{"id":4548,"date":"2020-03-02T15:50:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2020-03-02T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:50:29","slug":"anthony-joshua-confirms-kubrat-pulev-fight-for-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=4548","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua confirms Kubrat Pulev fight for June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It looks like the heavyweights finally agreed to terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a lot of back and forth, it seems that unified heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua has finally reached finals terms with Kubrat Pulev to make his mandatory IBF title defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The two sides were known to have been negotiating terms for Joshua\u2019s next outing, but last week the fighters reached an impasse over the site for the fight, with Joshua wanting to defend in the U.K. and Pulev believing he can\u2019t get a fair shake there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That impasse led to the IBF scheduling a purse bid for tomorrow<\/a>, where the promotional rights to the fight would\u2019ve been up for grabs. That\u2019s not something that Hearn and Joshua were probably up for, so ultimately it seems this boiled down to money (SHOCKER!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn tells ESPN<\/a> that Joshua ended up taking less money than he otherwise could\u2019ve made just to ensure the fight would be held at home on June 20, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJoshua\u2019s probably taking a third of what he could make against Pulev to fight in the U.K next, because he wants to fight in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Joshua will put three of his major world titles on the line against Pulev for the first time since winning them back from Andy Ruiz last December.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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