Joshua ordered to Fight Pulev

Just a day after the WBO ordered heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua to fight Oleksandr Usyk, the IBF ordered Joshua to fight Kubrat Pulev.

“Negotiations should commence immediately and be concluded by January 11, 2020,” IBF championships committee chairman Carlos Ortiz Jr. wrote in the letter. “If you are unable to come to an agreement for this bout the IBF will call for a purse bid.”