Dmitry Pirog viciously knocks out Danny Jacobs in five
by Scott Christ on Jul 31, 2010 11:36 PM EDT
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In what was a terrific fight while it lasted, Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO) knocked out Danny Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO) in the fifth round with a crushing right hand.
The first four rounds were even on the Bad Left Hook scorecard, and the fight was fought at a good pace, with both prospects showing a lot of talent. Jacobs struggled a bit early with Pirog's pressure and head and upper body movement, but Jacobs managed to regroup and get back into the fight with some great footwork, utilizing his speed and ability and stay out of Pirog's wheelhouse.
But in the fifth, one nasty punch from Pirog ended the fight. After the fight, Jacobs said Pirog gave him a lot of punches he didn't see, including the right (obviously), and that he didn't feel like his legs were there tonight. Here's hoping Danny Jacobs regroups and comes back strong, because he obviously has a lot of talent. Fighters lose sometimes when they take risks, and Jacobs took a real risk fighting a fellow legitimate prospect.
As for Pirog, the 30-year-old Russian really established himself as one of the better middleweight fighters in the world. He looked really fantastic in the ring in pretty much all aspects. Serious power, great movement, good defense, showed a lot of angles. He closer resembled reigning world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez than he did your stereotypical, more mechanical Russian boxer.
Our live coverage continues here, as we ready for the main event tonight.
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If anyone wants to get to know Pirog better
Here’s a great interview with him – not the normal softball BS, and a lot of insight into him as both a person and a fighter.
http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=28676
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
That was the best fight of the card.
I really got annoyed with the PbP guy shilling so hard for Jacobs. But the KO was worth the annoyance.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
Pirog
Supposedly Jacobs was up 3-1, which I found ridiculous. He was held up by the ropes in the second round by Pirog’s 1-2, Pirog was landing the right hand over Jacobs’ jab, and making him miss alot. Jacobs talked alot before the fight about how Pirog wasn’t as fast, didn’t have Jacobs’ power, his movement was nothing special…The look on Jacobs’ face after the first round was of somebody in shock. His corner didn’t seem to realize that; they were talking to Jacobs as though Pirog was an easy puzzle to solve, and look what happened…Golden Boy really doesn’t do their prospects any favors by putting them in soft and then jumping way up in competition…
I thought Jacobs clearly won the third, and that's it.
He came out with a better pace, was moving around a lot and kept Pirog from mounting anything resembling an offensive attack. But other than that round, I really thought Pirog was controlling things.
And you’re pretty well right on the ropes holding up Jacobs. He looked like he just sat down on them.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
The look on Jacobs’ face after the first round was of somebody in shock.
Yep, I had the same thought. He didn’t look scared or anything, just kind of, “Whoa…” Because Pirog, obviously, can really fight. I hope Jacobs has the mental fortitude to look at this fight and go, “Well, that happens sometimes when you fight good fighters,” because he gave it his best in there. I liked Pirog a lot already, and now I seriously think he can fight with just about anyone at 160. He’s got a lot of talent. Jacobs had the guts to fight a good fighter (when he had fought nothing but junk and Ishe Smith so far), so I admire that. And it was the fight of the night. Jacobs tried to make some adjustments and just got caught flush with a nasty punch. Pirog was stellar, though.
Bad Left Hook
"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
Jacobs looked REALLY ineffective switching to southpaw.
That whiffing combo they replayed to death was really quite bad.
That said, in the third round he looked like he had got the wheels turning at about the right speed. He showed potential, but Pirog showed a little more determination.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
No one said that before the fight though.
This is where i think promoters are in a no win situation.They match there guys against bums and get criticised,then when they match them tough they are ridiculed.
I would rather see good,evenly matched fights and this one did probably come too soon for Jacobs.
Either that or he’s just not as good as we thought.
It wasn't their matchmaking, FWIW
They were the two top ranked fighters for the WBO belt. I suppose they could have had Jacobs duck Pirog, but I’d much rather see a good, competitive fight where either guy could lose than see them try to build up a star who’s actually not that great by having him take a bunch of walkover type fights (the Andre Berto model).
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
PIROG
Pirog will add new, fresh talent to the division. The only thing I do not like about Russian fighters is that it is hard to spell their names, but they do train hard and come to fight. Their work ethic is why so many of them are moving up and becoming champions or contenders. It takes more than ambition or wishful thinking to be a top level boxer, one must train hard, listen to a good trainer with it in mind to learn and put into practice what he teaches. Talking a good fight will not get you to the top but hard work and determination will take even an average fighter a long way. The Klitschko brothers are shining examples of men who paid the price to learn their trade.
Pirog looked like a monster. Reminded me of that guy in the first Terminator flick.
Pray for Nick Charles
Holy crap at this fight.
Pirog’s movement is so freaky looking for some reason. It’s not like he’s the quickest guy around, although he is pretty quick. But there is just something so weird about it. The best way I can describe it is that he moves like a character from an old NES pro wrestling video game.
Anyway, a star is born? I’d love to see Pirog beat the other couple of European top-level guys and then have a final showdown with whoever ultimately comes out on top between Martinez and Williams in the Western Hemisphere.
In what was a terrific fight while it lasted
But a bit of a one sided one at tha,imo.
I was quite impressed with the Dolph Lungren lookalike while disappointed in Jacobs at the same time.I thought he was better than that and maybe it was too early for him and/or maybe Pirog will turn out to be a real force at middle.
As some have already said,i thought Jacobs had a worried look on his face from early on.
In their primes
I honestly think both of them will be a lot better than Pavlik or Taylor were at their best. Between these two, Golovkin, Lemieux, N’Jikam and maybe even Korobov and Guerrero, there are a lot of good looking middleweights coming up. All of them are already better than the guys ranked in the bottom half of the middleweight top 10, IMO. I really think we’re about to come on a golden age at middleweight, if the promoters will let these guys fight each other.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I enjoyed Pirog’s footwork and the way he set up the KO punch. Morphing into a southpaw on the fly, doubling the jab to the body then switching back to orthodox. Lovely positioning – no wonder Jacobs never saw that big right hand – beautiful punch.
Pirog-Martinez is an outstanding boxing match and Lemieux would be dynamite.
"Anytime you go thirty rounds with a guy, try to kill each other, and have the utmost respect for each other, no one understands that, but guys who have been to war understand it." - Micky Ward on Arturo Gatti.
Out of the ones you mention i have only seen Korobov and Lemieux but i know how highly regarded Golovkin is and have read a few reports on Guerrero.Never heard of N’Jikam to be honest.
I really like the look of Korobov especially.
Was Jacobs really sent to Brooklyn Dreamland? Not so sure. He looked like he wanted to get up at around 6.
Why did Bird push him down like that?
Pray for Nick Charles
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