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Joshua vs. Pulev: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Anthony Joshua (AJ) defends his WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles against Kubrat Pulev (The Cobra). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

31
Oct 5, 2013
23-1
9
21 (87.5%)
198 cm
208 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Dec 7, 2019
1y, 5d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
39
Sep 19, 2009
28-1
1
14 (48.3%)
194 cm
202 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Nov 9, 2019
1y, 1m, 3d
8
WBAIBFWBO
HV
w2
d3
HV
w2
d6
HV
w2
d1
heavyweight
Saturday, 12 Dec 2020
The SSE Arena, London, England
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Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev

Date

This fight between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev took place on at the The SSE Arena, London, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Anthony Joshua is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Kubrat Pulev is 194 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Joshua also has a good reach advantage of 6 cms over Pulev's 202 cm. On top of that, Joshua also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Pulev.

Joshua is coming in to this fight with a record of 23-1 (21 KOs). His last fight was 1 year and 5 days ago against Andy Ruiz Jr., which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Andy Ruiz Jr.'s boxing career

Pulev comes in with a record of 28-1 (14 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 1 month, and 3 days ago against Rydell Booker, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Rydell Booker's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Joshua will be 31 years and 1 month old. Pulev will be 39 years and 7 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 69-31 in favor of Anthony Joshua. Here is the prediction for Joshua vs Pulev.

Anthony Joshua should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Kubrat Pulev to win this one.

Result

Anthony Joshua defeated Kubrat Pulev via 9th round KO to retain the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles. Pulev's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Joshua advances his win streak to 2. Joshua is now 24-1, and Pulev 28-2.

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