Grigory Drozd Agrees With WBC's Decision To Take Title
On April 8th World Boxing Council cruiserweight champion, Russian Grigory Drozd (40-1, 28KO), was due to defend against mandatory challenger, Ilunga Makabu (19-1, 18KO), from Congo.
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Makabu, Bellew To Collide For Vacant WBC Cruiserweight Title
Tony Bellew (26-2-1, 16 KOs) will fight for a world title in early summer. The Liverpool cruiserweight, who is an avid Evertonian, will get a shot at the WBC title. Bellew, 33, has been handed his chance on the back of the injured champion, Grigory Drozd (40-1, 28 KOs), being made champion in recess and the Mexican-based outfit sanctioning a clash with Ilunga Makabu (19-1, 18 KOs) –– the man who Drozd was set to face on April 8 in Moscow –– for the vacant crown.
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Grigory Drozd Avoids Surgery, Will Rehab For Month and a Half
As reported last week, WBC cruiserweight champion Grigory Drozd of Russia is seriously injured and unable to make a mandatory defense of his title against Ilunga Makabu. The fight was scheduled for April 8 in Moscow.
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Grigory Drozd Injured, Makabu Defense on 4/8 Card Canceled
WBC cruiseweight champion, 36-year-old Russian Grigory Drozd, is seriously injured and unable to make a mandatory defense of his title against Ilunga Makabu. The fight was scheduled for April 8.
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Drozd-Makabu, Troyanovsky-Cuenca II on BoxNation, April 8
BoxNation will show Grigory Drozd and Illunga Makabu’s eagerly anticipated WBC World Cruiserweight Title showdown from Moscow on April 8. On the same bill, 48-1 star Cesar Rene Cuenca is out to avenge his only career defeat in a tasty rematch against Eduard Troyanovsky.
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Drozd: Sturm-Chudinov II Decision is a Disgrace To Boxing
Yesterday before a packed crowd in Oberhausen, Germany - 37-year-old German Felix Sturm captured the WBA super middleweight championship by winning a twelve round majority decision over previously unbeaten 28-year-old Russian beltholder Fedor Chudinov.
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Drozd Admits He Was Stunned When Fury Unseated Klitschko
WBC cruiserweight champion Grigory Drozd was stunned when Tyson Fury unseated Wladimir Klitschko on November 28th in Dusseldorf, Germany to capture the WBA/IBO/IBF/WBO world titles.
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Drozd Warns Kovalev, Stevenson About Threat of Barrera
33-year-old unbeaten light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12KOs) of Cuba recently scored a fifth-round knockout victory of 32-year-old Karo Murat of Germany in an IBF final eliminator.
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Drozd vs. Makuba Targeted for April 8th in Moscow
WBC cruiserweight champion Grigory Drozd (40-1, 28KO) will make the second defense of his world title on April 8 in Moscow (Russia), according to his promoter Andrei Ryabinsky of World of Boxing. The opponent will be mandatory challenger Ilunga Makabu (19-1, 18KO), who won every single fight since losing in his pro debut in 2008.
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WBC: Wilder's Voluntary Defense Approved For 1/16
For WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder - the No. 1 ranked mandatory challenger is Alexander Povetkin of Russia, who also holds the WBC Silver title, and is scheduled to fight Mariusz Wach tonight in Kazan, Russia. A representative for Povetkin came over to the WBC's ongoing convention in China and told the assembly today that Povetkin will not be ready for his mandatory title challenge in January, when it’s due.
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