Joshua & Pulev clash at weigh-in
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VIDEO SHOWS: WEIGH-IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT BETWEEN ANTHONY JOSHUA AND KUBRAT PULEV
SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 11, 2020) (MATCHROOM BOXING - MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY MATCHROOM BOXING. NO RESALES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY)
1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MASTER OF CEREMONIES, DAVID DIAMANTE, SAYING:
"He stands 6ft 4.5in tall. His professional record 28 victories against one defeat. He has 14 wins coming by way of knockout. Fighting out of Sofia, Bulgaria he's the former European IBF International and WBA Intercontinental heavyweight champion, Kubrat the Cobra Pulev."
2. BULGARIAN HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER, KUBRAT PULEV WALKING ON TO STAGE
3. PULEV TAKING OFF SHIRT
4. PULEV STEPPING ON TO SCALES
5. PULEV BEING WEIGHED / PULEV FLEXING HIS MUSCLES AND TAKING OFF HIS MASK
6. PULEV FLEXING HIS MUSCLES
7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MASTER OF CEREMONIES, DAVID DIAMANTE, SAYING:
"Fighting out of London, England; he is the fighting pride of the United Kingdom. He is the reigning, defending, unified heavyweight champion of the world - AJ - Anthony Joshua."
8. HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION, ANTHONY JOSHUA WALKING ON TO STAGE
9. JOSHUA TAKING OFF HIS MASK
10. JOSHUA ON THE SCALES BEING WEIGHED
11. JOSHUA STEPPING ON TO SCALES TO BE WEIGHED
12. JOSHUA REMOVING HIS MASK
13. JOSHUA TALKING TO PULEV WHO WALKS TOWARDS JOSHUA
14. JOSHUA AND PULEV TALKING BEFORE SECURITY STEP IN TO MOVE PULEV AWAY / JOSHUA IS WEIGHED ON THE SCALES
15. JOSHUA TAKING OFF HIS HEADPHONES
16. DIAMANTE CONFIRMING JOSHUA'S WEIGHT
17. VARIOUS OF JOSHUA AND PULEV GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH SECURITY STANDING NEXT TO THE BOXERS / ONE MEMBER OF SECURITY STANDING IN BETWEEN THE BOXERS
18. JOSHUA WALKING AWAY
19. JOSHUA HOLDING A JUMPER AS STARTS TO WALK BACK TOWARDS PULEV
20. JOSHUA AND PULEV COMING TOGETHER
21. PULEV TALKING TO JOSHUA
22. JOSHUA TALKING TO PULEV / JOSHUA AND PULEV PUNCHING EACH OTHER'S FISTS / JOSHUA WALKING AWAY AND TAKING OFF HIS MASK
23. PULEV TALKING TO JOSHUA WHO WALKS TOWARDS PULEV AS THE PAIR CONTINUE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER / JOSHUA WALKING AWAY
STORY: Heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua and Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev pulled off their masks and engaged in face-to-face verbal sparring on Friday (December 11) at their weigh-in for Saturday's (December 12) title clash.
The 31-year-old Joshua, who is putting his WBA, IBF and WBO belts on the line at Wembley Arena, hit the scales at 17 stone and 2.8 pounds.
That was heavier than a year ago when the Briton reclaimed his titles from Andy Ruiz in Saudi Arabia, at 16 stone 13, but lighter than the first Ruiz fight where he weighed in at 17 stone nine and suffered a shock defeat.
Pulev, 39, stepped up a pound lighter than Joshua and was in fighting mood.
Joshua, who will be the clear favourite in front of a 1,000 crowd at a fight rescheduled due to COVID-19, said he had heard it all before.
Pulev, like Joshua, has suffered only one loss as a professional, a knockout by Wladimir Klitschko in 2014. Joshua has not fought at home since he beat Alexander Povetkin in 2018.
(Production: Tim Hart)