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Sept 25 2011
Dmitry Pirog Stops Martirosyan, Retains in Ten Rounds
By Alexey Sukachev
Krasnodar, Russia - WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15
KOs) retained his title with a tenth round stoppage of mandatory
challenger Gennady Martirosyan (22-3, 11 KOs). It was a thrilling but
ultimately one-sided fight, and the first ever all-Russian title
encounter in boxing history. The challenger's corner rejected
Gennady's vicitmization by waving off the fight off after the end of
the tenth round. Martirosyan, depsite his sad ending, never went down
and has every right to be proud of his performance. Pirog further
solidified his claim of being an elite middleweight .
Notably for the sceptics, Armenia-born but St. Petersburg-based
Martirosyan entered the ring under the Russian flag, and so did Pirog.
Martirosyan, a crude stocky slugger with limited power but limitless
character and will, was Pirog's mandatory before more compelling
fights could be made under the WBO aegis.
The fight was as one-sided as one could probably anticipate.
Short-handed Martirosyan was in Pirog's range of fire and couldn't
avoid being hit by mulitple combinations. Pirog mixed in uppercuts
with multiple jabs to the face of the challenger and with hooks to
both head and body of Martirosyan, who had a long and painful night
ahead of him.
One punch after another, Martirosyan was slowly being degraded to the
state of journeyman. The champion was an entirely different boxer than
what he appeared to be in his last outing, a lackluster performance
against Javier Francisco Maciel in March. Pirog fired at will and used
body movement and excellent defensive skills to stay away from
Martirosyan's range. He also avoided wild swings - the only weapon,
which the challenger could use and used to little effect.
It's to be said that the challenger has never stopped trying and
delivered an exemplar performance of courage and dignity. However,
both his stature and his skill set was too limited to give the
champion a stern test. Martirosyan indeed had some moments in the
fourth and in the fifth rounds but he earned an even score at best.
Pirog, playing with him, turned up the pace in the seventh round and
began to deliver quality power punches to the head of Martirosyan.
Gennady's face was battered and his right eye was almost completely
swollen shut and his right cheek suffered a cut. Gennady tried some
roughhouse tactics but it wasn't enough.
In round nine, both fighters were down due a wet canvas, and both
falls were rightfully called slips by referee Victor Panin. In the
tenth, Pirog invited an onrushing Martirosyan closer and landed series
of horrific punches, which forced the challenger's legs to buckle.
Pirog continued the beating but miraculously Martirosyan survived
until the end of the stanza without going down. Right after that
one-sided beating, the fight was stopped by Martirosyan's coach
Vladimir Vidov - TKO 10 for Pirog. BoxingScene had the fight 100-91 -
at the time of stoppage.
http://www.boxingscene.com/pirog-vs-martirosyan-early-event-results-from-krasnodar--44195
Sept 25 2011
Dmitry Pirog Stops Martirosyan, Retains in Ten Rounds
By Alexey Sukachev
Krasnodar, Russia - WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15
KOs) retained his title with a tenth round stoppage of mandatory
challenger Gennady Martirosyan (22-3, 11 KOs). It was a thrilling but
ultimately one-sided fight, and the first ever all-Russian title
encounter in boxing history. The challenger's corner rejected
Gennady's vicitmization by waving off the fight off after the end of
the tenth round. Martirosyan, depsite his sad ending, never went down
and has every right to be proud of his performance. Pirog further
solidified his claim of being an elite middleweight .
Notably for the sceptics, Armenia-born but St. Petersburg-based
Martirosyan entered the ring under the Russian flag, and so did Pirog.
Martirosyan, a crude stocky slugger with limited power but limitless
character and will, was Pirog's mandatory before more compelling
fights could be made under the WBO aegis.
The fight was as one-sided as one could probably anticipate.
Short-handed Martirosyan was in Pirog's range of fire and couldn't
avoid being hit by mulitple combinations. Pirog mixed in uppercuts
with multiple jabs to the face of the challenger and with hooks to
both head and body of Martirosyan, who had a long and painful night
ahead of him.
One punch after another, Martirosyan was slowly being degraded to the
state of journeyman. The champion was an entirely different boxer than
what he appeared to be in his last outing, a lackluster performance
against Javier Francisco Maciel in March. Pirog fired at will and used
body movement and excellent defensive skills to stay away from
Martirosyan's range. He also avoided wild swings - the only weapon,
which the challenger could use and used to little effect.
It's to be said that the challenger has never stopped trying and
delivered an exemplar performance of courage and dignity. However,
both his stature and his skill set was too limited to give the
champion a stern test. Martirosyan indeed had some moments in the
fourth and in the fifth rounds but he earned an even score at best.
Pirog, playing with him, turned up the pace in the seventh round and
began to deliver quality power punches to the head of Martirosyan.
Gennady's face was battered and his right eye was almost completely
swollen shut and his right cheek suffered a cut. Gennady tried some
roughhouse tactics but it wasn't enough.
In round nine, both fighters were down due a wet canvas, and both
falls were rightfully called slips by referee Victor Panin. In the
tenth, Pirog invited an onrushing Martirosyan closer and landed series
of horrific punches, which forced the challenger's legs to buckle.
Pirog continued the beating but miraculously Martirosyan survived
until the end of the stanza without going down. Right after that
one-sided beating, the fight was stopped by Martirosyan's coach
Vladimir Vidov - TKO 10 for Pirog. BoxingScene had the fight 100-91 -
at the time of stoppage.
http://www.boxingscene.com/pirog-vs-martirosyan-early-event-results-from-krasnodar--44195