Last Updated: July 10, 2022, 10:38 IST
Derek Chisora and Kubrat Pulev (Twitter)
Zimbabwean-born British heavyweight Derek Chisora beat Kubrat Pulev on a break up resolution on Saturday to avenge his 2016 loss to the Bulgarian and revive his profession after three straight defeats
Zimbabwean-born British heavyweight Derek Chisora beat Kubrat Pulev on a break up resolution on Saturday to avenge his 2016 loss to the Bulgarian and revive his profession after three straight defeats.
The 38-year-old veteran and former WBC title challenger gained 116-112 116-114 and 112-116 on the three judges’ scorecards at London’s 02 Arena and in entrance of a crowd of some 7,000 spectators.
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The combat was for the vacant WBA International title, a belt that sounds spectacular however ranks far under a world title.
The defeat was 41-year-old Pulev’s third in 32 skilled fights, the opposite two coming in world heavyweight title bouts towards Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko and Britain’s Anthony Joshua.
Promoter Eddie Hearn noticed extra fights on the horizon for Chisora, who got here into Saturday’s combat as an underdog within the twilight of his profession.
”People speak about Chisora and say ’ought to he cling up the gloves’. He has simply crushed a prime 15, prime 10 heavyweight on the planet so how are you going to criticise him?” stated Hearn.
”If he’s profitable fights like that towards the usual of Kubrat Pulev, why not carry on within the sport?”
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