fury vs Wilder or Canelo vs GGG possible before the end of the year.

It could be the biggest fight this year or next year if it will happen, speaking of figures.
https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1270789567302557697

https://imgbbb.com/images/2020/06/29/figures.png



Lots of money for them though, if they are thinking of helping people then they can do that.
The fights you've mentioned are all interesting fight, I would definitely not gonna skip any of the fight but I was also hoping that Canelo vs GGG would nto happen, instead a PACMAN vs GGG would take place.

A little update from this fight coming from a new thread, let me quote @TopTort777 post so we will just continue the discussion here.

Interesting update, now it's not a speculation anymore, there's already a final date.

I hope Kubrat Pulev will not ruin the party  ;D, Anthony Joshua should win this convincingly or not because a loss would mean the end the talks of a possible mega showdown with Tyson Fury. This fight is scheduled in December, this means that AJ would be fighting back in almost a year of inactivity, i hope ring rust would not be an issue here.

Looking at the odds on one of the bookies, Anthony Joshua 1.08 Kubrat Pulev 6.40, seems interesting since we have seen how Ruiz beat AJ back then.

   

Yes, if not then a Joshua lost will derail future fights with Tyson Fury. Almost all boxers now have ring rust, and I would say that it is a big factor, so let's hope that there's no upset.


I don't like the odds for AJ though, not attractive for boxing gamblers. Probably much better to look at which rounds AJ will KO Pulev.  :)

You don't need to put your bet right now, you can wait like a day before the fight to place your bet, you'll see a lot of betting odds for this fight.
As for me, I am not really a big fan of Joshua, and I learn going with the Favorites all the time is a bad strategy, I'll go for Pulev this time and hope for an upset.

I usually bet a day or two before the fight, I don't want to over complicate my analysis,  :)

So there's another controversy,

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/kubrat-pulev-in-hot-water-over-racist-comment/161425


Majority branded this as racist remarks from Pulev, and with the the social movement we have right now, I'm pretty sure he irked some sports personalities again. Joshua hasn't comment though, but in any case, Joshua here should get the job done.

Or maybe Pulev is just trying to sell the fights.

You have answered it correctly, knowing the personality of Pulev, you know what he can do, so Joshua here should not be distracted and just focus on the training so in fight night, he can show his best and teach the old Pulev a lesson that could probably make him decide to retire.

I'm interested to see if there is a video stream regarding his supposedly racist remarks? I'm sorry but I can't find any. So I would give Pulev the benefit of the doubt and maybe it's not his intention that it was taken out of context.

But in any case, Pulev already responded back,

https://i.imgur.com/57PMxoo.png

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1317169871810187264

He already corrected it many people just want to sell the fight and make it personal but if there are no videos circulating and he made a correction already, he do not want people to perceive him as a racial guy and, I don't want to sell the fight this way also, honestly the fight is not interesting but it should not be promoted this way to generate more interest.

Watch this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE05akv_k08.. it's an old video but this tells the reputation of Pulev as a person.
He is so careless doing or saying what he thinks without thinking of the consequences.

This is really disgusting and very disrespectful but he was reinstated


This give him a lesson to respect women and I think the media will not allow woman reporter to interview him again, and Joshua will make that lips bloody red when they meet in the ring so if he was interview again by a woman reported he cannot kiss her.:D :D

Pulev does have some questionable behavior. On fight night none of that will matter. Joshua should have no problem defeating him. He doesn't doesn't absorb punches as well as Andy Ruiz so I don't see him able to withstand enough punishment to be in the fight for very long. When Ruiz pulled off the upset he was able to take some vicious shots and was able to recover from being knocked down. Pulev got busted up against a journeyman in his last fight so I can only imagine how much more badly AJ will be able to hurt him. Finally we can then move on to the undisputed battle between Joshua and Fury, after years of failed negotiations between Joshua and Wilder. With Wilder out of the picture for now it should be much easier to negotiate since Matchroom and Top Rank work together all the time.

37 votes in the poll so far

30 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev


The voters are clearly going for a Joshua win

I dont know much about Pulev questionable behavior but I choose Anthony to be the winning of the fight because hes more focus on winning these days after he learnt from his previous mistakes through Ruiz and the statement of Fury begging him (Anthony) to defeat Pulev the two face each other for the undisputed is another reason I believe Anthony will defeat Pulev.

Wilder is not yet out of the picture and Shelly Finkel seems to support/manage Wilder for the trilogy fight.

Pulev is different though, he easily got busted so nowhere near Ruiz as far as recovery goes.

As for his behaviour, yes I do agree, it doesn't really matter, and there are worst acts in boxing racist remarks and even attacking the ethnicity and religion of their opponent. So we shouldn't take this 'very seriously', though, maybe he just blurted it out without thinking the consequences.

Remember Conor attacking Khabib's religion's and ethnicity? How about Adrien Broner telling Maidana that he will speak English after he win the fight? that's some racist shit there, but no one pays attention because after that, both of those fighters lost and those trash talking back fire on them.

Yeah I'm familiar with that video, and maybe that's his real personality and not the first boxer though of not thinking of their actions. So I'm just saying that it could be not as a racist remarks as others might have perceived it and he quickly apologize because he knows that it will have a negative impact on him.

