What's the likelihood that Kubrat Pulev pulls out with injury again to Joshua?

He did it before and I think he'll do it again.

That dude was just looking for a way out of the Joshua fight, imo and he'll do it again. Mark my words.

Don't be surprised AJ fights a last minute replacement.

Pulev has been sitting high on IBF rankings for years and has never bothered doing anything with it. Smh.

 

He will not do it again.

Last time Joshua - Pulev fight was made he was with Sauerland and he said that they care only about the money and that they negotiated the fight behind his back without him knowing or having a say in it. Afterwards he left them.

Then he started working with Ivaylo Gotsev who became his manager and who is also a Bulgarian, he is living for many years in America and has connections with John Wirt the president of Epic Sports and Entertainment who started working with Pulev.

Pulev now has active say in organisation of his fights, he wanted to fight in Bulgaria, Epic Sports won purse bids including against Matchroom and set up fights there, he wants to fight at National Stadium in Bulgaria, they will try to bring the Joshua fight there. So he is happy with his team and no reason to pull out because of that.

I don't know if he used the injury as an excuse for not wanting to have Sauerland as his promoters for his title fight but there was an Eddie Hearn interview he said after Pulev pulled out from Joshua fight that Sauerland told him that Pulev wanted to fight with the injury but Hearn said no as he wanted 100% healthy opponent in the ring with Joshua.

 

It'll be in London, no way Hearn has AJ fight in Bulgaria... Hearn needs 100% control of everything to maximize his Cash Cow a victory and Milking AJ's FanBoyz in London is like taking Money from a Baby, UK is where the $$$ is at since that's where most of the AJ Nutters reside! They'd pay to watch AJ undress and pump weights naked!!!

 

Probably. F*** that guy. A total wasteman.

 

Why would he do that? He's getting career high money. Where else is he gonna get the Joshua payday?
Even if I feel I have no chance at all of winning I'd still show up, get knocked out and collect my millions.
If pulev wants to pul-out (lol) I'll be happy to let AJ knock me out for that money

 

I hope not I want his title defence over with I dunno if hes even top 10 anymore hasn't looked great in last few fights.

 

Pull-ev.

 

Anyone has a chance to KTFO AJ, you just have to attack him, let your hands go, don't just follow him around eating punches like Ruiz eats Deep Fried Snickers Bars!!

 

No way Pulev will pull out of the fight. He won't get a chance for such a pay day ever again. Last big shot for him and his trainer.

 

Not a a hope in hell Pulev pulls out unless he has a legitimate injury are you insane. Biggest payday of his life and he also genuinely believes he has a shot of beating Joshua. Professional fighters aren't afraid to fight each other and then throw about 7-8 million on top of it

 

That's naive thinking.

He did it before and seemed content in fighting bums afterwards

Mark my words, he'll do it again. That's how confident I am that he will do it again.

 

Seriously mate is there something wrong with you? We have a Joshua that was sparked cold by Ruiz last time around and now Pulev is getting biggest payday of his career by about 10 fold and you think he's afraid to fight. You were never a boxer mate because if you were you would know they wouldn't think like you just have

 

Lmao. The OP has absolutely no fkn idea about the business.

The reason why he pulled out the first time wasn't an injury, it was due to being wrecked by Sauerland financially. Now he's with Arum and he will definitely get the money he wants.

Pulev knew he wouldn't get another shot at Joshua and so he pulled out because the purse he would have received was just **** and not acceptable for him.

Pulev looked terrible vs. Booker in his last fight but he is a true fighter and he will fight Joshua if the fight is finally made. Everyone who thinks Pulev ducked Joshua in the past, has no idea about the business.

 

Erm , no.

Pulev's 25% mandatory split is the same now as it was back then. There's no negotiating money or splits when it comes to mandatory challengers.
If he doesn't accept his 25% cut , the IBF removes him as challenger mandatory. Simple as that.

Pulev ducked out first time cos he didn't want to take a loss at the time. There was money for him to be made defending his mandatory status in Bulgaria.

 

STFU if you have no idea what you're talking about, you clown. Pulev had a contract with Sauerland where he had to give them a big part of his purse. He would have ended up with not even the half of his %. You're clueless.