Kubrat Pulev's professional career

[Joe_MacKenzie]

Originally Posted by ogii3

On Monday it will be finally decided if Kubrat will fight Dimitrenko or Boytsov. It all depends on Universum. One think is clear, his next fight will be on 31 March in Germany.

Presumably on a Sauerland card.

Boytsov-Pulev would be a competitive matchup of top HWs with different styles. Kubrat has more experience against better fighters, as an amateur and pro, but Boytsov has one-punch KO power.

[Cafe]

Originally Posted by ogii3

On Monday it will be finally decided if Kubrat will fight Dimitrenko or Boytsov. It all depends on Universum. One think is clear, his next fight will be on 31 March in Germany.

Please be Boytsov. Dimitrenko isn't that good, Boytsov has some nice potential and we've been waiting for him to step up for a long time, the fight would certainly be A LOT better as well.

[Cachibatches]

Boytsov-Pulev is exactly what the division needs.

[IntentionalButt]

Originally Posted by Cachibatches

Boytsov-Pulev is exactly what the division needs.

Well, short of a Great American Hope...yeah.

[Black2023]

Originally Posted by ogii3

Here some interesting stats

Who fought Mike Tyson between his 11th and 15th professional bouts
11. Sterling Benjamin 5-6-1
12. Eddie Richardson 10-2-0
13. Conroy Nelson 15-7-2
14. Sammy Scaff 13-6-0
15. Mark Young 8-6-0

Kubrat Pulev

11. Yaroslav Zavorotnyi 15-5-0
12. Derric Rossy 25-3-0
13. Maksym Pediura 13-2-1
14. Travis Walker 38-6-1
15. Michael Sprott 36-17-0

Wladimir Klitschko
11. Biko Botowamungu 9-5-1
12. James Pritchard 30-16-2
13. Marcos Gonzalez 18-11-1
14. Jerry Halstead 84-18-1
15. Ladislav Husarik 4-13-1

Vitaly Klitschko
11. Gilberto Williamson 4-3-3
12. Herman Delgado 12-8-1
13. Anthony Willis 16-6-0
14. Marcus Rhode 20-7-0
15. Alben Belinski 5-0-0


Dennis Boytsov
11. Zoltan Petranyi 28-16-0
12. Hein van Bosch 9-13-0
13. Radoslav Milutinovic 8-20-0
14. Jucimar Francisco Hipolito 11-5-0
15. Edson Cesar Antonio 31-5-1

Seth Mitchel
11. Joseph Rabotte 3-4-0
12. Andrew Greeley 14-25-2
13. Alvaro Morales 3-5-5
14. Andrae Carthron 3-2-2
15 Jermell Barnes 18-22-2

Another key is time-

Whilst the numbers are good...Pulev has taken two years and a few months to reach 15-0.

Tyson took 10 months.


Tyson from March 85 to march 88 - Was undisputed heavyweight champion, 34-0 and 30 knockouts. Thats 3 years.

Tys

[ludwig]

Things are looking up for Pulev since Sauerland will promote this EBU title fight. So Pulev will have the home field advantage.

[Puksu]

It will be very exciting fight, who ever the he's fighting Dimi or Boytsov. I think Pulev will win by UD.

[ogii3]

Kubrat is training right now with Bulgarian national amateur team along with his brother Tervel. The guys are waiting for very strong Cuban, Turkey and Korea teams to come for joint preparation and participation for the oldest amateur tournament in Europe - "Strandjca cup" (22-25 February) in Sofia (More then 160 fighters men and women will come - Russia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Turkey, Korea, France, Germany, England will come).

It's expected that Kubrat will leave for Germany in the middle of February to make sparings and to prepare himself for 31 March bout. I am hoping that this time there will not be a problem with the opponents, it's strange that it's so tough to find a capable one and good ranked fighter to accept big 12 rounds heavyweight fight these days

[ogii3]

It's official - Pulev/Dimitrenko on 5th May. Reason - Injury of Dimitrenko.

[Uncle Roger]

Originally Posted by ogii3

It's official - Pulev/Dimitrenko on 5th May. Reason - Injury of Dimitrenko.

I bet he hit his head on something when he was pretending to faint again.

[ogii3]

Dimitrenko looks 7-8 cm longer here.

Some quotes from Kubrat:
"First i want to be European champion, then i want someone of Klitschko broters"

Dimitrenko, who's got a new coach - Scott Welch
"I Lost the European title, because of injury, now i am healed."

[ogii3]

Next for Kubrat in his pro debut will be a fight in september/october, defence of European title.

[Nosbor]

We should of had a Wladimir/Vitaly Klitschko pro debut thread...

LOL

Not sure if ESB was even around back then. I discovered this place right before Wlad fought Botha!

[Goodhill]

Any news about what´s going to be Pulev´s next pro debut -fight?

[stitches]

Kubrat Pulev gave a press-conference yesterday in Sofia:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
You can play it here if you understand any Bulgarian.

In short, key points:
- He thanked everybody for the great support, said this gives him even more determination and ambition to keep going forward.
- The fight vs Dimitrenko was key for both boxers as everything was on the line - a loss would end Dimitrenko's ambitions for world title and possiblly end his career(he also said Dimitrenko wanted to sign a contract with Sauerland, too, which will probably not happen now), and a loss for Pulev would set him back a lot!
- The fight vs Dimitrenko was not easy, as Dimitrenko is very experienced fighter. Said his brother came to his corner at 5-6 round break and said to him he should push it a bit and get more active because the he was hearing the refs are having it about even at that point.
- The cut on Dimitrenko's face gave Pulev confidence, while it gave Dimitrenko worries and problems.
- Talked about the sparrings he had preparing for the fight - tall guys... he had David Price and Orlov sparring him. Said it was extremely hard in the first training sessions vs Price, but with time he got used to his size and was outboxing him
- He said he knew Dimitrenko's British coach and the way he's approaching fights, he knew Dimitrenko would try to go hard the first rounds and going slow and cautious in the first several rounds was planned from that perspective. He said defence was key in the fight and he was training a lot about it. Said he couldn't find the right distance in the beginning of the fight, but he adjusted. He waited till Dimitrenko went a little soft from which point on he started developing his attacks more freely. It was his best fight to date, he thinks.
-He said he appreciates the titles, but having such high rankings(4th-5th) in various boxing organizations rankings is amazing, and he couldn't believe he surpassed such great boxers.
About his plans:
- a little vacation, then training and going to support his brother at the Olympics, and September or October - a fight for defense of the title.
- they asked him about the Klitchkos' weaknesses - he said he's not focused on them right now, but of course they have weaknesses, they are human as him, just at this moment they are great boxers and are at the top, but thit will not be forever, the moment's gonna come when they will lose.
-Said he rates his current status way above the Olympics level.
-There's a possibility his defense of the title will be in Sofia in the new Arena Armeets Sofia.