The match of Bulgarian heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev vs. former world champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria due tonight at Armeets Arena in Sofia is looking more like a friendly than a professional boxing battle. The two boxers have shown no fury, but the stakes are high, as they will contend the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental Heavyweight title . Kubrat Pulev’s target is to get a win over a notable name from the past to keep in the hunt for a heavyweight title shot. “I’ve got enough strength and experience on both the amateur and professional boxing rings. I expect support from the audience and I hope that this will give me an advantage. I have been trained in a way tailored to this particular rival and this is half of the victory”, Kubrat Pulev has said.
Bulgarian divers won seven medals at the first international competition of the year on the calendar of the swimming federation, held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Tsvetomir Ereminov took first place in the men's platform competition with 35415..
The Bulgarian national tennis team returned to the Davis Cup World Group I after defeating Romania 3-1 in Craiova. The decisive point came from Adrian Andreev, who, despite suffering from a severe flu during the past week, defeated Romania’s top..
After it became clear that the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation was on the verge of bankruptcy, DPS-New Beginning leader Delyan Peevski met with the federation's president Stefan Botev and promised to find a solution to the problem. "Thanks to this..
Professional MMA fighter Aleksandra Toncheva will fight for the title of the leading Swedish fighting organization "Battle of Botnia". Toncheva will face..
Mostly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy