Kubrat Pulew

Kubrat Pulew
Data
Birth Name	Kubrat Wenkow Pulew
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Bulgarian
birthday	May 4th 1981
place of birth	Sofia
style	Left delivery
size	1.94 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	29
Victories	28
Knockout victories	14th
Defeats	1
draw	0

Kubrat Wenkow Pulew (also written Kubrat Venkov Pulev , Bulgarian Кубрат Венков Пулев ; born May 4, 1981 in Sofia , Bulgaria ) is a Bulgarian boxer and former European heavyweight champion (EBU). His brother Terwel Pulew is also active as a boxer.

Amateur career (2001-2009)

Kubrat Wenkow Pulew, known as "The Cobra", was a sergeant in the Bulgarian army during his time as an amateur boxer and as such a member of the CSKA Sofia army sports club . His trainer there was Mikhail Takov. Pulew has belonged to the Bulgarian top class of amateur boxers since 2001. In 2001 he was the first Bulgarian heavyweight champion with a victory over Ivan Atanasow. In 2001 he won one of the oldest European boxing tournaments, the Strandjata Cup in Plovdiv , in the light heavyweight division with a victory over his compatriot Emil Krastew.

The international career of Kubrat Pulew also began in 2001. He was used in the amateur world championships in Belfast in the heavyweight division. He won there over Mukhamet Adamow from Kazakhstan on points, but was defeated in the quarterfinals against Sultan Ibragimow from Russia and finished fifth.

In 2002 he won again at the Strandjata Cup. He managed a sensational victory in the heavyweight division over the Cuban master Odlanier Solís . He then met Ibragimow again at the subsequent chemistry cup tournament in Halle (Saale) , to which he again lost. Together with Steffen Kretschmann , Germany , he took third place there.

In 2003 Kubrat Pulew took part in the world championships in Bangkok . In the heavyweight division, he met in the first round on Odlanier Solís, who took revenge for the defeat at the Standjata tournament in 2002, beat Pulew on points and threw him out of the race.

In 2004 Kubrat Pulew won the heavyweight championship of the European Union in Madrid over Balint Turgony from Hungary , Dieter Roth from Germany and Vitalijus Subacius from Lithuania and thus won the title in his class. At the 2004 European Championships in Pula he managed a super heavyweight victory over the strong German Alexander Powernow , but a defeat in the round of 16 left him out and only came in ninth place. This place was not enough to qualify for the Olympic Games in Athens . After the European Championships in Pula, he won the super heavyweight division at the Olympic qualification tournament in Gothenburg . He beat Andreas Gustafsson from Sweden , Vyacheslav Hlaskow from Ukraine and Alan Reynolds from Ireland . Despite this tournament victory, he was only a substitute in the super heavyweight division at the Olympic Games. But since no other boxer was canceled, he had to watch the Olympic boxing tournament in Athens.

The boxing year 2005 began very successfully for Kubrat Pulew, because he defeated the Russian champion Islam Timursiev clearly on points (26:15) at the Strandjata tournament in Plovdiv in the final and won this tournament again. At the chemistry cup in Halle he surprisingly lost to Sebastian Köber from Germany and thus only reached fifth place in the super heavyweight division in Halle. At the World Championships in Mianyang / China he defeated Steven Rucke from Australia and Alen Begmanović from Serbia prematurely and thus faced his old rival Odlanier Solís again in the semifinals . Solís won on points (25:11) and then became world champion. For Kubrat Pulew, however, a third place remained, which went hand in hand with winning a World Championship bronze medal.

2006 Kubrat Pulew won both the Strandjata tournament in Pleven and the chemical cup in Halle in the super heavyweight division. In Pleven he won the final without a fight over the injured Vyacheslav Hlaskov , while in Halle he had to defeat three top European boxers with Jaroslavas Jakšto from Lithuania , Vyacheslav Hlaskow and Magomed Abdulsalamow from Russia. He then won another medal at the 2006 European Championships in Plovdiv . After victories over Vyacheslav Hlaskow and Csaba Kurtusz from Hungary, he was defeated there in the semifinals against Islam Timursiev by breaking off in the second round and thus won an EM bronze medal.

Kubrat Pulev vs Hughie Fury , 27-10-2018, Arena Armeec Hall, Sofia , Bulgaria .

