Kubrat Pulev vs Michael Hunter WBA Regular world heavyweight title fight new date announced

Kubrat Pulev vs Michael Hunter now takes place on October 4

Don King has announced that Kubrat Pulev vs Michael Hunter WBA Regular heavyweight title fight will now take place on October 4 in Miami.

Long-term boxing promoter Don King, aged 93, won purse bids by offering $1.1 million.

Blair Cobbs vs Adrien Broner will also appear on the Florida card.

Pulev-Hunter was due to take place this month, but an injury has pushed the date back two months.

Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev (32-3, 14 KOs) also fought twice last year. He defeated Ihor Shevadzutskiy in his home city of Sofia for the vacant WBA International heavyweight title, then he upgraded to the Regular version of the world title with a unanimous decision over Mahmoud Charr, also in Sofia, Bulgaria.

American Michael Hunter (24-1-2, 17 KOs) fought three times last year, firstly stopping Ignacio Esparza in five rounds in March, then decisioning Cassius Chaney unanimously in June, culminating in a fifth-round stoppage of unheralded Mexican Christian Larrondo Garcia.

The winner will likely be ordered to defend against the WBA Interim champion, Fabio Wardley.

The WBA ordered this in March 2025: "As for Kubrat Pulev, the WBA Regular Champion, he must defend his title against Fabio Wardley, who is currently the number one ranked contender. The mandatory defense period will begin on March 5, 2025, and conclude on April 4, 2025.

"The winner of Pulev vs. Wardley—or Pulev in the case of a draw—must then face Michael Hunter, the third-ranked contender, in a mandatory defense within 120 days of that bout, with a final deadline of October 25, 2025.

"Any interested party may request a reconsideration of this resolution under WBA Rule F.5. Any issues that may arise along the way will be resolved according to the internal regulations, and this resolution supersedes any previous resolutions." read more...