Photo: Biser Todorov / CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Kubrat Pulev is a heavyweight I have always seen as the durable European gatekeeper of his generation. The Bulgarian held the WBA heavyweight title in its regular version from 2024 to 2025 and twice won the European championship, which is no small feat in a brutal division. At 194 cm he uses his jab intelligently rather than chasing knockouts, and that craft kept him relevant for over a decade. His loss to Anthony Joshua showed his ceiling, but I respect a fighter who stayed at the elite level so long. The data mislabels him American, but he is Sofia-born and proudly Bulgarian throughout.
Overview
Kubrat Venkov Pulev (Bulgarian: Кубрат Венков Пулев; born 4 May 1981) is a Bulgarian professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title (Regular version) from 2024 to 2025. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the European title twice between 2012 and 2016.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kubrat Pulev
- Name (Japanese)
- クブラト・プレフ
- Reading
- くぶらと・ぷれふ
- Born
- May 4, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rooster
- Origin
- Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 194 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- WBA World Heavyweight Champion (secondary)
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Boxer — see all → · More people from Bulgaria →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.