Kubrat Pulev suffers TWO horror cuts in gruelling Derek Chisora loss as punch stats reveal Bulgarian landed MORE punches
KUBRAT PULEV suffered TWO horror cuts in his gruelling defeat to Derek Chisora.
The Bulgarian, who beat Chisora initially in 2014, was this time on the end of a split-decision loss in the away corner.
But he proved value for money as his rematch with Chisora well and truly lived up to its "Total Carnage" billing.
Pulev found himself bleeding around the left eye near round seven as the roughhousing tactics played their part.
But disaster struck further in the tenth when the ex-world title challenger suffered another gash, this time on his right side.
A bloodied Pulev battled on as he helped to put on a thriller at the O2 Arena.
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But following 12 hard-fought rounds, it was Chisora who was given the nod by two of the three judges.
He said afterwards: "I last won a fight three years ago…
"I'm happy today but at the same time I'm sad. I don't have many left in me but what I do have I will give my all to you guys.
"I don't have many left, so my next couple of fights... I'm on my way out. I don't want no easy fights, I want the hard fights.
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"I told Eddie Hearn the other day, if he can get me the Bronze Bomber I'll be happy.
"I want to fight everybody in my era. Win or lose, I just want to fight. I needed a win, I've lost so many fights on the road.
"What a great way to win it, I'm buzzing right now, you don't understand. It feels great to be a winner."
According to CompuBox, Chisora threw a total of 526 punches but Pulev was actually the busier with 796.
The Londoner also landed with LESS at 171 compared to Pulev’s 200.
But Chisora was more accurate, connecting with 33 per cent of his shots compared to Pulev's 25 per cent.
