The match between Kubrat Pulev and Anthony Joshua for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight title will be held in May, in Istanbul, Turkey.
The match will be at the stadium of the Turkish football giant Besiktas – Vodafone Park, reports bTV. The official date will be announced soon.
The Cobra will have a chance to become a world champion again. In 2014, he lost to the Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg. A clash between Pulev and Anthony Joshua was due in October 2017, but then an injury delayed it until now.
Kubrat has 28 wins and only one loss in the professional ring. Joshua has 24 professional matches and only one loss, too.