Kubrat Pulyov - the Bulgarian hope of heavyweight

Bulgaria as a whole can not be called a country whose sporting world is rich in bright stars of a planetary scale. Nevertheless, there are still some individuals who today glorify this European state in the international arena. Among them is the professional boxer Kubrat Pulyov.

A native of the Bulgarian capital

Kubrat Pulyov was born in the main city of Bulgaria - Sofia. His birthday is May 4, 1981. It is noteworthy that originally Poole was engaged in football. At the age of 13 he was at CSKA football school, but as a result he did not stay there for long, although he was considered a talented goalkeeper. In many respects the failed football career of the Bulgarian is due to the fact that Kubrat's father was not interested in playing sports. By the way, the athlete's dad - Venko Pulyov - was also a boxer, and in due time - the champion of the country in the heavyweight division. Kubrat's brother also continued the boxing dynasty.

Call me Cobra!

It is such a loud nickname is Kubrat Pulyov. It was attached to him in early childhood, and his father came up with his boyfriend. Nickname is formed not only from the first letters of the name of the Bulgarian, but also from his boxing features, which manifested themselves in speed and ruthlessness to their rivals.

A chess fan

Kubrat Poole Rightly recognized as the best chess player in a professional boxing environment. Love for this intellectual game arose from his father, who spent quite a lot of time with the young Kubrat behind the board. By the way, a famous fighter can sit at the board for six or seven hours in a row. A striking confirmation is the fact that Kubrat, after his significant victory in the ring over the American Tony Thompson, rested at the chessboard before 6am. In addition, the excellent intellectual development of the Bulgarian speaks also of his excellent knowledge of two more languages, besides his native Bulgarian, Russian and German.

Family status

To date, Poole Kubrat Is a relationship with a famous Bulgarian pop-folk singer named Theodora Andreeva (pseudonym - Andrea). According to the athlete himself, he is not yet ready for marriage, since for him in the foreground - training and fighting, and the family requires a lot of free time and fulfillment of certain obligations. Together, the couple has been together for seven years.

Lack of criminal past

Kubrat Pulyov, whose biography is not tarnished even by minor administrative violations, is grateful to the sport. It was boxing that did not allow the guy to get into a bad company, become an alcoholic or a drug addict. According to the athlete himself, studying at a sports school and adherence to a strict regime did not allow him to even think about any stupid things.

Boxing career

Poole has a great track record in amateur boxing. He managed to become the champion of Europe, and in 2003 to defeat the Olympic champion - Cuban Solis, who then, however, was able to win twice from the Bulgarian and, thus, to be revenged.

In 2004, Kubrat defeated Alexander Poverennov. In 2006, the Bulgarian defeated the silver medalist of the world championship of the Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov and the famous puncher Aslambekov, who before the meeting with the "Cobra" had a succession of sixteen wins by knockout.

In the professional ring, Kubrat Pulyov, whose photo is widely spread over all the world's print and online publications, has always fought with the strongest representatives of his category. Among the defeated fighters are such titans as Dominick Guinn, Michael Sprott, Derrick Rossi and many others.

May 5, 2012 Kubrat won an early victory in the eleventh round over Alexander Dimitrenko and became the champion of the European continent.

September 29, 2012 the Bulgarian boxer in the qualifying match could defeat the Russian giant Alexander Ustinov by knockout and thanks to this become the official contender for the belt of the IBF world champion, which is owned by Wladimir Klitschko.

Meeting with the famous Ukrainian heavyweight titan took place in November 2014. Kubrat Pulyov, whose biography before this meeting was not full of defeats in the defense, went on to fight in the status of underdog. As it turned out, not in vain. During the fight Klitschko sent the Bulgarian down three times, but he again and again got up and continued the fight. However, in the fifth round, Poole missed a hard enough left hook, after which he still could not continue the fight.

The field of this defeat Kubrat did not spend nearly a year fighting. And in October 2015, he once again went into the square of the ring, in order to meet with opponent from Brazil George Arias in the rating match. The battle went all the way. And its result was the unanimous decision of the judges, which recorded the victory of the Bulgarian. By the way, experts noted that in this battle, Kubrat began to work harder with jabs and more often to connect his attacking arm. The manner of conducting the battle was replaced by a more intellectual and restrained.