@TravelMug - Broner recent racial slur on Asians when he fought Manny Pacquiao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZQWJtcvbg

Yes, it doesn't really matter as Broner has been forgotten already.

Thanks for the video, I know Pacquiao replied Broner a quote from the bible, just don't know if it's here or in the post fight interview.

Let's just not make their comment a big deal, they are only trying to sell the fight, and usually who are saying this are the underdog in the fight as they want to anger the fans to be more interested in watching their idol beat the underdog.

That thing didn't jut happen on the Lopez vs Loma fight.

Joshua v.s Pulev: Crowd of 1,000 in Play For Heavyweight Clash (https://www.boxingscene.com/joshua-vs-pulev-crowd-1000-play-heavyweight-clash--153473).


So this is good news for boxing fans in UK as they are allowed to watch the match live because the government has allowed spectators, capped at 1000 paying boxing fans.

However, @1.09 odds for Joshua, not worth on ML.

38 votes in the poll so far

31 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev
0 votes for a draw


It is clear Joshua is favourite to win but this is heavyweight boxing and anything can happen, anything is possible. Keep the votes coming in  ;D

Maybe in 2021 we will see what many fans want to see: Fury vs Joshua

Good news for anyone who's rich enough to be able to afford one of the one thousand tickets. They'll already be ridiculously expensive given the nature of the limited capacity of the fight, but the resale value will be insane which is probably where they'll make most of their money. Tickets that cost £1000 will probably go for ten times the amount. Well, that's if they even do allow spectators. The UK government just announced that even though lockdown will end on Dec 2nd very harsh restrictions are still going to be in place with three different tiers based on severity of cases so it's probably still going to be a lockdown in all but name. I bet they'll impose harsh restrictions on the North whilst letting the South go relatively free as well much like they did last time. Funny how thew virus effects people in the North far more severely whilst the politicians in London don't seem to get it as bad so they're free to live their lives and go about their business as they please.

I think Anthony Joshua has learned from that fight and never repeat the same mistake again or he will kiss the ring if he underestimate his opponent. Pulev is a veteran boxer, although he has no chance to win this fight the experience is still there. he can still give us something that would change the course of the fight at any round.

I don't think that he underestimate Ruiz back then, it was just Ruiz had so much power because of the added weight and he can carry it against Joshua. And we all know that Joshua doesn't have a good chin, Klitscho was able to crack him and put him down but he was able to recover, unlike in the Ruiz fight.

But obviously, Joshua is the overwhelming favorite basing on the odds and he should be as he has all the advantage in this fight.

So this match will commence on december 12, 2020. This is a interesting match to watch and as many favor Joshua still his opponent Pulev is no ordinary opponent. As we all know that in a boxing match everything will be possible like lower odds to win can be beaten up. I had remember a match that was posted here that a favored boxer was losing in the fight and that had many also are lossing in their bet. I think it could happen because chances are still a chance to win in a match and no sure win could ever be bet in a boxing match.

No ordinary for others but it's ordinary for him. Joshua will beat the old and slow Pulev, he is not in his prime anymore while Joshua is at his.

Of course, anything is possible, upset happen just like AJ got upset by Ruiz, but that was a short period of time where Ruiz held the belt, Joshua redeem himself and I think he is more mature now.

39 votes in the poll so far

32 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev
0 votes for a draw


What is interesting about the poll is that Pulev has managed to get 7 from 39 votes. Heavyweight boxing is a dangerous game, one hook or uppercut is all it takes to end the fight with a knockout. Joshua displayed great fighting technique to win his rematch against Ruiz but let us not forget Joshua got seriously battered when they first met when he got knocked down so many times before the referee stopped the fight. ANything can happen including a win for Pulev but the smart thinking is that Joshua should win this fight fairly comfortably.

It is not that surprising that Joshua is the most favorite in this bout especially that their ranking are kinda far, Joshua is #3 in world ranking in heavy weight division while Kubrat is sitting at #11.

But anything can happen in the ring, if Joshua will be in his full condition then I will surely to favor to him compare to Kubrat even if Kubrat has more experience compare to Joshua because Kubrat still needs a lot of effort in order to get some titles while Joshua is holding 4 titles so far.

40 votes in the poll so far

33 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev
0 votes for a draw


A massive 82.5% of voters in this poll think Joshua will win but to be honest I would have thought the percentage would have been much higher but still I would advise for all to take caution. Pulev will step up a gear or two and be very focused because this will be the biggest fight and the biggest pay day of his career and on top of that he knows that if he manages to win then his next fight will be even bigger and be even more financially lucrative than this one. Do not write off Pulev because if he catches Joshua off-guard then he will knock him out and win but if it goes to a points decision Joshua will definitely win.

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We'll he's certainly the strong favourite but so he was for the Ruiz fight and look what happened there. I'll be watching the fight for sure. Luckily it's on Dazn so I don't have to pay the £25 for PPV.

In related news the WBC has seemingly given the go ahead for the Fury/Joshua fight: https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/12145775/tyson-fury-can-pursue-undisputed-world-title-clash-with-anthony-joshua-says-wbc-president-mauricio-sulaiman

But that would probably be invalidated if the appeal still goes through in favour of Wilder. No idea what's going on with the mediation though as it's been pretty quiet on that front.

