Top Rank’s CEO, Bob Arum, who promotes Kubrat Pulev is confident his fighter will knock Anthony Joshua out when they meet in the ring.
Pulev is set to challenge Joshua for the IBF, WBO, WBA, and IBO world titles on June 20th in London.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there is a possibility that Joshua vs. Pulev may be postponed until July 25.
Arum’s company used to promote Andy Ruiz, who shocked the world back in June 2019 when he stopped Joshua.
In that fight, where Ruiz was a massive underdog, he dropped Joshua four times and eventually stopped him the seventh round.
A rematch was held in December, where Joshua changed his tactics and outboxed Ruiz over 12 rounds of action. In the second meeting, Ruiz was overweight, didn’t train well and couldn’t put his punches together.
Arum explained that Ruiz was never a big puncher and had trouble putting away low-level opponents inside the distance – so he believed Pulev, who Arum regarded as a big puncher and better fighter, will stop Joshua for the mere fact the latter has a suspect jaw and a chin a suspect glass jaw.
We shall soon see.
