Who won Pulev vs Forrest?
Kubrat Pulev beat Jerry Forrest by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 14th May 2022 at Forum in California.
The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 99-91, 98-92 in favor of winner Kubrat Pulev.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
This fight appeared on the undercard of Sergey Kovalev's and Tervel Pulev's clash.
Pulev vs Forrest stats
Back in May 2022, Kubrat Pulev stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Jerry Forrest made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 4 loses and 2 draws, with 20 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Forrest had a large advantage in power over Pulev, boosting at 77% knock out percentage over Pulev's 50%.
Kubrat Pulev was the older man by 6 years, at 41 years old.
Pulev had a height advantage of 3 inches over Forrest.
Kubrat Pulev fought out of the orthodox stance, while Jerry Forrest was a southpaw.
Pulev was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Forrest, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 131 more professional rounds, 256 to Forrest's 125.
Pulev vs Forrest form
Pulev had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Anthony Joshua on 12th December 2020 by knockout in the 9th round in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and IBF World Heavyweight championship fight at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had beat Rydell Booker on 9th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Chukchansi Park, California, United States.
Going into that contest, he had won against Bogdan Dinu on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 7th round at The Hangar, California.
Before that, he had beat Hughie Fury on 27th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Heavyweight eliminator fight at Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria.
He had defeated Kevin Johnson on 28th April 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Arena Armeec, Sofia.
Activity check
Pulev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.
Forrest's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.
What time did Pulev vs Forrest start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Forum, California, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Pulev vs Forrest?
Pulev vs Forrest was broadcast on Fite.tv PPV US in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Fite.tv PPV UK.
What were the odds on Pulev vs Forrest?
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