Pulev defeats Charr for WBA regular title

By Scott Shaffer

08/12/2024

Pulev defeats Charr for WBA regular title

Kubrat Pulev W12 Mahmoud Charr... Fighting in Sofia, Bulgaria, local hero Kubrat Pulev won a tough battle between aging heavyweights. Pulev defeated Mahmoud Charr to win the WBA regular title. The bout was properly scored a unanimous decision, 117-111 (twice) and 116-111. The bout was slowed by dozens of clinches and referee warnings but there were also plenty of clean punches landed, mostly by Pulev.  A two-time Bulgarian Olympian, Pulev is now 32-3 with the only losses coming against Vitali Klitschko, Anthony Joshua and a controversial loss to Derek Chisora. Charr, a medical miracle who fights with two artificial hips, is now 34-5. This was Charr's fourth fight in the last seven years, and he reacquired the WBA regular title in a lawsuit, not in the ring.