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Dmitry pirog is take on Aaron mitchell in russia.
“The shining gem of my team Dmitry Pirog (14-0, 11 KOs) is on the brink of fighting for one of the major boxing titles. On Feb. 6, Dmitry (WBO #2, WBC #4, IBF #12 and WBA #15) faces tough American veteran Aaron “Homicide” Mitchell (27-1-1, 21 KOs) in the next defense of his WBO Asia Pacific middleweight belt. This collision will be designated by the World Boxing Organization as the fight to approve Pirog’s status of mandatory challenger for the WBO middleweight title currently owned by Kelly Pavlik. Pirog was first slated to have Ishe Smith as his foe but that bout has fallen through because we haven’t been able to reach an agreement with Smith’s manager. Our party was ready to bring this bout to the ESPN as was Lou DiBella but Team Smith has rejected this offer for some reason. As for Mitchell, he is a dangerous opponent who has wins over former world champion Manning Galloway and such notables as Leonard Townsend and Miguel Julio and his only split loss came from the hands of future titlist Keith Mullings. If successful against Mitchell – and we hope he is – Pirog will be in position to fight for the WBO title. We have big plans ahead of Dmitry and one of our primary goals is to arrange him a championship fight in 2010.
“The shining gem of my team Dmitry Pirog (14-0, 11 KOs) is on the brink of fighting for one of the major boxing titles. On Feb. 6, Dmitry (WBO #2, WBC #4, IBF #12 and WBA #15) faces tough American veteran Aaron “Homicide” Mitchell (27-1-1, 21 KOs) in the next defense of his WBO Asia Pacific middleweight belt. This collision will be designated by the World Boxing Organization as the fight to approve Pirog’s status of mandatory challenger for the WBO middleweight title currently owned by Kelly Pavlik. Pirog was first slated to have Ishe Smith as his foe but that bout has fallen through because we haven’t been able to reach an agreement with Smith’s manager. Our party was ready to bring this bout to the ESPN as was Lou DiBella but Team Smith has rejected this offer for some reason. As for Mitchell, he is a dangerous opponent who has wins over former world champion Manning Galloway and such notables as Leonard Townsend and Miguel Julio and his only split loss came from the hands of future titlist Keith Mullings. If successful against Mitchell – and we hope he is – Pirog will be in position to fight for the WBO title. We have big plans ahead of Dmitry and one of our primary goals is to arrange him a championship fight in 2010.
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