Team Golovkin: Pirog Fight Doesn't Make Sense, For Now

Oleg Hermann, the manager of WBA "regular" middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (21-0, 18KOs), would like to see his fighter face WBO champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15KOs), but says the two boxers needs to fight in other markets, especially the United States, to build their names because most fans are not familiar with him and that creates a problem in selling this type of a fight to a major cable network. Almost all of Pirog's fights have been staged in Russia, while Golovkin has been fighting mostly in Germany.


"Pirog is a very interesting opponent for us. But Gennady and Dmitry must first make a name for themselves in America and then try to unify the titles. Because at the moment it appears from a financial point of view, this fight is not going to create interest, neither in Russia or Germany, or anywhere else. If both boxers move forward and build something in a certain market, then it makes it possible to sell this fight, for example, on American channels HBO and Showtime - then this fight can take place," Hermann told Alexander Pavlov.

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Nobody wants to fight Pirog

What does he have scabies or something??? Jesus!!! Somebody fight this fucking guy!!! The smart thing to do would be to make the fight and make it now and make a name off of each other. Great fights garner fans.

hardcorebee24 wrote:What does he have scabies or something??? Jesus!!! Somebody fight this fucking guy!!! The smart thing to do would be to make the fight and make it now and make a name off of each other. Great fights garner fans.

I'd say Showtime would definitly pick up a feed of that fight. But under Showtime's new managment, I dunno. Maybe Hershman would pick it up. It's definitly an HBO BAD type of fight. Winner fights Martinez.

GrantZilla wrote:

hardcorebee24 wrote:What does he have scabies or something??? Jesus!!! Somebody fight this fucking guy!!! The smart thing to do would be to make the fight and make it now and make a name off of each other. Great fights garner fans.

I'd say Showtime would definitly pick up a feed of that fight. But under Showtime's new managment, I dunno. Maybe Hershman would pick it up. It's definitly an HBO BAD type of fight. Winner fights Martinez.

Exactly.