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Two-time world heavyweight title challenger Kubrat Pulev (32-3, 14 KOs) lastly captured his first main title with a 12-round unanimous resolution win over WBA ‘regular’ champion Mahmoud Charr (34-5, 20 KOs) on Saturday evening on the Enviornment Sophia in Sofia, Bulgaria.
One-Sided Affair
The 43-year-old Pulev confirmed off his wonderful novice pedigree, utilizing his jab and broad clubbing punches to bludgeon the ring-rusty Charr in each spherical of the struggle. It was pure domination from the 2008 Olympian Pulev, who that he nonetheless has his expertise intact.
Charr took a variety of punishment on this struggle and regarded crushed up across the face by the tenth spherical. He regarded like he’d been by way of a serious ordeal taking all of the heavy pictures from Pulev, in addition to stunning jabs. Pulev, 6’5″, has at all times had an excellent 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 better one.
It’ll be fascinating to see if Pulev can transmute his WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight title into a giant payday preventing the winner of the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksander Usyk rematch. That might 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 effectively.