Yes Joshua is the overwhelming favourite to win the fight and rightly so. I think after what happened with Ruiz he will never ever underestimate his opponent but he knows he should win it. I think Pulev might hit the canvas once or twice but if Joshua wins it will be a points decision or stoppage in the later rounds as Pulev tires.

The mediation between Fury and Wilder is probably going on behind the scenes but as you said everything is so low key with it, the media are not picking up on anything related to it. People are talking more about Fury-Joshua than Fury-Wilder III.

The fight will now has a change of venue, it will be not take place in the O2 in London and instead will take place at Wembley Arena and 1000 fans will be able to sit there and watch it.

The full story can be found here from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/02/anthony-joshua-bout-with-pulev-makes-wembley-switch-to-allow-fans-in-arena-boxing

There are still some factors that can derail the undisputed fight between Fury and Joshua. Oleksandr Usyk is still the mandatory for the WBO and he is refusing to step aside. I don't think you can legally force Fury to fight somebody he doesn't want to face but it will be interesting to see how this legal situation with Wilder turns out. Maybe he will have to pay him a lot of money for breach of contract. If the WBO says Joshua must face Usyk next, then I would expect Fury to concede to Wilder's demand and fight him again.

Well, I believe that the fight was postponed twice the first match should be 2017, -- but Pulev had a shoulder injury that made replaced by Carlos Takam, and supposedly the fight was scheduled to last March again but due to the pandemic, it was postponed again and rescheduled this 12th of December. I can see that the bulk of bets in this fight would go with Joshua for he has proven himself in this career and Pulev on the other hand he had also shown good fight previously, and he will not become a mandatory challenger to Joshua if he doesn't deserve it, but if I will choose from these two I should still go for ^[Joshua].

41 votes in the poll so far

34 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev
0 votes for a draw

The fight is around the corner, it takes on 12th December 2020 at Wembley Arena in front of 1000 fans. I still think Joshua will win this fight but it will not be straightforward.

Voted for Joshua here as well. Even the odds in sportsbooks are favouring Joshua. But you will go home as big winner if you bet on Pulev and if it will end up being him the winner. Betting on Joshua has very small profits to gain. Unless, you are betting big amount here.

https://i.ibb.co/6sKtQCC/Screen-Shot-2020-12-04-at-7-37-07-AM.png
https://www.bestodds.ai/odds/sport-boxing/matchups/anthony-oluwafemi-olaseni-joshua-vs-kubrat-pulev

He has learned mate, he will not be as aggressive as he was before because it will make him careless, the loss against Ruiz was already enough for him to adjust and use his advantage over a fighter, slowly but at least a sure win for him. A KO win or decision, it doesn't matter because he will fight Fury next and that's the biggest fight of his career.

Fury helping this fight by adding some fuel to the fire:

Fury To Joshua: I'm Coming For You, I Want To Smash Your Face In!


https://www.boxingscene.com/fury-joshua-im-coming-you-i-want-smash-your-face--153859

Lol, Joshua should thank the Gypsy King here, because we all know that he is still the A-side in heavyweight and he is also swarm by boxing media. So every time he opens his mouth and talk about Joshua, then it's a plus for him since he is the busier with a schedule fight with Pulev.

I don't know if Joshua's confidence is already back but the way i saw it on the rematch against Ruiz, it's still not there. He was vey clever on using his jabs to keep Ruiz at bay which was his biggest advantage on that rematch but on this upcoming fight against Pulev, they got almost the same reach and the advantage of AJ is only his age so far  :).

If AJ won't be aggressive here then i think there will be no KO as he will be playing safe and a bet for AJ by Decision @4.50 is imminent for me.

43 votes in the poll so far

35 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev
1 votes for a draw


This is an interesting article from the bbc sports website. It shows Joshua in a different light, much more mature and more focused on trying to keep up the possibility of a fight with Fury but never underestimating his next opponent.

Joshua knows Pulev is a very dangerous fighter who might be 8 years older than Joshua but has a fantastic record of 29 fights and just one loss whereas Joshua has 24 fights and 23 wins.

Joshua has his solitary defeat by Ruiz. Pulev had his solitary defeat at the hands of the legendary Wladimir Klitschko when he was knocked out flat in the 5th round but he was knocked down twice in the first round and once in the third before finally being knocked out in the 5th.

It will be interesting to see if Joshua tries to out-box Pulev for long run an go for a points win just he successfully did against Ruiz in the rematch, or if he tries to go for an early win by trying to knock him out. Pulev does not have the speed of punches like Ruiz but he seems to be a more powerful hitter than Ruiz. This should be a great fight to watch because both will be desperate to win.

It's because Ruiz did knock him out in their first fight. So in the rematch he is more cautious and just cruising for a victory, just to be in the safe side. So good tactic by Joshua and not pushing to go for the knock out so I would say that his confidence his back.


Pulev is a different opponent though, so I think Joshua will go aggressive again and will look for a knockout win here. And I'm sure he is not taking this fight lightly and over look Pulev the way he over look Ruiz and not thinking of his potential fight with Wilder.

I like Pulev, but I want Anthony Joshua to win.

Then finaly we will be able to watch Anthony Joshua - Tyson Fury, where I'm sure that the Gypsy King will beat the s**t out of Joshua and all belts will be united.

Who wouldn't like that gentle giant? But we all know is Joshua is far superior in the list of heavyweight, not name Fury and Wilder.


