България е моят дом! Чувствам се като българин – haroonabadvital.com

World Boxing Federation world titleholder Mahmoud Char appeared in the column “Guest of Sportal.bg“Ahead of his long-awaited WINBET Fight Night duel with Kubrat Pulev in Sofia on December 7.

Char conducted his training in Dubai and Austria, and is now in Bulgaria for final preparations for the match.

Kubrat Pulev was also in “Guest of Sportal.bg“, as well as promoters Ivaylo Gutsev and Alexander Krasyuk.

Mahmoud Char was born in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and also holds a German passport after his boxing promoter in Sauerland brought him to the pros after only 10 amateur fights. Char has a record of 34 wins (20 by knockout) and 4 losses, 3 of which were by knockout against Vitali Klitschko, Alexander Povetkin and Mairis Briedis. His other loss was via unanimous decision to Joan Duapo in Moscow.

The last time Schar stepped into the ring was about two years ago, on December 21, 2022, he defeated Nuri Sverre by second-round technical knockout in Hamburg.

“Bulgaria is my home. I feel like a Bulgarian. I am very happy here,” were the first words of Mahmut Shar.

“I’ve been fighting my whole life. I was raised differently. No matter what happens in my life, I feel good. Nothing hits as hard as life!We are all human. Kubrat is a man. “I am a machine.”

“My life started in the streets and ended in the stars. Some fight for money, I fight to leave a legacy!”

“Pulev is a legend in Bulgaria. He is a great amateur. He was European champion. He became number one in Europe and among the professionals, but he is not world champion. There is only one legend in this room and that is me. Who did what? I did it? I was injured during 10 amateur fights, all the doctors gave me bad prognoses, I had two hip surgeries and then became world champion.

“In Austria I trained without luxury. Just me and training. No women.”

“Apollo Creed was my first sparring partner, Rocky Balboa was my second, and Ivan Drago was my third.”

“In the end, whoever is the best cook will make the best soup!”

“We are all warriors. Many people will come to Bulgaria to support me. Bulgaria is part of Europe, so everyone can come here and support me.”
We will see two dinosaurs clashing in the ring. What will happen?

It’s important for me to win. If you finish early it will be fine. But if I have to, I’ll fight 12 rounds!

It is important to me that both fighters return safely to their families after the fight!

In 2017, I became world champion, and then I couldn’t keep the belt because Don King stole my belt. I am happy that “Epic Sport” and Ivaylo Gotsev gave me this big fight and to return to boxing again.

Boxing fans, watch this fight live in “Arena Sofia” or on TV and you will enjoy the fight!

“Once I started I never stopped,” Muhammad Ali said.
“Once you become a champion, you are a champion for life!”

After this fight, I will look for another place to live here in Sofia. All the people here are so nice and positive, it’s a pleasure to be here!

Photos: Borislav Troshev Photos: Borislav Tsvetanov