Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will fight next June against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev. Joshua Vs Pulev will be playing at 62,000-seater stadium Tottenham Hotspur on June 20.
Numerous fans had proposed that Joshua should confront Tyson Fury yet Deontay Wilder has enacted the proviso in his agreement on Sunday for another rematch with the Gypsy King.
It will be the third battle among Fury and the American, who he beat late in February.
That implied Joshua needed to locate an adversary for the late spring and Kubrat Pulev has affirmed they will go head to head at Spurs' ground. A statement added: 'OFFICIAL: Kubrat Pulev Vs Anthony Joshua! The confirmed date is June 20th, at the Tottenham Stadium for the World Heavyweight Title in London.
'The fight between the Bulgarian boxer, who is a mandatory contender for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bely, and Anthony Joshua is assured.'
Anthony Joshua, defeated Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr in a rematch in December in Saudi Arabia to regain his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO world titles.
Popularly known as 'The Cobra', Pulev contested for the IBF world heavyweight title in 2014 but lost to Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg to a fifth-round knockout.
Joshua last fought in September 2018 in London when he defeated Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium.
