IBF approves Thompson-Pulev... winner becomes Wlad's mandatory

[armin]

Its a good fight for a number of reasons. I'm happy Tony is getting big fights like this, he deserves them after years of being avoided like the plague. This is a very smart fight for Pulev as it will prepare him for a fighter who works with range, has a good defense, a solid jab, and uses his size effectively. If Pulev has a decent chin he should be perfectly prepared for Wladimir should he win this fight.

A trilogy with Thompson is unnecessary and I doubt Thompson even truly wants that, but it would be interesting it would be the first time Wlad has ever fought someone 3 times and in 100% of his rematches he has scored stoppages and done better than before, so a 3rd fight...could we expect a more dominant performance?

Wlad vs Pulev.....interesting bout, nobody knows or cares much for Pulev in the states yet, but I'm certain in Russia it will be a huge fight.

I think Pulev wins UD, 8 rounds to 2 I'll guess.

Pulev is bulgarian.

[p4pking]

I think Pulev looks pretty solid, expect him to beat Thompson wide actually. This is a good fight aside from the posibility of Wlad-Thompson 3 coming out of it, but I doubt that happens in any event.

[El Kabong]

Pulev is bulgarian.

Yes and they'll probably fight in Germany, my saying of "Russia" is just saying a place in general where the fight would be a big thing what with Bulgaria being a former Communist Bloc state. But good eye on that

[armin]

not being a nitpicker but being an eastern euro myself i don't really care if someone thinks all of eastern europe is russia or whatever and calls me such because they don't know any better, not saying that's what ya did here as im sure you know the difference, it's just some people get really offended if ya call them the wrong "something-sian", i guess the same if someone referred to you as a oh i don't know new yorker, haha.

[Silkeyjoe]

not being a nitpicker but being an eastern euro myself i don't really care if someone thinks all of eastern europe is russia or whatever and calls me such because they don't know any better, not saying that's what ya did here as im sure you know the difference, it's just some people get really offended if ya call them the wrong "something-sian", i guess the same if someone referred to you as a oh i don't know new yorker, haha.

Yea like when all the chaps here call me a Brit

[El Kabong]

not being a nitpicker but being an eastern euro myself i don't really care if someone thinks all of eastern europe is russia or whatever and calls me such because they don't know any better, not saying that's what ya did here as im sure you know the difference, it's just some people get really offended if ya call them the wrong "something-sian", i guess the same if someone referred to you as a oh i don't know new yorker, haha.

Yea like when all the chaps here call me a Brit

Who the hell are you?