In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Venkov and the family name is Pulev.
Kubrat Pulev Кубрат Пулев
Pulev in 2018
Born
Kubrat Venkov Pulev
(1981-05-04) 4 May 1981 (age 43)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Other names
"The Cobra"
Statistics
Weight(s)
Heavyweight
Height
1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[1]
Reach
202 cm (79+1⁄2 in)[1]
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
34
Wins
31
Wins by KO
14
Losses
3
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Bulgaria
World Championships
2005 Mianyang
Super-heavyweight
European Championships
2008 Liverpool
Super-heavyweight
2006 Plovdiv
Super-heavyweight
European Union Championships
2004 Madrid
Heavyweight
2005 Cagliari
Super-heavyweight
Strandzha Cup
Plovdiv 2001
Light-heavyweight
Plovdiv 2002
Heavyweight
Plovdiv 2005
Super-heavyweight
Plovdiv 2006
Super-heavyweight
Plovdiv 2008
Super-heavyweight
Kubrat Venkov Pulev (Bulgarian: Кубрат Венков Пулев; born 4 May 1981) is a Bulgarian professional boxer. He has challenged once for the IBF and the Ring magazine heavyweight titles in 2014, and once for the unified heavyweight title in 2020. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the European title twice between 2012 and 2016. As an amateur, he won multiple medals at international tournaments, including gold at the 2008 European Championships and bronze at the 2005 World Championships, all in the super-heavyweight division. He also represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Olympics.
As of March 2024, Pulev is ranked #10 by the WBA.[2][3] He was ranked by BoxRec in the world's top 10 heavyweights in every year from 2011 to 2018.[4]
^ ab"BoxRec: Kubrat Pulev". boxrec.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^"Heavyweight Rankings & Boxing Champions - Top 15 WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO". Box.Live. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^"World Boxing Association Ranking". World Boxing Association. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^"BoxRec's Annual Ratings: Heavyweight Annuals". boxrec.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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