British heavyweight boxing challenger Anthony Joshua gestures as he arrives to a workout at Digital City in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Dec 3, 2019, ahead of the upcoming "Clash on the Dunes". (FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP)

SOFIA - World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will face Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev, the IBF’s mandatory challenger, at Tottenham Hotspur’s 62,000-seater stadium on June 20, Pulev said on Monday.

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The contract is already officially signed. I am happy to be able to show the world how strong I am

Anthony Joshua

“The contract is already officially signed,” the 38-year-old former European amateur super-heavyweight champion Pulev said on his Facebook page. “I am happy to be able to show the world how strong I am.”

Briton Joshua, 30, defeated Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr. in a December rematch in Saudi Arabia to win back his IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO world titles.

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Known as “The Cobra”, Pulev challenged for the IBF world heavyweight title in 2014, losing to Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg on a fifth-round knockout.

Joshua last fought in London in September, 2018 when he beat Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium.