Dmitry Pirog finished his greatest boxing career about 6 years ago, having left the world of big sports undefeated among professionals. Now it’s still rare, but it can be found at tournaments dedicated to his favorite kind of martial arts. There, the athlete is happy to give interviews, and also often guesses in his predictions for battles. How was the career and life of the “grandmaster” in the ring?
Childhood and youth
The future WBO champion was born in a small town in the Krasnodar Territory. We might not have known about such an outstanding athlete who could devote himself to chess. It is not in vain that the boxer bears the nickname “Grandmaster”, which he fully justifies, since from the age of 6 he has already shown incredible intellectual abilities in those years. He does not abandon this hobby to this day. Parents offer the boy a choice between football and boxing. You can not guess which section he chooses.
The first trainer was struck by sports intelligence and boundless desire in athlete training. So, the eminent Victor Serdyukov, who has a large number of pupils, enjoyed practicing with a mentally and physically gifted guy. The young man finishes school with a medal, having one four in the certificate, enters the Academy of Physical Culture, located in Krasnodar. The big city makes it possible to acquire tremendous experience and skills in sports, because now the famous mentor is Artem Aleksandrovich Lavrov.
Amateur career
Amateur boxing biography of Dmitry Pirog totals 228 fights. He scores 200 confident victories with 28 failures. The athlete bears the title of world-class master of sports, becoming a finalist at the Olympic Hopes tournament, and is also at the top of the podium of the CIS Championship among military personnel. The Russian among fans was inferior to the competition to his compatriots at the main world and European championships, where in the intense competition of 2004, losing to the main start of any athlete, namely the Olympic Games, loses. A trip to Athens could have happened, where the boxer was allowed to represent Georgia, but the aggravated political situation in the country cuts off the prospects for speaking in Greece. Difficulties did not embarrass the young man who decides to devote himself to business by graduating from the Academy of Sports and the Kuban State University.
The first performances among professionals
The Russian moved away from his beloved business, is engaged in the development of his business project, but soon an unexpected offer arrives. He is invited to speak at a tournament in Gelendzhik. Our hero does not have a trainer, equipment, and the physical form is far from ideal, but agrees to box. So, the debut in the professional ring ends with the victory of Dmitry. Pie in round 6 knocked out his opponent, brilliantly returning from a big sport. He goes out to fights for pleasure, but already in the fourth battle he wins the belt of the champion of Russia. Middle weight and does not notice how again completely immersed in the training process. At the end of the tenth confrontation in the ring, in which his crushing track record continued, he sets a goal - to win the world middleweight title. For this, the athlete will coordinate work with Vyacheslav Nepogodin, a mentor from Samara, and later Victor Petrochenko joins. A new chapter in the history of the boxer begins. The team begins work to achieve the task.
Following the dream
Selflessly and zealously, our hero gives all his strength in training, listening to the advice and opinion of reputable trainers of our time. He is considered a peculiar style and manner of fighting, which he borrows from Ray Leonard and Larry Holmes. Dmitry, trained in the tricks and features of the best representatives of boxing of the last century, becomes inaccessible to many of his rivals. Promoter Kirill Pchelnikov qualitatively engaged in the promotion of the Pie. The agent justifies its appointment, doing a good job in terms of finding strong and famous opponents, as well as the fighter’s interest in boxing associations. A boxer goes through the tank in every performance, leaving no chance for his aggressors, which does not remain invisible to the organization of the WBC.
The first trip abroad took place in 2009, in which Kofi Yantuya opposed the Russian. From Germany, Pie returns to the WBC International champion, having gained the upper hand by decision of the judges. In the next 2 fights, the onslaught and striking power left no chance to counteract all 12 rounds to our unique, where competitors prematurely lost.
WBO Champion
Grandiose 16 meetings on the floor were held by Dmitry Pirog. The best fight is not far off, which took place in the summer of 2010. The athlete replies with consent to the proposal to sign the title contest contract. Trains in the USA were very exciting, but, leaving all the emotions, goes to the main event of the evening. The fight was relatively equal, but the 5th round for the American Daniel Jacobs becomes fatal. The challenger fell, and the "grandmaster" takes away the long-awaited world champion belt overseas. He then spends 3 confident title defenses. Excellent prospects rise on the horizon of a fighter.
Retirement
All kinds of storylines for the fighter were considered. In them, he could either add the belts of other boxing unions to the piggy bank, or lose his own. The opportunity to speak out against Gennady Golovkin or Daniel Gig was relevant for athletes, but fate decreed differently. A back injury crossed out the future of middleweight. Treatment does not bring the desired result. Dmitry Pie’s career in boxing ended. So, at the peak of fame and opportunity, he "hangs gloves on a nail."