dmitry-pirog Stories - Bad Left Hook
Dmitry Pirog Ready For Felix Sturm, Willing to Go to Germany
WBO middleweight titleholder Dmitry Pirog says he's ready to face WBA titlist Felix Sturm any time and anywhere, and that includes a trip to Sturm's native Germany, despite the reputation of German scoring and officiating: [T]here is the possibility to organize a fight between us, although he had...
Felix Sturm Likely Back on April 13, No Opponent Named
WBA middleweight titlist Felix Sturm will likely make his return to the ring on Friday, April 13, in Germany, according to Ruslan Chikov, who reports that German TV station Sat.1 has set aside that date for a Sturm return. Chikov also says that Daniel Geale and Dmitry Pirog are "leading...
Pirog’s Promoter Responds To Golovkin’s Trainer
In a recent interview, Gennady Golovkin's trainer Abel Sanchez said that his fighter really wants to fight Dmitry Pirog. A quick refresher on the belt situation, Golovkin is the "regular" WBA middleweight champion and Pirog is the WBO middleweight champion. Despite this apparent interest,...
Lamont Peterson Jumps Khan, Middleweights Move: Bad Left Hook Boxing Rankings for Dec. 13
I should probably just move this to officially a Tuesday weekly update, since it seems to work out better that way coming out of busy weekends. Anyway there are some changes at 140 and 112 due to big results this past weekend, and I did some house-cleaning at 160, too. Click here for the full...
Sergio Martinez: Manny Pacquiao Won't Fight, Floyd Mayweather Might
Nicholas Samuliov of Notifight.com (via BoxingScene.com) has some quotes from reigning middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez regarding potential big fights with Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr, and "Maravilla" believes only one of the two could happen: Regarding Pacquiao - "He said he...
Sergio Martinez, Dmitry Pirog No Closer On Potential Fight As Camps Trade Words
Middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez may be low on legitimate challengers at 160 pounds these days, but one fighter that appears very unlikely to land the bout is one of the more interesting. Dmitry Pirog and his team have been barking loudly for months now about Martinez and an alleged fear...
Sergio Martinez's Next Fight: Mayweather, Pacquiao, Hopkins, Cotto, Margarito, and Reality
With his win last night over Darren Barker, Sergio Martinez is back on the hunt for his next opponent starting now. Will someone come up? Will the middleweight champion go back down in weight to chase bigger money and bigger attention? Will someone at 160 pounds step up and make for a genuinely...
Dmitry Pirog Back on September 25, Nate Campbell on Undercard
WBO middleweight titlist Dmitry Pirog will be back in the ring on September 25 in Russia, facing Gennady Martirosyan in Krasnodar. It will be Pirog's second defense of the title in Russia, after he defeated Javier Maciel in March. Alexey Sukachev also reports that 39-year-old American lightweight...
Fight Previews: Molitor in South Africa, Lara on Friday Night Fights, Vassell on Sky, and More
Slow news day, both today and yesterday, so let's kick the tires and light the fires with some fight previews. We'll have more on the HBO card for Saturday night featuring Yuriorkis Gamboa and a really good co-feature later in the week, and of course by later in the week I could mean later today,...
Lou DiBella Talks About Sergio Martinez's Future Options
Our friend Corey Erdman talked to a hungover Lou DiBella yesterday about the possible coming options for the man who has arguably become the biggest fighter in his stable, middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez. Give it a listen. DiBella says that they're "not immediately thinking about" a...
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