By Daily Sports on March 3, 2020
British world champion Anthony Joshua will fight Kubrat Pulev at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 20 June.
Bulgarian Pulev, 38, is the mandatory IBF challenger to take on Joshua, who holds the WBA, IBF and WBO titles.
Joshua won back the belts with a unanimous points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr in December.
“I am happy to have the opportunity to show the world how strong I really am,” said Pulev.
It will be Joshua's first fight in the UK since beating Alexander Povetkin at Wembley in September 2018.
He was initially due to fight Pulev at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in October 2017 but the Bulgarian withdrew after suffering a shoulder injury in sparring, with Carlos Takam stepping in to replace him at 12 days’ notice.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said last week that talks were also under way for an all-British unification fight between Joshua and Tyson Fury.
Fury beat Deontay Wilder to claim the WBC title last month, meaning the British heavyweights now hold all of the division’s belts between them.
However, American Wilder has triggered a rematch clause, meaning a third Fury vs Wilder contest will take place before any potential bout between Fury and Joshua.
Pulev, a former European heavyweight champion, has suffered just one defeat in 29 bouts, a fifth-round knockout by Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015.
He beat Britain’s Hughie Fury on points in an IBF final eliminator in Bulgaria in October 2018, his first fight since pulling out of his original meeting with Joshua.
His last bout was another unanimous points victory, against American Rydell Booker, in November. (BBC)
•PHOTO: Anthony Joshua
Source Daily Sports
Posted March 3, 2020
You may also like...
Guardiola: Chelsea and Man Utd in EPL Title...
Chukwueze To Get Better At Villarreal – Ikechukwu...
Chelsea pledge action after anti-Semitic chants
Ex-Plateau keeper denies betting allegations
Nunez ordered to serve ban after Cas rejects...
LMC: Salihu Abubakar, main man behind the mask...
US waives visa fees for Cape Verde keeper’s mother
World Cup: African teams concede 16 goals, score seven in first round
Eagles must move forward, Osimhen on Mundial miss
Women’s top seed reaches CBN tennis q’finals
Adeshina doubtful for Commonwealth Games
Oshoba, Ibeabuchi, Esepo lead 2026 FGM award nominees
Why I cried after first goal in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria — Messi
Serena Williams suffered a straight-sets defeat in the Berlin Open doubles on Tuesday, hours after the confirmation of her return to Wimbledon to play alongside her older sister, Venus. Williams and Czech doubles partner Karolina Muchova fell to Mexico’s Giuliana Olmos and Erin Routliffe, of New Zealand, 6-4, 6-4. The duo lost the opening set after Williams was broken in her second service game. They were broken on Muchova’s serve midway through the second set and failed to find a way back into the contest.
W’Cup Olise, Barcola shine as Mbappé double powers France past Senegal in 3-1 thriller
W’Cup: Olise, Barcola shine as Mbappé double powers France past Senegal in 3-1 thriller
_1.jpg)
2026 FIFA WORLD CUP FINALS: Nigerian-Born Stars Dazzle in the US, Canada and Mexico
depoju picks best World Cup moment June 16, 2026 4:18 am
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,879 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,207 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,138 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,730 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,623 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,509 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,370 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,913 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,105 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,589 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,049 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,471 views)