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Pirog vs Ishida May 1st
GrantZilla Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:31 pm
According to promoter Kirill Pchelnikov, Nobuhiro Ishida (24-7-2, 9KOs) is a candidate to face WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15KOs) on May 1 in Moscow, Russia. There were rumors of an offer being made to Marco Antonio Rubio, but Rubio is ranked at number 12, while Ishida is ranked at number 9 in the WBO's top ten. Pirog was close to a deal to face Darren Barker, how suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw. Team Pirog is waiting for the WBO to sanction the fight.
"In preparation for this fight, we negotiated with many of top middleweights boxers, among [Sergio] Martinez, Geale, Sturm, Murray, Bursak, Barker, Zbik, N'Jikam. All of the boxers were offered a substantial fee for coming to Russia. They were offered hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions, as was the case with Martinez. Some of boxers have just ignored us [like Felix Sturm], others made their own plans in May, and someone got injured in the negotiations process [Barker]. In the end, it was only with Ishida that we could reach an agreement for May 1. As for Rubio, we are very interesting and we can not exclude meeting with him at a later date, but in order to stage a title defense we have to choose an opponent from the WBO's top ten. At the moment, Rubio is ranked at twelve and Nobuhiro Ishida at nine," Pchelnikov said.
If Pirog wins in May, then a possible unification with IBF champion Daniel Geale is being discussed for August, and HBO is interested in televising.
"The other day I received a letter from our American partners, in which I was told
that the channel HBO is interested in this fight. Right now, Pirog must successfully make a defense, and I hope that the WBO will sanction the fight and everything will be all right, and we believe that after the unification bout will take place at last.....most likely in Las Vegas," Pchelnikov said.
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"In preparation for this fight, we negotiated with many of top middleweights boxers, among [Sergio] Martinez, Geale, Sturm, Murray, Bursak, Barker, Zbik, N'Jikam. All of the boxers were offered a substantial fee for coming to Russia. They were offered hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions, as was the case with Martinez. Some of boxers have just ignored us [like Felix Sturm], others made their own plans in May, and someone got injured in the negotiations process [Barker]. In the end, it was only with Ishida that we could reach an agreement for May 1. As for Rubio, we are very interesting and we can not exclude meeting with him at a later date, but in order to stage a title defense we have to choose an opponent from the WBO's top ten. At the moment, Rubio is ranked at twelve and Nobuhiro Ishida at nine," Pchelnikov said.
If Pirog wins in May, then a possible unification with IBF champion Daniel Geale is being discussed for August, and HBO is interested in televising.
"The other day I received a letter from our American partners, in which I was told
that the channel HBO is interested in this fight. Right now, Pirog must successfully make a defense, and I hope that the WBO will sanction the fight and everything will be all right, and we believe that after the unification bout will take place at last.....most likely in Las Vegas," Pchelnikov said.
http://tinyurl.com/brqpr7f
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Re: Pirog vs Ishida May 1st
hardcorebee24 Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:23 pm
If you read this article in a Russian accent it makes it so much better.
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Re: Pirog vs Ishida May 1st
GrantZilla Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:48 am
hardcorebee24 wrote:If you read this article in a Russian accent it makes it so much better.
Especially if it sounds like Boris from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
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Re: Pirog vs Ishida May 1st
Guest Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:21 pm
As long as it's a tune up for August that's ok.
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Re: Pirog vs Ishida May 1st
GrantZilla Tue May 01, 2012 4:52 pm
Dmitry Pirog Decisions Game Nobuhiro Ishida in Moscow
Sport Complex Krylatskoe, Moscow, Russia - WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (20-0, 15KOs) retained his title with a hard-fought twelve round unanimous decision over Nobuhiro Ishida (24-8-2, 9KOs). The scores were 119-109, 120-108 and 118-111.
They stood in close, trading punches in a technical fight. Pirog was landing the harder shots, but he was having trouble with Ishida's ability to throw numerous punches in bunches. By the tenth round it was all-Pirog, who started punishing Ishida with hard punches to the head and body. Pirog tried to finish Ishida off in the final two rounds, but the Japanese boxer displayed his iron chin by taking the incoming punches and even answering back with some punches of his own.
http://tinyurl.com/8y9jrx6
Sport Complex Krylatskoe, Moscow, Russia - WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (20-0, 15KOs) retained his title with a hard-fought twelve round unanimous decision over Nobuhiro Ishida (24-8-2, 9KOs). The scores were 119-109, 120-108 and 118-111.
They stood in close, trading punches in a technical fight. Pirog was landing the harder shots, but he was having trouble with Ishida's ability to throw numerous punches in bunches. By the tenth round it was all-Pirog, who started punishing Ishida with hard punches to the head and body. Pirog tried to finish Ishida off in the final two rounds, but the Japanese boxer displayed his iron chin by taking the incoming punches and even answering back with some punches of his own.
http://tinyurl.com/8y9jrx6
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Guest Wed May 02, 2012 11:21 am
I love how they say hard fought decision and yet the scores are something like 120-108 
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Re: Pirog vs Ishida May 1st
Diego408 Thu May 03, 2012 1:40 pm
Pirog dominated Ishida. He looked very good, but he just doesnt have power and his speed is average. Martinez would knock him out.
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Re: Pirog vs Ishida May 1st
Diego408 Thu May 03, 2012 1:41 pm
But Pirog has a lot of skill. he could probably beat most of the guys at 160.
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