March 9, 2020
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WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman announced on social media that heavyweights Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder successfully passed their VADA drug tests.
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Trainer Joe Goossen announced that he will be training Kubrat Pulev for his June 20 clash with WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in London.
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Former WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg announced his retirement following his one-sided loss to Jono Carroll on Saturday night. At age 31, we’ll see if this lasts.
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Top Rank will have two cards in four days at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City. On Saturday, WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson will make the first defense of his title against Miguel “Escorpión” Marriaga. Three days later, featherweight Michael “Mick” Conlan will make his annual St. Patrick’s Day appearance against Belmar Preciado.
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A crowd of 8,811 was on hand at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for Adam Kownacki-Robert Helenius.
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Referee David Fields didn’t do Kownacki any favors by ruling a clear fourth round knockdown by Helenius to be a slip. Instead of Kownacki getting a ten count and the fairly recently implemented “walk this way…walk that way” additional recovery time, the wobbly Babyface was immediately thrust right back into the punches of the Nordic Nightmare.

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  • I wanna say I dont think Pulev has much chance here.. But I mean, who knows!?!?

    • Yup, I agree. Personally, if AJ simply boxes like he did in the second Ruiz fight that will cruise him to an easy victory. True, anything can happen, but in the end, I think the majority will favor AJ to win. Some folks hate to be wrong in picking opponents, but it’s all about fun and we have a 50/50 shot on being right/wrong, LOL.

      • I heard Klitschko worked with AJ in doing more boxing and moving style, it suits him as it did Wlad. This new strategy makes AJ the most dangerous by far in the division

      • I expect that AJ is going to do the same thing to Pulev what Klitchko did.
        Left hook left hook.Go to sleep

  • Sometimes referees drop the ball, nothing to be surprised, they are humans. Who knows what could have been the outcome of this fight, if the referee has made the right call. It was a flash knockdown, but by calling it, Kownacki’s corner could had had time to instruct him maybe. But who knows, maybe Helenius was destined to win this fight, regardless the referee performance.

  • Pulev has a chance, the puncher chance, almost the same like anybody else at that level. The problem for him is that the Joshua before Andy Ruiz, no longer exist. The debacle of his first loss (highly embarrassing) left on him a massive dosage of wisdom. One of the most important lesson he learned, is not underestimate any opponent, also the importance of the seriousness in training, and following the traced fight plan. That Pulev has a chance? Of course yes, but very slim, almost invisible with this new Joshua.

    • i think we should wait and see before we start praising this ‘new Joshua’ too much. He made it to the top being generally aggressive. It utilised his power and made him fan friendly. Boxing on the outside may have worked on the outside against Ruiz, but he isn’t all of a sudden Pernell Whitaker. Ironically, I think the same about Fury but in reverse. Many are labeling him this destructive forward fighter after the Wilder win. That worked against Wilder because he really is a limited boxer, but Fury couldn’t fight like that against other top guys. He would get himself KO’d. I expect Fury to revert back to more slick boxing post-Wilder. and I hope AJ reverts back to more aggressive boxing.

      • Is not about style CB, it’s all about the commitment to his boxing career, recklessness, underestimation , discipline and maybe fear. I don’t expect Joshua flying around Pulev, but rather more precise and technically improved

        • Yeah fair enough he should be more focused. I hope you are right. Although I didnt really get a sense that he had gone of the rails pre-Ruiz. People equate it to Tyson in Tokyo. Mostly I just thought Joshua was preoccupied with Wilder talk and made mistakes in the fight

          • AJ definitely didn’t go off the rails like Tyson. He had his man hurt and went to finish him a little recklessly and got caught behind the ear. Maybe, he was trying to hard to impress, but I just think he got caught.

            Hopefully, he doesn’t become a complete safety first fighter because of it. We’ve already suffered through Lennox Lewis and Wlad.

      • Agreed with the Joshua part. Not necessarily the Fury part. Virtually, if not all the heavyweights are more limited than Fury so I still think he would do enough damage to most coming forward. But again, it’s not like he’s never been touched, so who knows.

        • I think Tyson Fury is his own worst enemy. If Wilder’s team is smart, then they’ll try to push the rematch out as far as possible. Without another fight, maybe his personal demons catch up to him (I’m not hoping for that, just making a point).

          Additionally, if he’s not up for his opponents he clearly fights down to their level. You can do that in some Divisions, but it’s very ill advised at Heavyweight.

    • No chance for Pulev, he is an inactive fighter who got lucky break when he cut Hughie Fury in Bulgaria.
      Pulev is too much of a Fres Oquendo, Manuel Charr type who sits around waiting for an undeserved title shot.

      Pulev is not a big enough puncher to slug it out with AJ and does not have the hand speed and skills of Andy Ruiz to catch AJ rushing in for the kill.

      AJ at his best is a patient fighter. Obv learned his lesson for 1st fight with Ruiz.
      Goosen can not teach an old dog new tricks.

  • That New York boxing market is tough to please. That whole build up on Saturday night made Kownacki sound like a local hero yet the arena wasn’t even half full.

  • I like Joe Goosen. I met him back when he had the Ruelas brothers, Gabe and Rafael. Very caring father figure type of trainer. Not sure how much this could help Pulev. We know Pulev is no cake walk and can take a punch. But I think the AJ that fought Andy in the rematch, is very hard to beat. But we all know it only takes one good punch from a heavyweight to put a man out.

  • Tough to criticize a ref…..Nobody is as up close and personal with a fighter as a ref is. They see things happen quickly and make on the spot decisions….a lot can happen.

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