Grigory_Drozd

Grigory Drozd

Grigory Drozd

Russian boxer


Grigory Anatolyevich Drozd (Russian: Григорий Анатольевич Дрозд; born 26 August 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer. He is the former WBC cruiserweight champion, having lost the title when he was unable to defend it due to injury and was subsequently stripped.[1] He also is a former European cruiserweight champion.

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

Boxing career

Drozd only fought three amateur fights, winning all of them. His manager is Dietmar Poszwa.

Drozd vs. Wilson

Drozd faced Darnell Wilson on July 2, 2009 at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace in Moscow, winning the fight in the tenth round.

Drozd vs. Simms

He fought Michael Simms on February 23, 2008, at the DIVS in Ekaterinburg with an attendance of 25,000 at the stadium. The fight went eight rounds and Drozd won the fight via unanimous decision.

Drozd vs. Calloway

On 6 December 2008, Drozd Fought Rob Calloway for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title, vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Cruiserweight title and the vacant PABA Cruiserweight title at the circus in Nizhny Novgorod. It was voted Asian Super Fight of the year, with Drozd winning by seventh-round technical knockout.

Drozd vs. Masternak

On October 5, 2013, Drozd won the EBU (European) Cruiserweight title in Moscow by defeating Mateusz Masternak via eleventh-round technical knockout.[2]

Drozd vs. Quanna

Drozd retained the title against mandatory challenger Jeremy Ouanna on March 15, 2014.[3]

Drozd vs. Wlodarczyk

In his next bout, Drozd won his first world title by defeating Krzysztof Włodarczyk on September 27, 2014, to win the WBC Cruiserweight title.[4] Drozd won the fight convincingly, with the judges scoring it 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109 in favor of Drozd.[5]

Drozd vs. Janik

In his next bout, Drozd fought Lukasz Janik, which was his first title defence. Drozd beat Lukasz Janik by technical knockout in the 9th round.[6]

Drozd lost the WBC cruiserweight title at the end of May 2016 when he was unable to defend it due to injury, and Tony Bellew defeated Ilunga Makabu in three rounds to win it.[1] Instead he was made champion in recess, but was removed from that position due to inactivity in December 2016.[7] He has not fought since.

Professional boxing record

More information 41 fights, 40 wins ...
More information No., Result ...

See also


References

  1. "Drozd Stops Masternak: Chagaev and Chakhkiev win". Boxingscene. 5 October 2013.
More information Sporting positions ...

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Grigory_Drozd, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.