16 Facts About Tervel Pulev

Tervel Venkov Pulev is a Bulgarian professional boxer.

Tervel Pulev has held the WBA International cruiserweight title since December 2019 and previously the European Union cruiserweight title in 2018.

Tervel Pulev joins the Bulgarian national representative team and in 1998 participates for the first time in the Youth European Championship in Jurmala, Latvia.

In 2010 Tervel Pulev won the silver medal at the European Championship in Moscow, Russia.

In 2011 Tervel Pulev won again the silver medal at the European Championship in Ankara, Turkey.

In 2015 Tervel Pulev won the bronze medal at the European Championship in Samokov, Bulgaria after he lost to Evgeny Tishchenko at the semi-finals.

At this Olympic games Tervel Pulev won the bronze medal, one of the two Bulgarian olympic medals.

Tervel Pulev defeated Wang Xuanxuan and Yamil Peralta which secured him a medal.

At the semi-finals Tervel Pulev lost to Oleksandr Usyk, who won the gold medal.

Tervel Pulev was awarded Boxer of the Year in Bulgaria for three consequent years 2010,2011 and 2012.

Tervel Pulev has been nominated three times for Sportsman of the year.

Tervel Pulev made his professional debut on 3 December 2016 at Arena Armeec in Sofia, in the Main-Event of a card featuring Kubrat Tervel Pulev's win of the World Boxing Association Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title against Samuel Peter, beating Tomislav Rudan by a TKO.

Tervel Pulev's ninth fight took place in Germany against Valery Brudov and this was the first time for Pulev not to break down the opponent in the very first rounds, but to win by points after the last round.

Tervel Pulev has two sons Kaloyan was born on in 2008 and and Asparuh was born on in 2016 and with Diana Nenova, Bulgarian volleyball player and member of the national team.

In 2018 Tervel Pulev became Master of Laws, graduating from Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski ".

Tervel Pulev owns a sport center called "Sport Center Tervel Pulev" located in Sofia.