Anthony Joshua dominated and then floored mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev to score a ninth-round knockout and retain his IBF, WBA, WBO & IBO Heavyweight World Titles at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and Ireland and DAZN in the U.S.… read full article “Photos: Joshua smashes Pulev; Fury, Bakole & Okolie Win”
Tonight, on the big Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev card at Wembley, heavyweights Martin Bakole and Sergey Kuzmin battled hard for all ten rounds. In the end, after a thoroughly entertaining scrap, Bakole of Kananga, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, now based in Scotland, got the unanimous decision victory.… read full article “Martin Bakole Decisions Sergey Kuzmin In Ten-Round Slugfest”
IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) scored an emphatic highlight reel ninth-round knockout of his game but limited opponent Kubrat Pulev (28-2, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in front of an excited crowd of 1000 boxing fans at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.… read full article “Anthony Joshua destroys Kubrat Pulev – Boxing Results”
Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Managing Director:
“This is the curtain closer for a difficult 2020, but it doesn’t get any bigger. The unified World Heavyweight Championship between Anthony Joshua and his Mandatory Challenger Kubrat Pulev.”
(Photo credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing)
Bob Arum, Top Rank Chairman:
“Kubrat Pulev is a really rugged fighter.… read full article “Anthony Joshua – Kubrat Pulev Final Press Conference Quotes”
Martin Bakole is targeting a rematch with Michael Hunter – the first man to inflict a defeat on him in the pros – should he beat dangerous Russian Sergey Kuzmin this Saturday at The SSE Arena, Wembley, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and Ireland and DAZN in the U.S.… read full article “Martin Bakole faces Sergey Kuzmin this Saturday”
Two exciting Heavyweight matchups have been added to the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s Unified World Title defence against Kubrat Pulev on Saturday December 12, shown live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and on DAZN in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.… read full article “Joshua vs. Pulev Undercard: Fury v Wach & Bakole v Kuzmin Clash On Dec. 12”
An interesting heavyweight co-feature has been added to the November 21 card topped by the fascinating return clash between heavyweight contenders Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte. Martin Bakole, 15-1(12), will face Sergey Kuzmin, 15-1(11), in a fight that should have happened back in August.… read full article “Martin Bakole-Sergey Kuzmin Added To Povetkin-Whyte II Card”
Heavyweight contender Martin Bakole returned to action tonight – just two weeks after his last bout. On October 19, Bakole of the Democratic Republic of Congo and now based in Scotland stopped durable former world title challenger Kevin Johnson, and tonight in Manchester, the softly spoken slugger banged out Rodney Hernandez inside a couple of rounds.… read full article “RESULTS: Martin Bakole On A Roll, Scores Second KO In Two Weeks”
Not too many fighters have ever been able to halt veteran former world heavyweight title challenger Kevin Johnson – just three in fact. The number rose to three on Saturday night in Newcastle, as once-beaten contender Martin Bakole dropped and stopped “KingPin” in the fifth-round.… read full article “Martin Bakole Looking Forward To “Big Next Year” After Stopping Kevin Johnson”