That's what we wanted to see, all British domestic fight, and two of the hottest heavyweight right now. But we all need to wait because all circumstance should be perfect (a) Joshua wins (b) Fury wait for the arbitration and favoring him against Wilder.

Joshua will win easily in this fight easily, Pulev can't stand against the young champion, we might even see a KO in this fight, so let us consider that.
If it will also go in scorecard, Joshua might get the vote of the judges since he'll bring bigger fight if he wins, and it's a mush win for him, so those corrupt judges will certainly favor him if they exist.
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Wilder ain't stopping, he is giving Fury some problem because Fury choose not to fight him anymore.

But is it possible for Fury to fight Joshua even if the lawsuit Wilder filed has not be decided yet?

I guess nobody in this forum could tell you about the legal stuff, but we all want to see it :D



Nah, I believe that Joshua will win, but not with a KO.
As more realistic tactic I see running-around that Joshua used in the second Ruiz game. Pulev is old.

I will bet Joshua to win with a unanimous decision!

This is a different fighter, he hasn't fought Pulev before but  AJ has learned in the past so he will not make the same mistakes again. Winning by KO or decision, that's all possible but a win here is a ticket to fight Fury and that fight he has no choice but to be aggressive.

Depends on the Wilder arbitration decision which I haven't heard anything about in weeks. Either way I'm sure we won't see a fight between those two anytime soon as both parties will probably quibble over everything and drag it out trying to get the best deals from themselves, and there's still the issue of spectators not being allowed in fully so I'm sure the fight won't go ahead unless they can pack out a stadium as it will easily sell out the largest of venues in the UK. I think it's safe to say it will be the biggest British boxing fight ever so they're going to want to maximise revenues from it.

Shame Fury has said he won't be in attendance for the AJ fight. It would have been interesting to get them face to face for an interview from Fury about what's going on with the fight and potential Wilder rematch.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-9037163/Tyson-Fury-confirms-NOT-attend-Anthony-Joshuas-heavyweight-clash-Kubrat-Pulev.html

45 votes in the poll so far

37 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev
1 votes for a draw

I still do not think Joshua will have an easy fight. I think he will win but it will be a points decision and Joshua might face some tough moments in the fight too.

Joshua has a huge edge from all angle but he should knock Pulev out, Pulev is old he was knock out by Klitscko when they fought it should be easy for Joshua to knock Pulev out so he will have an impressive win going for the much awaited Fury encounter since Fury just come out from a very impressive knock out win against Wilder.

Most boxing fans want to see Fury fight Joshua and it could happen providing Joshua defeats Pulev because that would be the next logical step. I am sure even if there was litigation and Fury lost the case, he would be ordered by a judge to either surrender his championship title or fight Wilder, either way Fury will not fight Wilder and would happily fight Joshua instead.


I think the same, Joshua will not be able to knock out Pulev but will on a unanimous points decision, that would set him up against Fury in an all British fight for the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.


Joshua seems focused, he probably will not be allowing Pulev to dominate in the way Ruiz did in the first fight and he will be going in to the fight with a view to go the distance. Like you said, a win for Joshua means a fight with Fury but let us not forget if Pulev then he would also be looking for the biggest pay day of his life with a shot at fury.

Exactly!
Statistically, Anthony Joshua has already an edge over Kubrat Pulev despite their age. I don't understand why Joshua still needs to fight Pulev as his mandatory opponent wherein it is obvious that Pulev is an underdog in this fight.

I'm confident that most of the incentives here will definitely go to Joshua, and even I had placed my bet on him for I am 99% sure of his win, unless an unexpected incident would occur prior to or during their match which could affect Joshua severely. In fact, I am just looking forward to Joshua having Tyson Fury as his opponent which could bring more excitement to all viewers and bettors.

Any fighter that would fight Joshua expect maybe Fury will be an underdog in the fight.
He is fighting him in preparation for a big fight and promoters are the one making the decision and I believe they are making the right decision.

If I am not mistaken, both parties or Fury and Joshua have already agreed to set a big fight, so this is a must done job for Joshua, hopefully he will make an impressive win here.

The match will not be easy for Joshua for sure. Yet Joshua reach is 208.3 cm, while Pule has a reach of 202 cm and is older.

IMO the best is Joshua to win with a unanimous decision. The odds jumped from 3.80 to 5.00 and I took it at 5.00 a few minutes ago.

Joshua was not expecting Pulev to be so aggressive at the weight-in.

Call it bravado or showmanship or anything else but Pulev was absolutely taunting Joshua because he wanted to make him nervous.

Obviously the smart thinking is that Joshua will win but Pulev looks like he means business and thinks he will win the fight tomorrow !



https://i.postimg.cc/zf0xCL3Y/joshua-pulev1-Copy.png

See the video here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/55277896 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/55277896)

The odds are pointing on a win by Anthony Joshua via knockout but i won't bite on that because 1.30 is not attractive at least for me. On the Joshua vs Ruiz 2 i won 5x by betting on Joshua to win by Decision so this time i will do the same. Betting odds of 4.50 is really attractive knowing that AJ is still not the same fighter before that lose to Ruiz so i think he will play this safe here and not force a KO.

I think I liked that odds, Anthony Joshua seems has transformed and want to be a Floyd Mayweather, so he will use his skills here and will not look for KO, instead a safe and easy win, so I'll go with that 4.50 but I got 4.85 now using a price boost in my bookie.

