3<\/p>\n Pulev was ordered to defend his WBA belt against ItaumaCredit: Dave Thompson\/Matchroom<\/p>\n But according to BoxingScene, he is now likely to return to the ring on February 7<\/a> after a fight with WBA ‘regular’ champion Kubrat Pulev<\/a> fell by the wayside.<\/p>\n The WBA ordered the Bulgarian to defend his lesser ‘world title’ against Itauma earlier this month.<\/p>\n Both parties were given 30 days to negotiate the bout before it went to purse bids.<\/p>\n However, Pulev opted to face Murat Gassiev<\/a> on December 12 in Dubai instead.<\/p>\n \u201cThat fight [Pulev-Gassiev] has not been ordered by the WBA,\u201d a well-placed source told\u00a0BoxingScene. <\/p>\n \u201cIf Pulev does fight Gassiev, then the WBA should strip him.\u201d<\/p>\n Pulev had been granted a voluntary defence after snatching the ‘regular’ belt from Mahmoud Charr last December, but he took too long to organise such a fight, and so the WBA ordered him to box Michael Hunter.<\/p>\n Don King<\/a> won a purse bid to host Hunter vs Pulev in October for the WBA belt.<\/p>\n But after the contest collapsed, the WBA enforced Pulev-Itauma.<\/p>\n What will happen to the December 13 card?<\/p>\n A final decision has not been made on the fate of the December 13 event just yet, although it appears that Derek Chisora<\/a>, who was set to act as chief support, will be elevated to the top of the bill.<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n A trilogy bout between Chisora and Whyte could replace Itauma in the headline slotCredit: GETTY<\/p>\n Chisora turned down a fight with Jarrell Miller<\/a> after the option of a trilogy bout with Whyte was placed on the table.<\/p>\n David Haye<\/a>, who used to manage Chisora, recently told The Sun that a third fight with Whyte was set to take place just before Christmas.<\/a><\/p>\n “[Chisora] and\u00a0Dillian Whyte\u00a0are doing a third fight,” Haye said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wants to set the record straight for the trilogy fight.<\/p>\n “He\u2019s gonna be in great shape and with\u00a0Dillian Whyte, it\u2019s really\u00a0nice\u00a0to see two fighters from the same era, loads of history, and simply doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Chisora’s next fight will be announced on SaturdayCredit: Getty Images – Getty<\/p>\n When Haye’s comments were put to Warren, the Queensberry chief replied: “I haven’t spoken to David Haye about it all.<\/p>\n “We will announce [what is next for Chisora] on Saturday.”<\/p>\n Chisora lost both of his barnburning bouts with Whyte, although they were competitive and enthralling throughout.<\/p>\n ‘Del Boy’ recently revived his career with a trio of wins over Gerald Washington, Joe Joyce<\/a> and Otto Wallin<\/a>.<\/p>\n And would likely enter the bout as a favourite given Whyte’s recent downturn in form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma’s next fight is reportedly set to be pushed back by two months. The Chatham southpaw was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,21827,18892,37332,16171,15920,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-224595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-derek-chisora","tag-dillian-whyte","tag-kubrat-pulev","tag-moses-itauma","tag-next-fight","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pulev](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761392409_536_121220_DTN_8050b.jpg\")
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