In 2007, Kubrat Pulew beat the German top-class super heavyweight division at the Chemistry Cup in Halle with Boris Boshenko, Stefan Köber and Erkan Teper and won this tournament again. Before the World Championships in Chicago , he also took part in tournaments in Ústí nad Labem and Bucharest . In both tournaments he was unlucky, because in Ústí he had to give up injured in the semifinals against Daniel Beehan from Australia . In Bucharest he was injured in his victorious semi-final fight against Erkan Teper and, as a precaution, did not take part in the final fight against Razvan Cojanu from Romania.

At the 2007 World Championships in Chicago , he won over Beka Lobschanidze from Georgia and Vladimir Prusa from the Czech Republic on points. In the last sixteen he lost to Roberto Cammarelle from Italy and only came in ninth place.

In 2008, Kubrat Pulew won the Strandjata super heavyweight tournament again. In the final he defeated Cuban champions Robert Alfonso clearly on points (20: 9). He then fought for the ticket to Beijing in Pescara at the first European qualification tournament for the 2008 Olympic Games . In Pescara he won over Stefan Köber from Germany, Raitis Ritenieks from Latvia and Jaroslavas Jaksto. He drove to the Olympic Games very confidently. In the first round he met the almost unknown young Colombian Oscar Rivas and surprisingly had to admit defeat on points (5:11).

In November 2008, Kubrat Pulew was finally able to triumph in a major international championship. At the European Championships in Liverpool , he won the title with four wins and clearly defeated Denis Sergejew from Russia on points in the final battle (9: 2). Already after this tournament he planned to switch to the professional camp, which was not possible because of his ongoing contract with the Bulgarian military.

Pulew took part in the 15th World Amateur Championships in Milan in September 2009 . He defeated the Albanian Nelson Hysa by breaking off in the third round and Yousef Abdelghani from Israel on points (8: 2). In the quarterfinals he was eliminated with a point defeat (6:12) against the reigning world and Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, SS = super heavyweight, up to 81 kg, 91 kg and over 91 kg body weight)

• 2001, 1st place , Strandjata tournament in Plovdiv , Hs, with a final victory over Emil Krastew, Bulgaria ;
• 2001, 5th place , World Championships in Belfast , S, with a point win over Mukhamet Adamow, Kazakhstan , and a point defeat against Sultan Ibragimow , Russia ;
• 2002, 1st place , Strandjata tournament in Plovdiv, S, with a point victory in the final over Odlanier Solís , Cuba ;
• 2002, 3rd place , chemistry cup in Halle (Saale) , S, behind Odlanier Solís u. Sultan Ibragimow, together with Steffen Kretschmann , Germany ;
• 2003, 17th place , World Championships in Bangkok , S, after a defeat against Odlanier Solís;
• 2004, 1st place , Championship of the European Union in Madrid , S, with victories over Balint Turgony, Hungary , Dieter Roth, Germany, a. Vitalijus Subacius, Lithuania ;
• 2004, 9th place , EM in Pula , SS, after winning points over Alexander Powernow , Germany, defeat in the last sixteen;
• 2004, 1st place , Olympic qualification tournament in Gothenburg , SS, with victories over Andreas Gustafsson, Sweden , Vyacheslav Hlaskow , Ukraine , etc. Alan Reynolds, Ireland ;
• 2005, 1st place , Strandjata tournament in Plovdiv, SS, with final victory over Islam Timursiev , Russia;
• 2005, 5th place , chemistry cup in Halle (Saale) after losing points in the quarterfinals against Sebastian Köber , Germany;
• 2005, 3rd place , World Championship in Mianyang / China , SS, with victories over Steven Rucke, Australia , a. Alen Beganoviċ, Serbia , and a loss to Odlanier Solís ;
• 2006, 1st place , Strandjata tournament in Pleven , SS, with a win without a fight in the final over Vajtschelaw Hlaskow, Ukraine;
• 2006, 1st place , chemistry cup in Halle, SS, with victories over Jaroslavas Jakšto , Lithuania , Wjatscheslaw Hlaskow a. Magomed Abdulsalamow, Russia;
• 2006, 1st place , Beogradski Pobednik tournament in Belgrade , SS, with victories over Denis Ursu, Moldova , a. Ivica Bakurin, Croatia ;
• 2007, 1st place , chemistry cup in Halle, SS, with victories over Boris Boshenko, Stefan Köber and Erkan Teper, all Germany;
• 2007, 3rd place , Grand Prix tournament in Ústí nad Labem , SS, with victory over Krzysztof Glowacki, Poland , and one defeat (injury) against Daniel Beehan, Australia ;
• 2007, 2nd place , tournament for the "Golden Belt" in Bucharest , SS, with victories over Bogdan Dinu, Romania, a. Erkan Teper. For the final against Razvan Cojanu, Romania, he could no longer compete because of an injury;
• 2007, 9th place , World Championships in Chicago , SS, with victories over Beka Lodschanidze, Georgia , a. Wladimir Prusa, Czech Republic , and a point defeat in the round of 16 against Roberto Cammarelle , Italy ;
• 2008, 1st / 2nd Place, Olympic qualification tournament in Pescara , SS, with victories over Stefan Köber, Raitis Ritenieks, Latvia , and Jaroslavas Jaksto. The first place was no longer boxed out because the semi-final opponents already had the Olympic qualification in their pockets;
• 2008, 1st place , Strandjata tournament in Plovdiv, SS, with victories over Georgios Hotz, Greece , and Robert Alfonso , Cuba;
• 2008, 9th place , OS in Beijing , SS, after a loss to Oscar Rivas , Colombia ;
• 2008, 1st place , EM in Liverpool , SS, with victories over Primislaw Dimowski, Macedonia , Marko Tomasevic, Croatia, Roman Kapitonenko, Ukraine, etc. Denis Sergejew , Russia;
• 2009, 5th place , World Cup in Milan , SS, with victories over Nelson Hysa, Albania, Yousef Abdelghani, Israel, and a point defeat against Roberto Cammarelle, Italy