Obviously he's not going to say that he thinks he might lose or that he's doubting himself  ;D. It's just mind-games that most fighters try do to either get in their opponents head or try sell the fight with drama, but if you actually listen to what they were saying in the close-up the media was blowing it out of proportion. They were actually being quite respectful and they were even fist-bumping (though rather aggressively I might ad): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1gu4ZcHeI

I'll be watching the fight tomorrow anyway especially since it's on at a reasonable time being held in the UK. I think AJ should win, but his loss to the chubby Mexican is making me cast doubt. Pulev has a similar record to AJ with only one loss so I wouldn't overlook a win from him.

Here's the full weigh in video as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYw8kGeSZ_Q

I agree, there's no pushing whatsoever and no disrespect, actually we can see the Pulev when he removed his face mask was just laughing his ass off. I wouldn't say that it was intense, just probably two boxers wanted to bring more hype. In the first place, they shouldn't allow this two to get closer to each other.  ;D

Even Arum, Pulev's manager says that Pulev will knock out AJ, Lol, it's this a sign that they are going to duck AJ when we won tomorrow? (Fury is also under Bob management).

I like Pulev's confidence in this weigh-in and even before Joshua steps into and getting his weigh taken, Pulev's is already shouting at the background, Lol, he is the instigator in the fight. And Joshua pointing I would say that's disrespectful. Anyhow, I don't give Pulev a chance to win here, good that he is hyping and being confident, but as soon as Joshua hit that chin, boom, it's over. Joshua by KO.

Give it to Anthony Joshua anyday, anytime, he so calm, calculated and has that confidence Pulev is just boasting and bragging, boxing is fought on a ring not by mere talking saying 'he has more energy and powerful'  https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/55277896  although a bit older than Anthony and has more wins that can never be a yardstick in winning a boxing match,  many pundits tipped Anthony as the potential winner its going to be an interesting match no doubt about that, I forsee Anthony Joshua knocking out Pulev before the end of the last round, I don't think it going to end in draw.

Good luck on your prediction, and if you put some bet on it, that would be good. However, on my part, I realize that Joshua did not KO Ruiz in their last fight though he dominated him, so I was thinking maybe it will be the same scenario in this fight, hence, Joshua winning by decision is likely to happen.

It was funny watching the video though because Joshua simply did not expect Pulev to behave that way. The fight tonight will be interesting because we just do not know what Pulev will do but we know Joshua can try to jab around 12 rounds if need be. I will still go for a Joshua win but Pulev will not make it easy.

Pulev keep saying "tomorrow I show you" lol.. I understanding him, just trying to sell the fight but I hope to see his aggressiveness on their fight night so Joshua will not be careless and will just use his jab in the entire 12 rounds, he will still win anyway.

Ruiz was a lot harder to knock out. The man is a lot younger than Pulev who is only months shy of hitting 40. And not only that, Joshua must have also been very careful with that rematch because he knew very well that Ruiz is very much capable of knocking him out too. That happened in their first bout. That was kind of traumatic since it was Joshua's very first defeat.

This time, Joshua is faced with an old man without much knock out power, having only less than 50% wins by KO. I think Joshua will be very confident in this fight. Add to it the fact that the fight will be done in his home country.

Surprisingly Fury believes that Pulev can beat Joshua in this article he really believes and he expects Pulev to beat Joshua and he is not the only one even Bob Arum believes that Pulev can beat Joshua, makes the fight very interesting after reading these comments from the top promoter and boxer.


Tyson Fury expects Kubrat Pulev to beat rival Anthony Joshua (https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/fury-pulev-beat-rival-joshua-23147714)

Well, they can make their own prediction but we know these people are clever, we don't know if what they are saying is what they think would happen in reality. I just don't understand, why would Fury not cheer on Joshua to win here when after this fight they will have a big fight that would help him make millions of dollars? It's just odd..

By the way, Arum could be wrong, what he said about Manny that he is too old to fight Thurman and Thurman would only hurt him did not happen, in fact, it was the opposite did happen, so don't believe on them.

Pulev can beat Joshua of course just as Joshua can also beat Pulev. They're both boxers of certain caliber. But the issue is whether Pulev's potential to beat Joshua will be translated into reality. Pulev is now approaching the end of his career while Joshua is still in his peak.

It seems Fury is encouraging Pulev so that when the time comes he will be an easier match for Fury to take than Anthony Joshua. Pulev is an easier opponent.

Of course, he has to be confident and if he's not that will make him not to be eligible to fight Joshua but what I don't like during his interview is him claiming to be a better boxer than Joshua and the last time I checked such a claim are not done by words but holding the title. However, i know deep down he's not capable of winning.
In the meantime, i met for Joshua to win by KO.

48 votes in the poll so far

40 vote for Joshua
7 votes for Pulev
1 votes for a draw

Joshua vs Pulev is about to start in a few hours time  ;D

Great day for boxing fan like us, the awaited fight will happen in few hours so I'll relax for awhile and watch this fight. I hope this fight would last and it will not be a boring one, the key to make this fight entertaining is for Pulev to keep fighting as aggressive as he is.

Good luck to our bets.

The fight is about to start now and for those who want to watch it live, see the link below.

Hope Pulev won't be too aggressive as might see a short fight and lost my bet lol.

