Pulev to Face Adamek in IBF Final Eliminator

Sports | December 24, 2012, Monday // 11:17
Bulgaria: Pulev to Face Adamek in IBF Final Eliminator Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev celebrates after winning against German Alexander Dimitrenko for the EBU European heavyweight championship title, in Erfurt, Germany, 05 May 2012. EPA/BGNES

Bulgarian heavyweight boxing star Kubrat Pulev will face Poland's Tomasz Adamek in a final IBF eliminator match.

The winner of that fight becoming the mandatory challenger for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, boxingnews24 has reminded.

Adamek (48-2, 29 KO's) defeated Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO's) by a 12 round split decision in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Saturday. He will proceed to face Pulev (17-0, 9 KO's) in 2013.

In 2012, Kubrat Pulev, aka The Cobra, won the heavyweight title of the European Boxing Union, after in 2011 he triumphed with the intercontinental title in heavyweight boxing.

Pulev was recengtly voted Bulgaria's top sports personality of 2012.

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Tags: heavyweight, boxing, Kubrat Pulev, Wladimir Klitschko, tomasz adamek

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