Professional career (since 2009)

After the amateur world championships in 2009, Pulew switched to the pros, signed a contract with the German boxing stable Sauerland Event and played his first professional fight on September 19, 2009 in the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg . In his third professional fight he defeated the Nigerian Gbenga Oluokun on points.

In 2010 Pulew fought six fights, all of which he was able to finish victoriously. These included a knockout win against Matt Skelton and points wins against Dominick Guinn and Paolo Vidoz .

On May 5, 2012 Pulew won against Alexander Dimitrenko in Erfurt by knockout in the 11th round the belt as European Champion (EBU), which he won against the Russian Alexander Ustinow on September 29, 2012 , also by knockout the 11th round, defended.

In August 2013 he achieved a clear points win against Tony Thompson (USA). After the victory, he put down the European championship belt , as he was appointed the mandatory challenger of Wladimir Klitschko on the world championship belt according to the IBF version.

Pulew boxed in December 2013 in Neubrandenburg against the American Joey Abell, where he won by TKO in the fifth round.

He lost his fight against world champion Wladimir Klitschko on November 15, 2014 in O ₂ World Hamburg in the 5th round by knockout, after he had already been counted in rounds 1 and 3.

On May 7, 2016 Pulew won again the belt as European champion of the EBU against the British Dereck Chisora in the Hamburg Barclaycard Arena after a multiple point decision, which he resigned in November 2016.

In his first fight in his home country Bulgaria he won on December 3, 2016 in Sofia against the Nigerian Samuel Peter by giving up in the 3rd round and became intercontinental champion of the WBA. He was able to defend this against the American Kevin Johnson on April 28, 2017 in the Arena Armeec Sofia . In August 2017, he laid down the WBA intercontinental belt as the IBF made him the mandatory challenger of world champion Anthony Joshua .

On the instructions of the IBF, the long-awaited duel against world champion Anthony Joshua should take place on October 28, 2017 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff . Due to a muscle injury Pulevs in preparation, he had to cancel this fight.

In September 2018, the end of his collaboration with Sauerland Event was announced and is now under contract with the promotion company Epic Sports and Entertainment . Ulli Wegner remains his coach . After long negotiations, the IBF World Cup elimination match against Britain's Hughie Fury took place on October 27, 2018 in the Arena Armeec Sofia . He won this fight unanimously on points and is now the IBF mandatory challenger of world champion Anthony Joshua .

In December 2018 Pulew signed a multi-year co-promotion contract with the US boxing stable Top Rank under managing director and boxing promoter Bob Arum . With this contract, his fights will now be broadcast in the USA by the US broadcaster ESPN in addition to his home country Bulgaria . In his first fight for his co-promoter, he met the Romanian Bogdan Dinu on March 23, 2019 in Costa Mesa (USA) , whom he was able to knockout in round 7. He will play his second US fight on November 9, 2019 in Fresno (California) against the American Rydell Booker.

