Bulgaria’s most prolific cruiserweight – Tervel Pulev (12-0-0) is set to face the former world cruiserweight champ – Krzysztof ‘Diablo’ Wlodarczyk (56-4-1).
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This will be Tervel’s first EBU European Union Cruiserweight Title defense since he won the belt back in October in his hometown Sofia. The purse bid is scheduled for 20th of March and if Top Rank manages to win it, the fight will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Meanwhile, both fighters will have interim bouts on the 23rd of March. The 37-year-old Wlodarczyk will face Alexandru Jur from Romania and Kubrat Pulev’s younger brother will square up with the American Brandon Johnson (13-3) in California, US.