Dmitry Pirog Boxing News

By Sean McDaniel: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn revealed on Sky Ringside the other night that he’s in deep talks with WBO middleweight champion Dmitriy Pirog’s management in setting up a clash between Hearn’s fighter middleweight contender Darren Barker (23-1, 14 KO’s) and Pirog (19-0, 15 KO’s) for a fight that would take place on [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for British middleweight contender Darren Barker (23-1, 14 KO’s) has big things planned for the 29-year-old Barker in 2012. Barker, #8 IBF, #10 WBC, recently was beaten by WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez by a 11th round knockout last October.

By William Mackay: 33-year-old former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KO’s) returned to the ring last night and showed little signs of rust in stopping Jessie Nicklow (22-3-3, 8 KO’s) in the 8th round of a scheduled 10 round bout at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 16 KO’s) is reportedly interested in facing WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) next on April 13th, and is even willing to travel to Sturm’s home country of Germany to make the fight happen.

Promoter Lou DiBella recently told that Ring Magazine middleweight champion Sergio Martinez will come to Moscow to fight with World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight titleholder Dmitry Pirog only for $5-6 millions. DiBella believes that Pirog doesn’t have a big name and this fight isn’t marketable.

By Dan Ambrose: In the latest boxing news, WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KO’s) wants to take on WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) in the first part of 2012 in a fight that would take place in Moscow, Russia.

World Boxing Organization middleweight world champion Dmitry Pirog, 19-0 with 15 knockouts, of Gelendzhik, Russia, gave an impressive performance and scored an 11th round TKO against WBO No. 1 ranked mandatory challenger Gennady Martirosyan, 22-3 with 11 knockouts, of St. Petersburg, Russia. The fight headlined at the Palace of Sports “Olympus” in Krasnodar, Russia, on [...]

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.

World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referee and judges who will work on the Middleweight Title bout between champion, Russian Dmitri Pirog, against Armenian Gennady Martirosyan this Sunday, September 25 at the Olimp, Krasnodar, Russia in a Banner Promotions and GT & KP Promotion presentation.

Art Pelullo’s Banner Promotions and Kirill Pchelnikov and German Titov’s GT & KP Boxing Promotion will present a sensational world championship fight card on Sunday, September 25, 2011, at the Palace of Sports “Olympus” in Krasnodar, Russia. The fights will be televised in Russia on Channel 2. Check local listings for times.

By Dan Ambrose: Having just lost a potential fight against former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik for his next fight, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute is targeting some more middleweights and is looking at trying to land a fight against Peter Quillin or Dmitriy Pirog. The chances aren’t good at getting Quillin to take [...]

Banner Promotions President Art Pelullo said, “I understand that Sergio Martinez is going to be fighting Darren Barker on October 1. I have known Lou DiBella, Martinez’ promoter, for over 20 years and we are personal friends. I have been in the fight business for over 25 years and I know how the business works.

By Jason Kim: WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (18-0, 14 KO’s) could be facing veteran Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KO’s)next in a bout that would be taking place in the summer if it can be put together.

By Dan Ambrose: WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (18-0, 14 KO’s) looked worse than you can imagine in beating little known Argentinian contender Javier Franciso Maciel (18-2, 12 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the DIVS, in Ekateringburg, Russia.

By Jim Dower: Making his first defence of his World Boxing Organization middleweight title after sitting idle since July of last year, WBO champ Dmitry Pirog (18-0, 14 KOs) won an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision over Argentinean challenger Francisco Maciel (18-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night in a fight at the DIVS Sports Palace [...]

Coverage continues on Premier Sports this weekend as part of our 4 World Title Fights in 4 weeks as we travel to Russia for Dmitry Pirog’s WBO middleweight defence against Argentinean Javier Maciel on Saturday at the time of 16:00 GMT

By Jason Kim: WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) will be making his first title defense this Saturday night against #9 ranked contender Javier Francisco Maciel (18-1, 12 KO’s) at the DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

By Eric Thomas: WBO middleweight champion Dimitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) will finally be making his first defense of his World Boxing Organization belt on March 26th at the DIVS, in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions and Kirill Pchelnikov and German Titov/GT & KP Promotion will present a sensational world championship fight card on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Sports Palace DIVS in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 12 KO’s) will finally be defending his WBO title on March 26th against number #9 ranked contender Javier Maciel (18-1, 12 KO’s) at the DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

By Francisco Hernandez: One of the best boxers in the world today is WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog; he has excellent boxing skills and can beat anyone in the division. Most of his fights have been in Russia; he came to Las Vegas on July 31st 2010 to school highly touted Daniel Jacobs, made him [...]

Las Vegas, NV- While Dmitry Pirog (17-0 14 ko’s) is slated to make his first middleweight title defense this March in Russia, Ishe Smith (22-5 20 ko’s) has made it clear he would be open and willing to traveling across seas to take on the WBO world champion.

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) will be fighting on March 11th against a still to be determined opponent at the DIVS, in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Pirog, 30, is coming off an impressive 5th round TKO over highly hyped middleweight hopeful Daniel Jacobs in April [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It looks pretty clear that WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) isn’t going to luck out and get a big money fight with a current two-division world champion Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. As such, Martinez needs to go after a unification bout against unbeaten World Boxing Organization (WBO) [...]

By Shaun Campbell: British boxing has a lot of brilliant fights lined up for 2011 with a number of world, European and commonwealth champions looking to establish their-selves. It’s exciting times for the public who have a host of fighters on the brink of world glory, and also some that have already reached that level. [...]

By Jason Kim: After knocking out Paul Williams in the 2nd round last Saturday night to avenge a controversial 12 round decision last year, WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) has a number of options for his next fight. The best options are fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

By Jim Dower: WBO middleweight champion Dmitriy Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) could be facing WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14 KO’s) in November or December, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN. Pirog’s promoter Artie Pelullo is reportedly in talks with Sturm’s management team about a middleweight unification bout in November or [...]

By Marquise Bullock: This is a serious topic that needs to be talked about from everyone. Boxing right now is all over the place. The sport has no order right now. But one champion in each weight class could change that in a blank of an eye. Think about it. In the NBA, they play [...]

By Jason Kim: Newly crowned World Boxing Organization middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s), fresh off his impressive 5th round stoppage of top American contender Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) last weekend, he now is looking to take on the best fighters in the middleweight division.

By Jim Dower: Russian Dmitry Pirog (17-0, 14 KOs) pulled of an impressive victory last Saturday night in stopping highly hyped and previously unbeaten Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) in a 5th round TKO on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las [...]