List of professional fights

28 wins (14 knockout wins), 1 loss , 0 draw
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Pulew
2009	September 19th	Jahnsportforum , Neubrandenburg, Germany	Florian Benche	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	October 17th	O 2 World Berlin , Berlin, Germany	Serdar Uysal	Victory / TKO 4th round
	November 7th	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung , Nuremberg, Germany	Gbenga Oluokun	Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds
	December 5th	Arena Ludwigsburg , Ludwigsburg, Germany	Zack Page	Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds
2010	January 30th	Jahnsportforum , Neubrandenburg, Germany	Matt Skelton	Victory / KO 4th round
	20. February	Salle de la Préhalle, Herstal, Belgium	Iossa Mondo	Victory / abandonment 3rd round
	March 13th	Max-Schmeling-Halle , Berlin, Germany	Danny Batchelder	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	1st of May	Weser-Ems-Halle , Oldenburg, Germany	Evgeny Orlov	Victory / Disqualification 7th round
	30th of October	Rostock City Hall , Rostock, Germany	Dominick Guinn	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	December 18th	Max-Schmeling-Halle , Berlin, Germany	Paolo Vidoz	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
2011	February 12th	Congress Center, Herning, Denmark	Yaroslav Zavorotnyi	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	May 7th	Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark	Derric Rossy	Victory / TKO 5th round
	16th of July	Olympic Ice Sports Center , Munich, Germany	Maksym Pedyura	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	October 22nd	Arena Ludwigsburg , Ludwigsburg, Germany	Travis Walker IBF International Heavyweight Championship	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2012	January 14th	Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany	Michael Sprott IBF International Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / abandonment 9th round
	5th of May	Erfurter Messe , Erfurt, Germany	Alexander Dimitrenko IBF International Heavyweight Title Defense EBU Heavyweight European Championship	Victory / KO 11th round
	September 29th	Sports hall Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany	Alexander Ustinow IBF-International heavyweight title defense EBU heavyweight title defense	Victory / KO 11th round
2013	August 24th	Sports and Congress Hall (Schwerin) , Schwerin, Germany	Tony Thompson IBF International Heavyweight Title Defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	December 14th	Jahnsportforum , Neubrandenburg, Germany	Joey Abell IBF International Heavyweight Title Defense	Victory / abandonment 4th round
2014	April 5th	Rostock City Hall , Rostock, Germany	Ivica Perkovic	Victory / abandonment 3rd round
	15th of November	O 2 World Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany	Wladimir Klitschko IBF / IBO / WBA / WBO Heavyweight World Championship	Loss / KO 5th round
2015	October 17th	dm-Arena , Karlsruhe, Germany	George Arias	Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds
	December 5th	Inselparkhalle , Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, Germany	Maurice Harris	Victory / KO 1st round
2016	May 7th	Barclaycard Arena , Hamburg, Germany	Dereck Chisora EBU European Heavyweight Championship	Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds
	3rd of December	Arena Armeec Sofia , Sofia, Bulgaria	Samuel Peter WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship	Victory / abandonment 3rd round
2017	April 28	Arena Armeec Sofia , Sofia, Bulgaria	Kevin Johnson WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2018	October 27	Arena Armeec Sofia , Sofia, Bulgaria	Hughie Fury	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2019	March 23	The Hangar, Costa Mesa, USA	Bogdan Dinu	Victory / KO 7th round
	November 9th	Chukchansi Park, California, USA	Rydell Booker	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
2020	20th June	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium , London, UK	Anthony Joshua IBF / IBO / WBA / WBO World Heavyweight Championship	Pending
Source: Kubrat Pulew in the BoxRec database

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• Box Sport magazine ,
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "www.sport-komplett.de",
• Website "sports123.com",
• Website "www.bulgariagazette.com"

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• Kubrat Pulew in the BoxRec database
• Biographical data of Kubrat Pulew

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Gunnar Meinhardt : Shock diagnosis: Kubrat Pulev lets millions of boxing match against Anthony Joshua burst . In: THE WORLD . October 17, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed October 28, 2017]).
3. ↑ Kubrat Pulev: Co-promotion deal signed with Top Rank! Boxing1.com, December 10, 2018.
4. ↑ Kubrat Pulev stops Bogdan Dinu in round 7. Kasten.de, July 14, 2019.