Pirog stops Martirosyan, retains WBO middleweight title

September 25th, 2011

By Jim Dower: Making his second title defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight title, champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KO’s) stopped his number #1 contender Russian Gennady Martirosyan (22-2, 11 KO’s) in the 10th round on Sunday night at the Olimp, Krasnodar, Russia.

Pirog, 31, teed off on the over-matched and inexperienced Martirosyan from the first round, hitting him at will with left hooks and right hands while constantly changing the angles of his shots. In the 10th round, Pirog opened up with a blizzard of unanswered punches on the hurt Martirosyan until his corner threw in the towel to save their fighter from taking any further punishment.

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8 Responses to “Pirog stops Martirosyan, retains WBO middleweight title”

Anonymous says:

September 26, 2011 at 12:40 pm

kid azteca i kinda disagree! he looked good against jacobs, i think he just looked average against a very average opponent! he needs to fight golovkin next in a unification fight
james says:

September 26, 2011 at 9:08 am

This is not Vanes.
Duran's the man says:

September 26, 2011 at 7:22 am

East Block Style at its best. Very sound, solid fellow. I don’t think Martinez has ever mentionned his name yet….
the rabbit says:

September 26, 2011 at 6:27 am

With this guy should fight Martinez at middleweight or with Sturm & beside these guys are the SMW fighters ….
ASIDEPATOSOYO says:

September 26, 2011 at 5:41 am

It was going to happen soon or later Martiro is not that great.
bernie says:

September 26, 2011 at 12:56 am

The winner of Lee and Vera!
canaduhhh says:

September 25, 2011 at 10:05 pm

this guy is something special..few more fights before martinez though!
Kid Azteca says:

September 25, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Pirog looked great.

Pirog stops Martirosyan, retains WBO middleweight title

8 Responses to “Pirog stops Martirosyan, retains WBO middleweight title”

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