WBA regular heavyweight champion Mahmoud Charr and Kubrat Pulev faced off at the kickoff press conference for their March 30 clash at the Arena Armec in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Mahmoud Charr: “Kubrat was a great amateur boxer and also had good fights as a professional. But when he comes under pressure, he collapses.”
Kubrat Pulev: “I will face a very serious opponent who, like me, has a lot of experience. He has a lot hard fights behind him. I approach the training process with absolute respect and awe for my opponent. Rest assured that I will go into the fight in top shape and then God will decide. I will do everything to win and become world champion!”
The winner of this should have to make that long overdue mandatory against Fres Oquendo! LOL!!!
Poor Fres Oquendo was robbed by the criminal boxing judges so many times. He must not have paid off Don King’s bagmen.
Not so fast anymore Fres
Manuel Mahmoud Charr and Erislandy Lara of the WBA have literally been world champions for almost 2 decades and neither of them has ever faced a number one contender. I think Lara is finally fighting his number one contender in March and Charr has still not faced his number one contender Fres Oquendo for almost 2 decades. Which is why Canelo Alvarez and Jermall Charlo are the WBC versions of Manuel Charr. Canelo Alvarez at least has faced tons and tons of champions and number one contender just not lately and is try to make David Benavidez the new Fres Oquendo of the Super Middleweight division. The WBA in my opinion owes Fres Oquendo a Bobby Bonilla contract. You baseball fans will understand what I am talking about. After stepping aside for this long Oquendo deserves a pension.
Lara has fought plenty of fighters in his very long career. He was robbed in 2, that being Canelo and Paul Williams where he clearly out-boxed both, but the house fighters got the nod. His issue now is that he’s well passed his peak and should not be competing at this level at least.
Two strapping, young warriors vying for heavyweight supremacy in the primes of their careers.
I know off topic…but I was thinking…with the way the week has been going…could Canelo be the mystery opponent for Rahman Jr. ? LOL!!!
Better than that, Pete: What if the mystery opponent for Hasim Rahman Jr. is HASIM RAHMAN SR?!
Sadly Sr. might win! A few years back Oliver McCall’s son lost a fight…then Oliver beat the guy! LOl!! He lost a rematch but still!!!
Lucie, absolutely right. Charr has been on an amazing tear lately. Not only did he knock Christopher Lovejoy from the ranks of the unbeaten, he also somehow managed to defeat both Nikola Milacic & Nuri Seferi in the same Calendar Year. Now we will be treated to these two hulking behemoths battling it out for the prestigious WBA “Regular” Heavyweight Championship. I see potential for an epic trilogy here…
Im sure there is a reason, but how has Charr been able to keep a title when his last fight was over a year ago? I also cant see where he actually won the title so if you know please respond. We all know who the real champion is in boxing, but Charr holds a “regular” version so why hasnt one of the bigger names stepped down to just pick this title up? I am assuming, But Id see this as an easy way for the following guys to pick up a win and being seen as a word champion again: Wilder, AJ, Dubois, Chisora or Whyte.
He didn’t “keep” it. He was stripped, belt was given to Trevor Bryan and I believe he sued the WBA and they settled and part of the settlement was that he was reinstated as champion. HOWEVER, him being inactive for over a year is of no issue because he wasn’t stripped until 2021 and he won his title in 2017 and had no fights in between. So, clearly, they do not care if he fights at all. They have multiple champions who go years and years without fighting and they’re still champions.
Lucie thank you for that information. I’m working or I would have googled it, but last time I used Google at work all kinds of images popped up that are NSFW and I’m in the office so I don’t want a trip to HR. I know the WBA has been working hard at only having one champion per weight class so this is a big set back. I do remember some legal issue where Fres Oquendo won the WBA title in court years ago. Its crazy that two boxers have now won that title in court rather than in the ring.
This a dam shame! The WBA is a joke, these two MF’ers are only known for the extreme fan and Jesus because he created them in the beginning!
They choose not to have an end…………………..
A low-quality fight.
The fight nobody gives a shit about and landed in Sofia LMFAO
I thought this uffcker pulev had retired! Oh well l, at least he getting one more paycheck. He’ll probably fight chisora or dillan whyte afterwards! This three take beating losses and still keep coming back for more!
I guess I’m the only boxing fan that thinks this is a pretty good fight. Both guys always fight to win. I get shitting on the WBA, but not the fight. Old dudes know how to scrap.
The Fight itself might be quite entertaining, but after the action one of these is going to be called world Champion, please