Kubrat Pulev finally has an opponent. Photo: Wende
European heavyweight champion Kubrat Pulev has been ducked by Tomasz Adamek, Alexander Dimitrenko, Tyson Fury, and Ruslan Chagaev, but finally he found a man with the cojones to get in the ring with him: Tony “The Tiger” Thompson of the USA.
The two will meet in an IBF title eliminator for the right to fight world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko at the Sport and Kongresshalle in Schwerin, Germany, on August 24.
Thompson will be emboldened by his recent dual destructions of formerly rising British heavyweight David Price, a giant who was cut down to size by the no means small Thompson twice in a row.
Price’s career was left in tatters, while the 41-year-old Thompson has found new inspiration and the will to try to become a world champion once again after failing twice against Wladimir.
However, the man in the opposite corner this time is no inexperienced David Price. Pulev was our Boxing Insider heavyweight of the year for 2012 for his wins over tough big men Travis Walker, Alexander Dimitrenko, and Russian giant Alexander Ustinov, who was previously undefeated. – Boxing Insider
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