Anthony Joshua v Luis Ortiz soon to be announced.

[Mimmy]

28th October - Cardiff.

Thoughts??

[Mark Lloyd]

28th October - Cardiff.

Thoughts??

Stadium is too big. They'll do very well to sell this one against a relatively unknown Eastern European who doesn't speak English.

[gilgamesh]

It's a decent high ranked contender for Joshua to defend against. Hope the undercard is solid.

[Mimmy]

Hopefully fingers crossed the hughie fight gets panned and I get a refund which will buy me tickets to see a much better card.

[crusader]

Pulev speaks some English...he did an interview right after the Wlad fight w/o a translator.

[Realistic]

Joe Calzaghe couldn't sell it out on his best night!! Hope it is a good crowd though ready for Bellew V Haye II in the same stadium in November..

[Mimmy]

Joe Calzaghe couldn't sell it out on his best night!! Hope it is a good crowd though ready for Bellew V Haye II in the same stadium in November..

This will do well at Cardiff, too many casual fans love AJ then add the hard core it will fill it. There will be a decent undercard too which will help it.

The fight is penciled in for the 28th October so is there any indication who else could be on the bill with just over 8 weeks to go?

[boxingknockout]

I think it's a decent fight. Considering not many good heavies. I give Pulev a 10-15% chance.

He boxed terribly against Wlad and was too cocky. He's better than that, plus he also wobbled Wlad in that fight

[Boxerbeetle]

Joe Calzaghe couldn't sell it out on his best night!! Hope it is a good crowd though ready for Bellew V Haye II in the same stadium in November..

This will do well at Cardiff, too many casual fans love AJ then add the hard core it will fill it. There will be a decent undercard too which will help it.

The fight is penciled in for the 28th October so is there any indication who else could be on the bill with just over 8 weeks to go?

Joshua will sell out the Millennium, absolutely no problem.

Does Hearn have any Welsh fighters other than Cleverly now? What's his arrangement like with Selby? I'm never quite sure.

[3132DW]

Joe Calzaghe couldn't sell it out on his best night!! Hope it is a good crowd though ready for Bellew V Haye II in the same stadium in November..

This will do well at Cardiff, too many casual fans love AJ then add the hard core it will fill it. There will be a decent undercard too which will help it.

The fight is penciled in for the 28th October so is there any indication who else could be on the bill with just over 8 weeks to go?

Joshua will sell out the Millennium, absolutely no problem.

Does Hearn have any Welsh fighters other than Cleverly now? What's his arrangement like with Selby? I'm never quite sure.

Selby is out on his own - Poxon (ITV) tweets about him a fair bit.

He wouldn't be a fortune to add to undercard.

Kal Yafai v Undefeated fighter is one of chief supports.

[mullenman]

Aj is the king

Wembley could of sold 300,000

I was there and it was unreal and everybody there loves aj

[3132DW]

This will do well at Cardiff, too many casual fans love AJ then add the hard core it will fill it. There will be a decent undercard too which will help it.

The fight is penciled in for the 28th October so is there any indication who else could be on the bill with just over 8 weeks to go?

Joshua will sell out the Millennium, absolutely no problem.

Does Hearn have any Welsh fighters other than Cleverly now? What's his arrangement like with Selby? I'm never quite sure.

Selby is out on his own - Poxon (ITV) tweets about him a fair bit.

He wouldn't be a fortune to add to undercard.

Kal Yafai v Undefeated fighter is one of chief supports.

Sho Ishida 24-0 is Yafai opponent.

[davie]

Thre's already a thread for this fight, merge please mods

[gilgamesh]

Thre's already a thread for this fight, merge please mods

One was for the announcement, and one is for "Who wins" with a poll so I can see there being 2 of them. No need for any more though.

[davie]

Thre's already a thread for this fight, merge please mods

One was for the announcement, and one is for "Who wins" with a poll so I can see there being 2 of them. No need for any more though.

The "Who wins" thread will shortly become the "Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev officially announced 28th October - Cardiff" thread.

Are you new here Gil?

[gilgamesh]

Thre's already a thread for this fight, merge please mods

One was for the announcement, and one is for "Who wins" with a poll so I can see there being 2 of them. No need for any more though.

The "Who wins" thread will shortly become the "Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev officially announced 28th October - Cardiff" thread.

Are you new here Gil?

New to the moderating bit, yeah.

[Mark Lloyd]

Pulev speaks some English...he did an interview right after the Wlad fight w/o a translator.

Thanks for that. I was referring more to the Gloves are Off hype etc. Hope his English is actually good enough to hype it.

[3132DW]

Pulev speaks some English...he did an interview right after the Wlad fight w/o a translator.

Thanks for that. I was referring more to the Gloves are Off hype etc. Hope his English is actually good enough to hype it.

Hard to hype a guy Wlad battered silly - who's just outpointed Kevin Johnson who's been done for 5 years.

[Mark Lloyd]

Pulev speaks some English...he did an interview right after the Wlad fight w/o a translator.

Thanks for that. I was referring more to the Gloves are Off hype etc. Hope his English is actually good enough to hype it.

Hard to hype a guy Wlad battered silly - who's just outpointed Kevin Johnson who's been done for 5 years.

It's the Magic of Matchroom. In fairness, he's the mandatory and a better one than either Stiverne or Hughie.

[TheCobra]

Decent enough fight, couple of half decent undercard scraps and it'll be a sell out PPV event. We all know it.

[KiwiRider]

Joshua will sell out the Millennium, absolutely no problem.

Does Hearn have any Welsh fighters other than Cleverly now? What's his arrangement like with Selby? I'm never quite sure.

Selby is out on his own - Poxon (ITV) tweets about him a fair bit.

He wouldn't be a fortune to add to undercard.

Kal Yafai v Undefeated fighter is one of chief supports.

Sho Ishida 24-0 is Yafai opponent.

Sweet!
Thanks for the info.

[asdfjkl]

Pulev speaks some English...he did an interview right after the Wlad fight w/o a translator.

Thanks for that. I was referring more to the Gloves are Off hype etc. Hope his English is actually good enough to hype it.

Hard to hype a guy Wlad battered silly - who's just outpointed Kevin Johnson who's been done for 5 years.

On the other hand, he was quite dominating against Chisora, while Whyte struggled.

[Andrew]

Pulev speaks some English...he did an interview right after the Wlad fight w/o a translator.

Thanks for that. I was referring more to the Gloves are Off hype etc. Hope his English is actually good enough to hype it.

Hard to hype a guy Wlad battered silly - who's just outpointed Kevin Johnson who's been done for 5 years.

Pulev will be Joshua's second best win by some distance.

Pulev would beat Whyte easily.

[craigjenkins05]

Thanks for that. I was referring more to the Gloves are Off hype etc. Hope his English is actually good enough to hype it.

Hard to hype a guy Wlad battered silly - who's just outpointed Kevin Johnson who's been done for 5 years.

On the other hand, he was quite dominating against Chisora, while Whyte struggled.

Chisora had a lot more ambition in the whyte fight IMO

[ILikeBeer]

Is this the pre-announcement announcement?