Dmitri Yuryevich Pirog
Dmitry Pirog 
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| Birth Name | Dmitri Yuryevich Pirog |
| Weight class | medium weight |
| nationality |
 Russian
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| birthday | June 27, 1980 |
| place of birth | Temryuk |
| style | Standard boom |
| size | 1.85 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 20th |
| Victories | 20th |
| Knockout victories | 15th |
| Defeats | 0 |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Dmitry Pirog ( Russian Дмитрий Юрьевич Пирог * 27. June 1980 in Temryuk , Krasnodar region , Russia ) is a Russian politician and former boxing champion's WBO in the middleweight division .
Boxing career
Dmitri Pirog played about 230 amateur fights before starting his professional career in 2005 and winning all of his 20 fights, including 13 title fights.
Regional title wins
- April 16, 2006: Russian champion , by unanimous victory over Sergey Tatevosyan
- June 2, 2007: CISBB champion of the WBC , by technical knockout via Aliaksandr Vaiavoda
- October 25, 2007: Asian Boxing Champion of the WBC, by technical knockout over Alexei Tschirkow
- April 12, 2008: Asia Pacific Champion of the WBO, knocked out via Aslanbek Kodzoev
- June 26th, 2009: International Champion of the WBC, by unanimous victory over Kofi Jantuah
- April 27, 2010: Baltic Champion of the WBC, by technical knockout through Sergei Melis
World Champion
On July 31, 2010 he won the WBO world title in middleweight by technical knockout in the 5th round over the until then undefeated American Daniel Jacobs . Jacobs led with 39 to 37 votes on the judges' slips of paper until precipitation, but went to the ground 57 seconds after the start of the 5th round through a right straight, was counted and only slowly began to rise again at 5, whereupon referee Robert Byrd broke off the fight and declared Pirog the winner.
On March 26, 2011, he defended his title with a unanimous victory on points (115-112, 117-111, 115-111) against the Argentine Javier Francisco Maciel . On September 25, 2011 he denied another title defense against ex-European champion Gennady Martirosyan and won early in round 10. Another title defense and thus his last fight he denied on May 1, 2012 against the Japanese Nobuhiro Ishida ; Pirog won the fight unanimously on points.
In the summer of 2012, WBO signed Pirog to play his next title defense against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam . Pirog decided to fight against WBA world champion Gennady Golovkin . At the end of August 2012, the WBO replaced Pirog in the list of world champions with N'Jikam on their website. Shortly afterwards, Pirog confirmed in an interview that the WBO world title had been stripped from him. However, the fight against Golowkin did not take place due to Pirog's back injury.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Sergio Gabriel Martínez | World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) July 31, 2010 - August 2012 |
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam |
Political career
In March 2017, he entered the Russian lower house for the United Russia party .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pirog, Dmitri Yuryevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pirog, Dmitry; Пирог, Дмитрий Юрьевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Temryuk |