NOVA YORK, Nova York(Abril 18, 2017) – FITE TV will stream the Abril 28^º heavyweight clash between a pair of past world title contenders, Kubrat “La Cobra” Pulev i Kevin “Capítol” Johnson, en directe de pagament per visualització, a partir de 2 p.m. I /11 a.m. PT, from Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgària. També es podran veure presentacions d'Encore.

FITE TV és una xarxa d'esports de combat que inclou boxa, Programació de MMA i lluita lliure. FITE ofereix als espectadors l'opció de veure el programa en línia a www.FITE.tv, al seu dispositiu mòbil o al seu televisor connectat a WiFi mitjançant l'aplicació FITE. L'aplicació FITE es pot descarregar gratuïtament a Google Play o a les botigues d'aplicacions d'iTunes.

“Compte enrere: Pulev vs. Johnson”, promogut per Sauerland Promotions, està disponible per veure-ho a l'aplicació i al lloc web FITE per un preu de venda suggerit de $19.99.

Boxing fans may watch the entire card, headlined by the Pulev-Johnson 12-round World Boxing Association (AMB) heavyweight title fight, simply by downloading the FITE app and then cast the fight to the big screen by using the instant stream-to-TV function. L'aplicació FITE funciona amb qualsevol televisió connectada per Wi-Fi d'arreu del món, Dispositius iOS i Android, així com dispositius de streaming com Roku, Chromecast i molt més. Els aficionats també poden veure els combats en directe al lloc web de FITE a www.fite.tv des de qualsevol ordinador.

“Pulev versus Johnson is another fine boxing event that FITE is now making available to our North American fan base,” FITE COO Michael Weber dit. “FITE continues to grow by leaps and bounds and we are very proud of the growth of world class boxing events to complement our current line-up of MMA and wrestling events.”

El 6′ 4 ½ Pulev, fighting at home in Sofia, Bulgària, captured the vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title in his last fight this past December, in which former world champion Samuel Peters (36-5) retired after the third round.

Al maig passat, Pulev won a 12-round split decision over Dereck Chisora (25-5) to capture the European heavyweight championship. The 35-year-old Pulev has won four in a row since he suffered the only loss of his professional career, by way of a fifth-round knockout in 2014, to then-International Boxing Federation (FIB) campió del món de pes pesat Wladimir Klitschko (62-3).

Pulev was a celebrated amateur boxer who represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Jocs Olímpics de Beijing, Xina. Currently rated No. 9 in the world by the WBA, Pulev can position himself for another world title shot with an impressive victory over Johnson, the battle-tested veteran fighting out of Lawrenceville, Geòrgia, EUA.

“My number one goal is to fight for the World title and on April 28,” Pulev commented, “I will take another step towards achieving this goal. I’m already training hard to prove I am worthy to fight again for the heavyweight crown.

“Johnson is a tough opponent. You must only look at his resume to tell this will be a real challenge. He has shared the ring with many World class fighters like Vitali Klitschko and Anthony Joshua. I know I will need to be at my best to beat him, but with the help of my coach Ulli Wegner and the support of the Bulgarian people, I’m confident my hand will be raised, and we will be able to celebrate another great night for Bulgarian boxing and another step towards me fulfilling my dream of becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World.’

Johnson, 37, has served as a dangerous “porter” in the heavyweight division during his 14-year professional career. He’s fought reigning World Boxing Council (CMB) campió del pes pesat Anthony Joshua – l'únic lluitador que va aturar Johnson – antic títol de pes pesat mundial unificat Tyson Fury, l'ex retador al títol mundial Manuel Charr i actual campió d'Europa Martell cristiana.

Johnson’s most notable wins have been against world title challengers Bruce Seldon (TKO5), Alex Leapai (TKO9) i Albert Sosnowski (SDEC3 in Prizefighter Tournament).

En 2009, Johnson va perdre la seva única lluita pel títol mundial per decisió unànime davant el campió invicte del CMB Vitali Klitschko, allargant-li les 12 rondes completes.

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– pictures courtesy of Sauerland Promotions –

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