Kubrat Pulev

Fury willing to face Pulev for the IBF mandatory spot

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fury5423By Scott Gilfoid: In a big surprise, unbeaten Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) is saying he wants to fight for the #1 IBF mandatory spot if he gets past former IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) in their fight on April 20th for the #2 IBF spot at Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York, New York, USA.

Many boxing fans thought Fury, #4 WBC, #6 WBO, #9 IBF, was just fighting the 6’2” Cunningham just to stay busy while waiting to find out what WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko would do with his career.

Few people believes that Fury was actually interested in trying to become the IBF mandatory challenger because it would require that he beat #1 IBF Kubrat Pulev, a really tough fighter with more than enough skills to beat Fury, but it looks like Fury is willing to take that risk.

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Fury vs. Cunningham winner must fight Kubrat Pulev in IBF eliminator

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pulev56By Scott Gilfoid: The winner of the April 20th fight between Tyson Fury (20-0, 14 KO’s) and Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) wants a title shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko then they’re going to have to battle #1 IBF contender Kubrat Pulev (17-0, 9 KO’s) for the IBF #1 eliminator spot next instead of being able to go straightaway into the fight with the 6’6” Wladimir.

The Fury-Cunningham fight is only an eliminator for the IBF #2 spot, so there’s still going to be a lot of hard work for the winner of that fight.

In International Boxing Federation has ordered that the winner of Fury-Cunningham has to face Pulev. I can pretty much guess how this is going to go.

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Adamek turns down fight with Kubrat Pulev

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adamek45By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) has decided not to face #1 IBF heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev (17-0, 9 KO’s) in an IBF eliminator bout to determine a mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Adamek says he got a better off of bigger money to fight in his native Poland.

Adamek said “I have been offered an opportunity to fight in Poland for more money than I would get for fighting Kubrat Pulev. Meaning no disrespect to Pulev, he has never held a major title and never headlined a televised card. Any money generated by the promotion would, for the most part, be generated by my popularity.

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Is Tomas Adamek ready to fight for the heavyweight title in 2013?

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adamek45By Dan Ambrose: #3 IBF, #9 WBA, Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) is close to becoming the mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2013, if Adamek can beat undefeated 6’4 ½” Kubrat Pulev this year in their IBF eliminator bout for the #1 mandatory position. However, Adamek has looked poor recently in winning two out of his last three fights by huge controversy in victories over Eddie Chambers and Steve Cunningham.

Adamek looked like he lost both of those fights, and even if you give benefit of the doubt and say he won, he still looked awful in both. Adamek didn’t look ready to fight either of the Klitschkos, and we already saw what happened when he fought Vitali Klitschko in September 2011. Adamek was toyed with and taken out in the 10th round in perhaps Vitali’s easiest fights since he recaptured the World Boxing Council heavyweight title in 2008 with a win over Samuel Peter.

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Adamek won’t get past Pulev

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pulev86By Dan Ambrose: Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) better enjoy his controversial 12 round split decision win over Steven Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) for as long as possible because the party will be over for Adamek in his next fight when he faces unbeaten #1 IBF Kubrat Pulev (17-0, 9 KO’s) in the final International Boxing Federation heavyweight eliminator bout in early 2013 to determine who will become the mandatory challenger for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Adamek, 36, is starting to show serious signs of aging in his last three fights against Eddie Chambers, Travis Walker and Steve Cunningham. A lot of boxing fans think that Adamek lost to both Chambers and Cunningham, and I’m in full agreement with them. I thought Adamek looked slow in those fights and was beaten to the punch all night long.

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Adamek to face Kubrat Pulev next in IBF final eliminator

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pulev56By Allan Fox: IBF North American heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) really lucked out tonight in beating Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) by a 12 round split decision in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Not too many boxing fans saw the 36-year-old Adamek as the winner of the fight, and he’s pretty lucky that he had a couple of judges that saw him as the winner of the fight because a different set of judges likely would have gone with Cunningham as the winner because he did appear to out-box Adamek in this fight.

For Adamek, it’s his controversial win in his last three fights. He won a controversial 12 round decision over Eddie Chambers earlier this year with perhaps just as many angry boxing fans feeling that he’d been given a gift decision over Chambers.

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Adamek-Cunningham II winner will fight Kubrat Pulev to determine who faces Klitschko

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Image: Adamek-Cunningham II winner will fight Kubrat Pulev to determine who faces KlitschkoBy Eric Thomas: The winner of the December 22nd fight between Steven Cunningham (25-4, 12 KO’s) and 35-year-old Tomasz Adamek (47-2, 29 KO’s) in their #2 IBF heavyweight eliminator bout will then have to fight unbeaten #1 IBF Kubrat Pulev (17-0, 9 KO’s) in a final IBF eliminator bout to determine who will be the fighter that will become the mandatory challenger for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, says Kathy Duva of Main Events, who promotes Adamek.

Adamek wants to get another shot against one of the Klitschko brothers after having been beaten badly by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko last year in a 10th round stoppage loss in September.

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Kubrat Pulev may be #3 heavyweight in division behind Klitschko brothers

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Image: Kubrat Pulev may be #3 heavyweight in division behind Klitschko brothersBy Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Kubrat Pulev’s impressive performance against Alexander Ustinov in their IBF heavyweight eliminator bout last weekend put Pulev in line for a shot against IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko next year. But in addition to that, Pulev may have shown the he’s the number #3 heavyweight division just behind #1 Wladimir Klitschko and his brother #2 Vitali Klitschko.

At this point it’s difficult to find a better heavyweight among the rest of the pack than the 6’4 1/2″ Pulev because he’s got a huge amount of skills to go along with his size.

Here’s how I see the heavyweight division ranked right now:

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Did Ustinov pull a quit job against Pulev?

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Image: Did Ustinov pull a quit job against Pulev?By Sean McDaniel: In looking at the ending of last Saturday’s IBF heavyweight eliminator bout between previously unbeaten contender Alexander Ustinov (27-1, 21 KO’s) and Kubrat Pulev (17-0, 9 KO’s) in Hamburg, Germany, it sure looked to me that the 6’7 1/2″ Ustinov flat out quit in the 11th round when he went down in a delayed reaction from two soft looking left hands that Pulev hit Ustinov with. I didn’t really understand it because the shots weren’t big, yet Ustinov was on one knee and failed to get up from the knockdown.

If Ustinov did quit, I kind of don’t blame him because the 6’4 1/2″ Pulev really gave him a beating for 11 rounds with his hard jabs to the face. Ustinov’s nose was bloody from the 2nd round, his face was red from the jabs that he was eating, and he had a cut over his left eye from the midpoint of the fight. What should have happened is Ustinov’s corner should have pulled the plug on the fight after the 9th round when it become clear that Ustinov didn’t have a chance to win the fight.

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Wladimir will have problems with Kubrat Pulev

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Image: Wladimir will have problems with Kubrat PulevBy Jason Kim: EBU heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev (17-0, 9 KO’s) forced previously unbeaten heavyweight contender Alexander Ustinov (27-1, 21 KO’s) quit in the 11th round of their fight last Saturday night in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator bout at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, in Hamburg, Germany. Ustinov took a knee after getting hit with two jabs. The win makes Pulev Wladimir Klitschko’s IBF mandatory challenger, and we could see the two of them fighting next year.

Perhaps the reason why Ustimov decided to quit on one knee was because of the 6’4 1/2″ Pulev’s excellent jab, which made a real mess of Ustinov’s face. It was classic pizza face that Ustinov received from Pulev with his nose bleeding, his face beet red and a cut over his left eye.

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