After two rounds it still is unclear who will win, too much defensive attitude from both of them...

This won't go the distance.  ;D. Pulev was careless in the thirdsecond round.

edit:

I thought that Pulev have recovered from that brutal beating in the second round but the Joshua uppercut is very lethal and did damage to Pulev that ended the night for him in the ninth round. 

ROUND 3:

Pulev got battered badly. Joshua knocked him down twice, first when Pulev turned his back and the second was a clean knock down.

Joshua failed to finish him off in the round !!



ROUND 4:

Joshua failed to cause damage to Pulev and allowed him to get back in to the fight. Pulev is not done yet.



ROUND 5:

Pulev landed a couple of one-two combinations directly on to the head of Joshua. Joshua started jabbing again...



ROUND 6:

Not sure what I just saw here because sure Joshua looks like he could unleash punches while he dances around Pulev and jabs him but Pulev is throwing right-handers that are missing Joshua. Strange fight.



ROUND 7:

A good combination and flurry of uppercuts from Joshua but no damage done to Pulev. For his return, Pulev is throwing punches back and seems to have fully recovered from the round knock downs.



ROUND 8:

Pulev caught Joshua with a one-two combination and apart from that nothing much happened in this round. Pulev is getting more and more aggressive as the fight goes on while is still jabbing and trying to control the fight.



ROUND 9:

Joshua knocks out Pulev. It is all over.

What's your assessment on Joshua?

Is he ready to face the Gypsy King and be the king in the Heavyweight division?

I think Fury will beat Joshua, simple as that.

I don't think that Joshua has the tool to beat Fury at this point. Although Joshua has matured after the lost against Ruiz, Fury is well rounded and all around though. And we have seen that Fury has the chin or at least can recover very quickly after a hard knock-down, while Joshua's chin has been broken by Ruiz already. So I couldn't imagine if Fury hit's him with the same power that he gave Wilder in the trilogy. I think he can knock out Joshua cold.

Joshua won by a TKO in the ninth round he won all rounds it was an easy fight for Joshua those hard uppercuts gave Pulev wobbly legs and Joshua finish it with a straight right this will set up a fight against Fury, and Joshua have proven that Bob Arum and Fury is very wrong in giving a prediction about the fight.

He's ready, but most probably, Furry will be the favorite.

Joshua was, without a doubt, was the better player tonight. Pulev doesn't stand a chance (and cost me my bet Joshua to win by decision :( As I read somewhere after the match - Pulev was awkward but not a threat...

Certainly was not a TKO because Pulev was unable to stand up after he hit the canvas. If the referee had stopped the fight while Pulev was standing then yes it would be a TKO but that did not happen.

Fury vs Joshua will happen in 2021 and with a re-match clause inserted they will have two fights. If it ends up being 1-1 then a trilogy will have to settle it but for me Fury will win.

That uppercut though, it was successive that put Pulev and then after that he was hit by an overhand right and his face is bloodied. So it was really a mismatch as AJ was really having some fun in the fight and just smiling.

As for Joshua vs Fury, I do agree with most posters, I will favour Fury as well, Gypsy King is well rounded, has a good chin has the height advantage and I would say has experienced because he has a better resume than Joshua. Let's hope that we can see them in the ring in 2021.

Yes, Joshua is on cruise control in this fight, in the third round Pulev was also down. So at that point we have seen what Joshua can do, it's just a matter of time for him to get a knock out again. We know where Bob Arum and Fury is coming from, of course they wanted their boy Pulev to win, but it ain't happening and no upset here.

I believed that Joshua vs Fury will happen soon, there's too much money to make for this domestic fight.

If that match will happen, that will be money-making game for both camps. As I went back on this thread, I voted for Joshua also as it seemed that this was really an easy fight for Joshua. Anyway, maybe time to lock this thread and create another discussion thread for Joshua's next fight.  ;)

Joshua did what we all expected him to do. Now it is time to make the fight everybody wants to see against Tyson Fury. There is still the legal action by Deontay Wilder against Fury and also Joshua might be mandated to fight Usyk. I think Joshua should just drop the WBO belt if he is forced to make that fight or pay a really big step aside fee to Usyk. Joshua vs. Fury is the only fight that matters in the division and they should put politics aside to make it happen.

Pulev is just all talk and tries to bully Joshua before the fight, Joshua just made a big statement and he proves that he is back and he is still dangerous, now all talks will be on the Fury Joshua fight, this is the fight that must happen and it should happen in 2021 in times when the pandemic will be totally controlled.

Game over, that upper cut hit Pulev clean, he was able to survive but the next shot was the straight right and he wasn't able to rise again. Congratulations to Anthony Joshua for this big win, he was so focus, so he deserved this win.  Yay!, next fight will be Fury vs Joshua.

Joshua proves himself too much for Pulev people thought he will be a technical fighter after his loss to Ruiz but he proves that he is the same Joshua that can knock out anybody in the ring and now all roads go to the Joshua - Fury fight which is fortunately for us will happen this 2021
I hope the fight will not be delayed the only two fighters missing on Joshua's resume are Fury and Wilder, if he beat these two fighters he will become the greatest fighter of this generation. 

Yes, Joshua proves himself again, finished the part of his bargain, and then we will wait what the arbitration on Wilder Fury next year. And if everything goes smooth we will see Fury vs Joshua then. That is the fight we wanted to see. We are tired of Wilder's drama and antics.

