On today in 2021, a former UFC heavyweight champion competed for the ultimate time.
Anthony Joshua was confirmed to be facing Jake Paul in his return to the ring on December 19 in Miami earlier this month.
While the previous two-time heavyweight champion’s last win got here against Francis Ngannou, he’s been competing against top names and mandatory challengers ever since he knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in 2017.
Paul seems to think he can expose flaws in Joshua’s game once they meet on Netflix, but many much more achieved boxers have tried and didn’t do that.
One among the several opponents who tried to take his heavyweight belts from him could have come up short against ‘AJ’, but a bounce back win saw him make quick work of an MMA legend.
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Kubrat Pulev knocked out Frank Mir in lower than two minutes at Triad Combat
Eight years before preparing to face Jake Paul, Anthony Joshua was lined as much as face Kubrat Pulev in front of a record-breaking crowd for the biggest indoor boxing attendance.
An injury to Pulev led to the fight eventually going down three years later in front of as much as 1,000 people on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pulev looked to use among the weaknesses that Paul will try to benefit from on December 19, however the defending champion was an excessive amount of for him, stopping his challenger within the ninth round.
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After suffering his second loss, together with his first coming to Wladimir Klitschko in 2014, Pulev took a break from the game, though he did compete in a special ruleset lower than a 12 months later.
Triad Combat pitted MMA fighters against boxers in a triangular ring with two-minute boxing rounds.
On November 27 of 2011, they hosted their first event, featuring the likes of Mike Perry and a live performance from Metallica.
The principal event saw Pulev stop former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir in the primary round to turn into the promotion’s inaugural champion.
Mir, who suffered quicker knockout losses in his MMA profession, famously became the primary man to beat Brock Lesnar before losing the rematch at UFC 100 via a TKO within the second round.
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Fans were concerned by Frank Mir’s plans to return to MMA earlier this 12 months
Despite not fighting since his loss to Kubrat Pulev at Triad Combat 1, Frank Mir was announced to be making his return to MMA earlier this 12 months.
The submission specialist’s last fight in MMA saw him secure a unanimous decision win over Roy Nelson at Bellator 231 in October of 2019 before his contract expired.
Mir’s planned return with the Global Fight League, or GFL, was cancelled in March after he announced that he’d undergone emergency surgery on account of a spine injury.
The 46-year-old said that he’d be specializing in his recovery with a purpose to come back mentally and physically stronger than before.