Kubrat Pulev defeated Tony Thompson by a comfortable unanimous victory on Saturday, August 24.
The win makes Pulev the IBF mandatory challenger, but from what he showed against Thompson, the champion Wladimir Klitschko won’t be losing any sleep.
Official scores were 116-112, 118-110 and 117-111.
Read on for the social media reaction to Pulev’s victory over Thompson.
Pulev fights very relaxed. He's making this look easy now. Thompson can't win going backwards. 3-3 Even. #PulevThompson #boxing
— Ryan Bivins (@sweetboxing) August 24, 2013
Thought the fight was closer than the scorecards. Pulev too fresh. Prime Thompson beats Pulev IMO. #youwinsomeyoulosesome
— BoxingPsychic (@BoxingPsychic) August 24, 2013
I scored the fight – Pulev 116 – 111 Thompson. Pulev very good technically, however lacks any real power. #Boxing @BoxingRT @BoxingOpinions1
— John Hoolan (@JohnHoolan) August 24, 2013
What David Price can learn from Kubrat Pulev: Patience. #boxing
— Ryan Bivins (@sweetboxing) August 24, 2013
Thompson landing a few desperation shots in the 12th. No effect on Pulev. It's over.
— fightnews.com (@fightnews) August 24, 2013
If Pulev is the future of heavyweight #boxing god help us all – no wonder Audley won't retire at this rate he'll have a title shot soon!
— HK-100 (@hatembomb) August 24, 2013
Don't think #pulev vs thompson will cause concern to @Klitschko ,@BronzeBomber , @Tyson_Fury ,@Johnathon_Banks ,@mrdavidhaye . #boxingheads
— Paul Silky Jones (@1silkyjones) August 24, 2013
No doubt, this is not the last we have seen of Tony Thompson. Still a very hot commodity over seas #boxing
— Matt Andrzejewski (@mandrzeje) August 24, 2013
