ESPN: Kubrat Venkov Pulev vs. Bogdan Marius Dinu & Jessie Magdaleno vs. Rico Ramos RBR.

****ing wow.

 

Pulev is a funny dude.

He has the ability to do more than what he shows in some fights, I'm not saying go crazy but more punches. I like what I saw tonight. I just wanna see more follow up punches after the jabs. It worked against a tall guy like Dinu and he only got in trouble when he let Dinu dictate. You don't wanna let Wilder or Joshua land right hands like that. Wlad clocked him when he was standing around with the left hand out.

 

David Price did a recent interview where he claimed Pulev was the best he'd sparred, was extremely skilled. Wlad also implied Pulev was more skilled than Joshua, despite poleaxing him.

 

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(for those like me who missed it live)

The beginning of his demise starts about 28min in..and Dinu is TKOed about 32:25...

 

I'd read someone Tweet how it almost looked as if Dinu would have been happy to grab a DQ win, and might have been angling for it. Yep, sure looks that way to me. I'm done with you, *****. Retire. Wasted an entire swath of your prime on meaningless semi-pro Bigger's Better tourneys that didn't even count on your record and then only got your career going eleven years in, and then you turn out to be a little quitting ass punk. GOODBYE FELICIA

 

Official scores at time of stoppage
58-56 Pulev
57-57
57-57

 

Probably the most exciting Pulev fight I've watched. A shame Dinu has no heart otherwise he could have made something of this fight.

 

Pulev would beat Ortiz IMO & he handled Chisora much easier than Whyte too.. You could argue he's top 5 at HW. Maybe top 4 even... Whyte, Ortiz, Pulev or maybe even Usyk fairly soon.. Top 3 are a lock but the rest all have a case for 4th & 5th spot depending on your criteria.

Age wise he's getting up there though.

 

Wow! A really entertaining fight from Pulev. Well, he's up with the top 5 I think. His corner needs to cut him right at the beginning of evry fight methinks.

 

Aside from a bit more venom on his shots I didn't see anything Pulev did that was especially impressive. He still moves back in straight lines when put under pressure, still uses the same predictable one-two over and over again, still punches with his chin in the air and his head in one place.

His jab looked very good I admit, but he so rarely does anything with it. Once Joshua gets the measure of it, he won't have any problems moving Pulev back to the ropes and unloading on him.

 

If you’re be bending over and down I thought it’s one of those things that it never gets called

 

Add that he is very patient in the ring his composure is a real key part of why he is were he is, he dosent force openings or go looking for them he bides his time. Then we the time is right he’s devastating finishing, that’s a sign of a champion in my eyes, composure one of the greatest assets/traits any fighter in any fighting/combat sport can have imo.