{"id":31783,"date":"2020-09-17T10:34:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T10:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31783"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T10:37:43","slug":"fans-or-no-fans-joshua-vs-pulev-match-wont-be-postponed-again-promote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31783","title":{"rendered":"Fans or no fans, Joshua vs Pulev match won\u2019t be postponed again \u2013Promoter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The match between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev will not be postponed again even if fans are not allowed into the venue in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was according to boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, who reiterated that the bout will take place on 12 December at the O2 Arena in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The match had originally been scheduled to hold in June at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but was postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promoter Hearn said the sport \u201ccan\u2019t afford to sit and wait for what might be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30-year-old Joshua last fought in December 2019 when he beat Andy Ruiz Jr to reclaim his heavyweight belts which he had lost to the American earlier that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulgarian Pulev, 39, is mandatory challenger to Joshua\u2019s IBF belt, with the Briton also holding the WBA, WBO and IBO world titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hope that there is some sunshine over the hill with this whole nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not prepared to sit tight and wait and we have said in these schedules, fans or no fans, our fights will be taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a business, if you\u2019re a sport, you can\u2019t afford to sit and wait for what might be,\u201d said Hearn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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