KUBRAT PULEV claimed Anthony Joshua is "nothing extraordinary" and predicted that he would be eliminated in the rematch against Oleksandr Usyk.
Pulev was defeated in nine rounds by AJ December 2020. Usyk lost his next fight in September last year.
Kubrat Pulev claimed that Anthony Joshua is "nothing special".
Joshua will have the opportunity to reclaim the unified gold after the heavyweights meet again in Saudi Arabia on August 20th.
Pulev, 41 years old, is unsure AJ will hear the last bell and warns to expect a repeat.
He said to iFL TV, "When they make a rematch I think Usyk will knock him out because Joshua's nothing special."
"I lost against him but I wasn’t well prepared. I made a mistake.
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"It was my fault, but it was the reality. I have a lot more power and energy now. "Health is the most important thing."
Joshua, 32, is leaving Rob McCracken, Team GB's long-standing coach, in Sheffield HQ after defeat to Usyk (35).
Since then, he has promoted Angel Fernandez to No2 and moved to Loughborough.
Robert Garcia, the renowned US boxing champion, is now part of the camp after he traded California for Leicestershire.
FREE BETTING AND SIGN-UP DEALS - THE BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERINGSJoshua was defeated convincingly over 12 rounds by Usyk, as Usyk's bizarre box and move strategies were questioned.
As Eddie Hearn, the promoter of the game, revealed that Garcia and Fernandez will be tasked with restoring AJ's ruthlessness as well as his confidence.
Hearn stated that Hearn was quite rebellious for a while and claimed he could have beat him like that. However, when Robert sat down with him, they realized a way to defeat him.
"He finally admitted the mistakes he made in his first fight, and that is what is he saying now.
We have always known there was a way to beat Usyk, but it's a completely different experience getting in there and actually doing it.
"I feel much more confident after he's had twelve rounds with me. It is important to get out there and just be yourself.
"That's what he didn’t do in his first fight. He wasn’t himself. It isn’t hard to be yourself and beat him.
"Yeah, he could win on points but he's still capable of knocking him out.
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"But that's what you need to do is to cut him off, and then f hit him wherever you like around the body.
"He doesn’t like it around his body, he stated after the fight Usyk'' that was a difficult night's work' and he didn’t even hit him."
