Pulev Vows to beat ‘Coward’ Joshua silly

Pulev is the IBF’s mandatory challenger and was scheduled to face Joshua on June 20th in London.

The fight was pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Initially there was talk of staging the fight on July 25th, but that date is up in the air at the moment and likely getting pushed back even further.

Pulev believes Joshua is doing whatever he can to gain advantages in the fight – like demanding a home arena advantage.

He says there were numerous locations that wanted the fight, but Joshua held firm on the UK.

Joshua has not fought in the UK since 2018, after competing in New York City and Saudi Arabia in 2019.

“I think it is obvious – because he’s afraid. I don’t see any other reason [to demand it happen in London]. We offered various destinations – from Istanbul to Las Vegas, New York or Saudi Arabia. And then I got the reply that Joshua would come up against me only in London. Otherwise there would be no fight at all. And of course, I agreed to this condition,” Pulev said to Sky Sports.

“I’m not concerned about the place. For example, I never asked for the fight to be in Sofia. From day one I wanted it to take place at a neutral venue as this would be fair to both sides. There’s no such thing as an ideal location for a true fighter. He can fight everywhere and he’s not worried about anything. Picking a certain destination is for cowards. For those who prefer to talk a lot rather than act. I can think of at least two others who fit this description and who have refused to come to Sofia to face me – Dillian Whyte and Jarrell Miller.”

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And Pulev is very confident of victory.

“I’m way more precise than him as well as a much smarter boxer. And I will beat him. Brutally,” Pulev vowed.