Again, still boils down to the arbitration, if the mediator see that and mandated a Fury vs Wilder first, then Joshua vs Fury might wait for a bit. (Fury needs to win against Wilder though).

Promoters should understand that there is huge money and interest that will generate if the Joshua - Fury happens than the Fury Wilder 3, fans especially the British people wants to see who is the greatest British heavyweight boxer and probably the greatest boxer of this generation, so much is at stake on this fight, then the Fury Wilder trilogy.

I'm hoping that the most awaited match up will be realized next year, let's give them a little break and a big preparation next year.
It would be nice if they'll announce the fight as early as possible so it will create some hype and will help them generate a lot of money since that's what they want.

I believe no one would be interested in this fight after the Fury vs Joshua, cause they might have a rematch if it will be a controversial fight.

Let us not forget it took Joshua 9 rounds to defeat Pulev and he managed to knock him out in the final few seconds of that round. If Pulev managed to stand up the referee would have allowed the fight to continue which means at very earliest Joshua could have won was the 10th.

On current form he would struggle against Wilder and have no chance against Fury.

We can't really tell what the arbitration outcome will be. Remember that Fury also have a scheduled fight this December if I'm not mistaken, but it was cancelled and I would assume because they might have pre-empted the arbitration process and Bob Arum knows this.

That's why we are not sure if Fury vs AJ will happen first, or if the judge favours Wilder, then we will see a Wilder vs Fury trilogy first before the all British shutdown of Fury vs AJ.

Still, a lot of money for Fury on both fights, so it's literally a 'win-win' situation for him.

We see it the same way, Joshua seems soft compared to the two boxers, a Joshua vs Wilder would be very exciting, but of course since he is a champion, he needs to fight a champion as well and that is Fury, now, if these two will fight soon, it would be interesting to know the betting odds as I'll certainly bet on Fury early.

I will reckon that Fury might have a @1.40 odds in the beginning if ever a Fury vs Joshua will happen in the future.

Does anyone really think that Pulev has a chance against Joshua here? It's good that there some trash talking during the weigh in, but if you look at the odds, Joshua is clearly the favourite and he did what he needed to do by knocking out Pulev with good uppercut and finished him with the right hand.

Now that Joshua wins, Fury and Joshua needs to settle things as to who is the best Heavyweight right now.

I really don't think so, In my honest opinion I think Anthony Joshua decided to be more conservative and not force the knockout early, he chose to use all his strategies wisely, attacks, and recoveries  included.. The match could have been ended earlier if Joshua decided to go full force on Pulev, I believe.. And the match could also have been ended both times when Pulev turned his back (synonymous to walking away) as it usually happen in boxing.

All in all, I'm strongly opined that Anthony Joshua does stand more than a chance, be it Wilder or against Fury.

Hard to argue with your view. Fury will probably punish Joshua first by out boxing him then by knocking him out then by taking all his heavy-weight titles and unifying them all.

We cant finalized what will transpire in Joshua vs Fury fight with the way Joshua fought Pulev and I don't know if you aware Joshua learned a massive lesson from his loss to Ruiz Jr. and ever since then his fight move has to do with his opponent.

I am expecting Anthony Joshua to win against Wilder, Anthony Joshua knows to box while Wilder only looks to win the fight by a single punch and Anthony Joshua will be smart enough to avoid that heavy punch and with the excuses he is coming up against his loss against Tyson Fury i doubt whether Wilder will be mentally accepting his flaws as well and Anthony Joshua came back from a defeat and performed well understanding his flaws.

Outstanding performance by AJ from start to finish. He controlled the fight from the first bell, I hope we soon get the fight everybody wants to see, AJ vs Fury to unify the heavyweight division.

I dont think that he can even struggle against Wilder, if he would be in same shape as he was in his first fight against Fury.
Ruiz showed how not ideal Joshua's defence is, and how he hold punches. Will he be able to hold aggression from Bronze Bomber?
Agree, he has zero chances against Fury. He wont outbox him and win on cards, neither he is able to KO Fury.

Joshua seems wasn't praise in his fight against Pulev, people are not satisfied with the way he showed that he wasn't so aggressive in the fight. Personally, I think Joshua is still a dangerous fighter but his style if he will not adjust, he might loss against Fury or Wilder.

That's what I noticed too, but you can't blame the fans, it seems like they did not see what they were expecting from Joshua, it was expected that Joshua would finish Pulev early with a KO win, but it didn't happen, it was in the late round where Pulev got knock out, and actually Pulev is not anymore on his prime that's why Joshua had easily dominated him.

It wasn't a one sided match, but still Kubrat Pulev was no match for Anthony Joshua. I have a feeling that Tyson Fury would be able to give a tougher challenge to Joshua. But previous attempts to schedule a match between the two ended up with nothing, and right now Fury seems to be quite busy with his trilogy fight against American fighter Deontay Wilder.

Joshua has changed since that lose to Andy Ruiz and for me that's the right thing to do. Some said that how can a fighter who was not even impressive on this prime and at old age will be Anthony Joshua  :) but my argument here is that there is always that one lucky punch that can change the outcome of the fight just like the fight between Whyte and Povetkin.

 

If both fighters are not afraid of each other, they will fight, and if promoters would really love big money, they will fight.
This is the biggest fight in the heavyweight division next year so it should happen, it's like a Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight, but I'm hoping it's more entertaining.

