Pulev is going to KO the bodybuilder

Agreed. Pulev's style is one of the most basic I've ever seen. Stand straight up with your arms out and your chin in the air, pawing out the jab then clinching anytime someone gets too close. Maybe throw the odd one two if you want to spice things up a bit. Oh yeah, and don't forget to lean straight back when you want to avoid a shot. Great tactic against a taller opponent.

Only top ten fighters I'd give Pulev a chance against would be Chisora and maybe Ortiz if he fights them in Bulgaria again. On neutral territory I doubt he beats anyone worth a damn.

 

Yeah I agree, it's that basic old "European" style, I just don't think that enough these days.

I think this reinvigorated Chisora gives him serious problems, but like you say, if it's in Bulgaria then Pulev might have an advantage.

 

I don't think it's really typically European. I've not seen any other fighter employ it. Looks like a weird mix of Foreman and Chuck Liddell, or like a really bad imitation of Wlad that misses the point of what Wlad was doing.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Chisora rematch on UK territory (Chisora doesn't really benefit from blatant favouritism so I don't see it being an issue here). Their last fight was marred by rampant clinching and Chisora still managed to make it close.

In Bulgaria Chisora gets clinched to death again.

 

AJ will have no problem with Pulev, at this rate the fight will end up taking place in a supermarket car park in about 4 years with Fast Eddie streaming it on DAZN.

 

I know my english is not perfect, but do you also have problems with english? Neutral for them is USA, they were negotiating for USA.
Pulev is not the favorite(odds are 5/1 for him), no one said that, it's just some of you don't give him the respect he deserves(and later the respect to Joshua for eventually his win).

 

You are seriously mistaken.The Chisora fight when Pulev outboxed him wasn't in Bulgaria, IT WAS IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY - Germany + both were with the same promoter, so it was without "diet advantage".And no it wasn't close, watch it again, Pulev was much more accurate and aggressive, 50% of the time Chisora was laying on the ropes)

 

I give Pulev exactly the respect he deserves which is very little.

He's sat in the top ten for years now like a turd that won't flush, treading water by taking on the crappiest, most washed up opponents he could find with the odd dangerous-but-not-really opponent and showing zero ambition to achieve anything other than an easy title shot (which even then he seemed hesitant to take).

There was a time I thought highly of Pulev, but that was before Wlad took his soul and turned him into a pale imitation of himself. When Joshua wins it'll be around the same ballpark as beating someone like Carlos Takam.

 

Apologies. My mistake.

Point is that Pulev got away with rampant clinching which he would have been rightly warned for if the fight had been held in the UK, and that was a big reason why Chisora was unable to get working on the inside where he tends to do best.

Pulev won, I don't dispute that, but he did it by illegally stifling Chisora's work, which is why a rematch with fairer reffing is worth pursuing.

 

Clueless alt

 

Stop being a Fisher Price troll and up your game.

 

Will be a huggathon.AJ will throw a couple punches then hug on for dear life .this will continue for the length of the bout.I doubt a fight will break out .AJ is gun shy

 

Joshua hasn't looked very dominant for a while. I'm not convinced he steam rolls through Pulev, unless he can keep his weight down. He still looked very vulnerable when that 280lb blob just stood there while receiving a barrage of punches. Ruiz was just more bored of chasing that scaredy cat bodybuilder than anything else.

 

What respect does Pulev deserve at this point in time?
I've always considered him solid with a class jab but he as noted above is just clogging up the rankings waiting for his retirement fund via a mandatory that he keeps by beating fringe contenders at best