Fight Dmitry Pirog W TKO 5 (12) Eric Mitchell

In the main event of the evening WBO World middleweight Champion Dmitry Pirog (Russia) kept his boxing record flawless and defended his title in good style against former WBA «regular» World light middleweight belt-holder Nobuhiro Ishida (Japan). During twelve action-package rounds Pirog completely outthinking and outlandind tough challenger. Ishida showed great chin and tried to change course of fight till the final bell read more ...

The world middleweight champion of the WBO, Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15KOs), is expecting a tough fight from the former interim-junior middleweight beltholder Nobuhiro Ishida (24-7-2, 9KOs) of Japan read more ...

According to well-known French newspaper «Le Parisien», WBO #4 ranked middleweight Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (26-0, 17 KOs), the former WBA interim titleholder originally from Cameroon, will likely stage a fight on April 20 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, against WBO #1 ranked Ukrainian Maks Bursak (24-0-1, 10 KOs), 27, for the WBO interim 160lb belt read more ...

The WBO world champion at middleweight, Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs) is happy with the way his career played out in 2011. He defended his championship belt twice. In March he won on points over Javier Francisco Maciel, and in September he defeated Gennady Martirosyan. Recently, the WBO appointed an official challenger for his title, Ukraine’s Maksim Bursak (24-0-1, 10 KOs) read more ...

After reading several of the pieces involving the verbal battle between Lou DiBella, promoter of top middleweight star Sergio Martinez, and Russias Kirill Pchelnikov, the co-promoter and financial supporter of WBO middleweight beltholder Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs), BoxingScene.com reached out to another member of Team Pirog to get his opinion on several topics read more ...

Krasnodar, Russia - WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs) retained his title with a tenth round stoppage of mandatory challenger Gennady Martirosyan (22-3, 11 KOs). It was a thrilling but ultimately one-sided fight, and the first ever all-Russian title encounter in boxing history read more ...

According to powerful Russian promoter Kirill Pchelnikov, WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (18-0, 14 KOs) will conduct the second defense of his title against WBO #1 and obligatory challenger Gennady Martirosyan (22-2, 11 KOs) on September 24 in Krasnodar, a short distance from his hometown of Temryuk. It’ll be the first ever title fight between two Russians to be held not only in Russia but also across the globe read more ...

WBO #1 middleweight contender Gennady Martirosyan (22-2, 11 KOs) got what he needed in a tune-up fight against Argentinean journeyman Valentin Antonio Ochoa (20-19-5, 8 KOs), which took place at the “Typhoon” sport club in Saint Petersburg, Russia read more ...

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Unbeaten WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (18-0, 14 KOs) scored a lackluster twelve round unanimous decision over #10 rated Javier Francisco Maciel (18-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the DIVS Sports Palace in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Pirog didn’t look anything like the fighting machine who dominated Daniel Jacobs in winning the belt last summer. A big shot by Pirog in round four brought the partison crowd to life read more ...