What happened to Dmitry Pirog?

1912 Pirog vs Wilder, who you got?

 

He was due to fight Golovkin then ran into retirement when he realised what he'd got himself into.

 

Pirog went home to be a family man.

 

I agree to a certain extent but, being accepted by HBO would not have prevented a serious back injury. His career would have been short lived regardless. Damn good fighter nonetheless, absolute shame.

 

Short lived either way, but man, I'd have loved to see that year and a half of him on HBO instead of 2 bit streams from Siberia

 

He was something. Jacobs was doing ok but, once Pirog found him, he found him.
How do you think a fight between Pirog and 3G would have gone?

 

i luv peirogis

 

That's one of the dumbest, if not the dumbest post I've read in a very long time!

 

Ah Pirog. One of the most unfortunate fighters in recent history. I would have happily picked him over Sergio, who lets face it was more than a little overrated following the Williams knockout.

 

I'd have loved to see that fight. I think GGG had the styles edge because it'd have been a herculean task for Dmitry to maintain his signature upper body movement vs GGG's pressure for an entire fight, but I do think Pirog had the ability to pull the upset. His lower output would put him at a natural disadvantage on the cards so I think, ultimately, he'd have a smaller margin for error...but he was good enough to pull off the W on the right day had he been healthy in 2012, even if I wouldn't favor him.

 

Poor pirog he looked like he was going to have a good career too

 

I wouldn't call Pirog a sob story. He earned millions fighting limited opposition in Russia and was a respected amateur there--where it counts for a lot more.

 

yo I got back up there, 2nd richest. where u at or did u stop playing?

 

Spinal!

 

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