Two-time world heavyweight title challenger Kubrat Pulev (32-3, 14 KOs) lastly captured his first main title with a 12-round unanimous determination win over WBA ‘common’ champion Mahmoud Charr (34-5, 20 KOs) on Saturday night time on the Enviornment Sophia in Sofia, Bulgaria.
One-Sided Affair
The 43-year-old Pulev confirmed off his wonderful beginner pedigree, utilizing his jab and huge clubbing punches to bludgeon the ring-rusty Charr in each spherical of the combat. It was pure domination from the 2008 Olympian Pulev, who that he nonetheless has his abilities intact.
Charr took loads of punishment on this combat and regarded crushed up across the face by the tenth spherical. He regarded like he’d been via a significant ordeal taking all of the heavy photographs from Pulev, in addition to stunning jabs. Pulev, 6’5″, has all the time had an impressive jab, and he nonetheless has it. He was utilizing that like an influence shot tonight, nailing Charr repeatedly.
The scores
– 117-111
– 117-111
– 116-112
Charr made the error of utilizing Pulev as his first opponent coming off a two-year layoff, and in hindsight, he ought to have opted for a neater one.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if Pulev can transmute his WBA ‘common’ heavyweight title into a giant payday combating the winner of the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksander Usyk rematch. That will be a dream come true as a result of the cash could be good for Pulev. A match in opposition to Jake Paul could be wonderful as nicely.
