I found Pirog's style pleasing to watch.

[BrooklynBomber]

Anyway, while I am a long standing fan of Pirog, he still has got a lot to prove. Not yet time to go against the very elite of the division. He needs a couple of fights against solid guys who can take a punch and give one as well.

[Guest]

Anyway, while I am a long standing fan of Pirog, he still has got a lot to prove. Not yet time to go against the very elite of the division. He needs a couple of fights against solid guys who can take a punch and give one as well.

Lots of guys like that in the WBO's rankings if you go past the first 5 or so.
Next fight will be against a vet, a slightly better than Kofi Jantuah.

Maybe Lajuan Simon or someone who's been beaten but is solid.

[tesla_power]

he shoulder rolled his way INTO exchanges instead of using it as a pure defensive tactic...


im on the wagon

Lolz. One of those rare breeds that can take some to give some as well.

[Devils Advocate]

Guerrero would be a good fight, though now I think they are going to keep prospects away from Pirog.

He will probably get someone in the top 15 of the WBO's rankings now.

I think his first fight as champ will be against someone not too dangerous before he fights his mandatory there.

I thought him versus Gennady Golovkin would have been a good fight but Golovkin is going for an interim WBA title.

It still feels weird he is the WBO champ.

I mean man.

how do you keep prospects away from the champion, sooner or later somebodies going to want a shot, and with Martinez and Pirog as champs everybody will be surely beating down Felix Sturms door. Non-Traditional European fighter with head movement in Pirog or the slick southpaw Argentian Martinez, or the guy that screwed by Oscar and knocked out by Javier Castillejo

[Mikhnienko]

Lots of guys like that in the WBO's rankings if you go past the first 5 or so.
Next fight will be against a vet, a slightly better than Kofi Jantuah.

Maybe Lajuan Simon or someone who's been beaten but is solid.

Here's the WBO top 15, lots of interesting potention matchups

1 Daniel Jacobs (NABO) USA
2 Dmitry Pirog (Asia-Pacific) RUS
3 Gennady Golovkin KAZ
4 Gennady Martirosyan (WBO Europe) ARM
5 Fernando Guerrero (NABO Int.) DR
6 Maksym Bursak (Int-Cont) UKR
7 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam CAM
8 Anthony Mundine AUST
9 Avtandil Khurtsidze GEO
10 Mathew Macklin GB
11 Khoren Gevor GER
12 Lajuan Simon USA
13 Daniel Geale AUST
14 Joey Gilbert USA
15 Roman Karmazin

[Devils Advocate]

Anyway, while I am a long standing fan of Pirog, he still has got a lot to prove. Not yet time to go against the very elite of the division. He needs a couple of fights against solid guys who can take a punch and give one as well.

Cant prove much, there's only Martinez and Sturm. If he can beat Martinez he's the man but I guess thats will be his defying fight b/c I think he will blitz Sturm

[Mikhnienko]

how do you keep prospects away from the champion, sooner or later somebodies going to want a shot, and with Martinez and Pirog as champs everybody will be surely beating down Felix Sturms door. Non-Traditional European fighter with head movement in Pirog or the slick southpaw Argentian Martinez, or the guy that screwed by Oscar and knocked out by Javier Castillejo

I'm hoping that Golovkin will get to unify with Sturm after this next fight.

It's an interim so how does that work cuz Angulo for example is the WBO interim but hasn't been made to unify with Dzinziruk? that should be a priority but they seem to have no problem letting that **** drag out?

[Guest]

Here's the WBO top 15, lots of interesting potention matchups

1 Daniel Jacobs (NABO) USA
2 Dmitry Pirog (Asia-Pacific) RUS
3 Gennady Golovkin KAZ
4 Gennady Martirosyan (WBO Europe) ARM
5 Fernando Guerrero (NABO Int.) DR
6 Maksym Bursak (Int-Cont) UKR
7 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam CAM
8 Anthony Mundine AUST
9 Avtandil Khurtsidze GEO
10 Mathew Macklin GB
11 Khoren Gevor GER
12 Lajuan Simon USA
13 Daniel Geale AUST
14 Joey Gilbert USA
15 Roman Karmazin

He will become famous if he beats Joey Gilbert.

[Devils Advocate]

Here's the WBO top 15, lots of interesting potention matchups

1 Daniel Jacobs (NABO) USA
2 Dmitry Pirog (Asia-Pacific) RUS
3 Gennady Golovkin KAZ
4 Gennady Martirosyan (WBO Europe) ARM
5 Fernando Guerrero (NABO Int.) DR
6 Maksym Bursak (Int-Cont) UKR
7 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam CAM
8 Anthony Mundine AUST
9 Avtandil Khurtsidze GEO
10 Mathew Macklin GB
11 Khoren Gevor GER
12 Lajuan Simon USA
13 Daniel Geale AUST
14 Joey Gilbert USA
15 Roman Karmazin

Good list!!

[BrooklynBomber]

Here's the WBO top 15, lots of interesting potention matchups

1 Daniel Jacobs (NABO) USA
2 Dmitry Pirog (Asia-Pacific) RUS
3 Gennady Golovkin KAZ
4 Gennady Martirosyan (WBO Europe) ARM
5 Fernando Guerrero (NABO Int.) DR
6 Maksym Bursak (Int-Cont) UKR
7 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam CAM
8 Anthony Mundine AUST
9 Avtandil Khurtsidze GEO
10 Mathew Macklin GB
11 Khoren Gevor GER
12 Lajuan Simon USA
13 Daniel Geale AUST
14 Joey Gilbert USA
15 Roman Karmazin

I would not mind seeing him against Macklin or N'Jikam. I would also be very pleased to see him fight Anthony Mundine