If the Wilder trilogy fight doesn't happen before the AJ one then it almost certainly won't happen at all. Fury doesn't want to fight him again and will likely only do so if he's forced to by the courts. His camp argues that the contract is null and void because it expired but Wilder's Camp are claiming it's still valid because of covid meant they couldn't schedule it in time. Now the arbitration courts will have to decide who is in the wrong/right. It's a tricky situation because of covid and whilst Fury is probably in the right as the timeframe to get it done has certainly elapsed the pandemic is an exceptional circumstance so he might still be due it. Personally I think he should do the trilogy fight then move on to AJ later in the year. The AJ fights probably wont go on until they can have full capacity with fans and that might be a while anyway. AJ also might not want to fight straight away.


He's been out of the ring for a while so there's the ring rust as they say, but he probably could have taken Pulev down a lot earlier. I'm not sure why he didn't to be honest.

That may be true, but most of the gambling sites have Tyson Fury as the favorite in a potential fight between him and Joshua. Joshua's knockout victory against Kubrat Pulev doesn't seems to have changed much. Betfair has Joshua at 11/8, compared to Fury at 4/7, and the odds have remained at this level for the past few weeks. I would rather give equal odds to both the boxers and that means that right now it is more attractive to bet in favor of Joshua.

I think boxing media thinks that Joshua will just steam roll on Pulev and the fight shouldn't last for 9 rounds before that knockout. He had him in round 4 on the canvass already if I'm not mistaken and it took another 5 more rounds to finish him.

So that's why he didn't get the praise that he was supposed to get in this fight. They think that Joshua is now playing safe and not aggressive enough to go for an early knock down.

Pulev's performance was disappointing, but he wasn't that bad to give a 4th round knockout victory to Anthony Joshua. AJ had to work hard for his win, and it was not a cakewalk. The outcome was more or less certain, as the odds were heavily favoring Joshua. But the next match against Fury will be different, and there he will be the underdog. On top of that Fury is in top form right now.

It wasn't an intense game for Puleb, he talked so much outside the ring only to get himself knockout inside the right. Pulev try to market the game but people are not happy, they are also expecting that Joshua will win easily and not to take this fight longer.

Well, maybe we can consider this fight as a tune up fight for Joshua in this big fight with Fury, but people should already know now who is the better fighter between Fury and Joshua although they both are winners on their previous respective fights.

I agree with you.

The performance of Pulev was a bit underwhelming IMO especially that I was expecting it to be a close fight. AJ gave him a run for his money and his trash-talking, though everything was done in order to market the fight.
After the game, I watched about AJ saying that 'let it be Tyson Fury'. This game will surely be exciting and I want to see this happening in the near future! If such game continues, I'm betting all of my money to the Gypsy King!

I agree with this, he wasn't the same after he lose, he was playing safe now and just use his height advantage and length but he cannot do that with Fury as Fury is aggressive and tall as well, that's why people wants him to fight Fury because they want him to get KOd again, lol.

People wanting to see Joshua getting knockout the hell out of him again,  ;D. Fury is very different and all of Joshua's advantages will be negated, as Fury is the taller and the heavier puncher of the two. and Fury said that Joshua needs to sign the  contract and that's it. He can't outboxed Fury, but he has a puncher's chance, and that is the only chance that he will win, knockout Fury with a uppercut, that is if he gets lucky.

Same here, no hesitation, Fury will KO Joshua with the way he is fighting now, he is big but Fury is big as well, so this is going to be a great fight. I think betting on Fury to KO Joshua, that way you'll get a good odds as Fury is already a favorite to win this fight.

Over 83% of the users participating in the poll were correct in that Joshua would win the fight but in all honesty how many people here actually thought it would take 9 rounds for Joshua to win. Pulev was a tricky opponent, he made life difficult for Joshua.

In my opinion it just showed that Joshua does not have the tools to beat Fury if that unification fight ever took place.

He was really a tricky one, on and off the court but what matters is Joshua were able to put an additional win in this record.
People are still disappointed despite him winning and I hope he will prove us wrong and give us a good fight when he will face Fury.

I have 40/60.. 40% only for Joshua to win in that fight.

Pulev is a lot older than AJ and pushing 40. He's on his way out as a boxer but I think he did pretty well to survive as long as he did. I don't think Fury will beat AJ as easily as you lot seem to be making out. That was AJs first fight in a long time and Fury will have been out of action for a while as well before he gets to face AJ, assuming he also doesn't have a tune up fight in the meantime which might actually happen as he will probably have a mandatory soon (or Wilder will get his trilogy fight which is a still a string possibility).

Eddie Hearn said recently that all four belts may be dropped to get the fight done which is silly to me. Surely a big draw of this fight is that all the belts will be on the line. Take them away and it's just a fight between two boxers really.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/55342704

AJ won't be fighting anyone for a while anyway so I think Fury should just take the trilogy fight, secure the biggest bag of his career then he can move on to the AJ fights. No point dragging it out in arbitration which could go on a very long time when Fury can put an end to it and everyone can move on.

This is a big disappointment, we were expecting a mega fight next year and yet this news came. So as long as AJ hold those belts he would not fight Fury as he is afraid to lose all of those, hmmm.. very clever man, he is not a real champion for me now.