Comments Thread For: Team Golovkin: Pirog Fight Doesn't Make Sense, For Now

[ThePrince]

Pirog has inherited Paul Williams and Margarito before him's title as 'the most avoided man in boxing'.

[turbotime]

Run Golovkin run.

[Leohappy]

golovkin's fate is gonna be similar to most other continental euro boxers bar the klits. get 1 fight in the us, payday, robbery, retirement.

[starsjuicebar]

Poor management early on both fighters should have been fighting on undercards in the states .

[2501]

Pirog can't get anybody in the ring with him.

Lara is willing to fight him but Pirog is saying the same thing others are saying about Pirog. "Who?"

[Buffalo]

Makes perfect sense. Nobody really knows either guy. If they can get a couple fights in america and snatch a title or 2 the fight grows. This is a fight destined for hbo in about 18 months.

Golovkin would get to pirog eventually. Take a while because of the style but the russian gets stopped

[mathed]

Last update: 12/9/2011 Read more by Ruslan Chikov

Team Golovkin: Pirog Fight Doesn't Make Sense, For Now
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by Ruslan Chikov

Oleg Hermann, the manager of WBA "regular" middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (21-0, 18KOs), would like to see his fighter face WBO champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15KOs), but says the two boxers needs to fight in other markets, especially the United States, to build their names because most fans are not familiar with him and that creates a problem in selling this type of a fight to a major cable network. Almost all of Pirog's fights have been staged in Russia, while Golovkin has been fighting mostly in Germany.

"Pirog is a very interesting opponent for us. But Gennady and Dmitry must first make a name for themselves in America and then try to unify the titles. Because at the moment it appears from a financial point of view, this fight is not going to create interest, neither in Russia or Germany, or anywhere else. If both boxers move forward and build something in a certain market, then it makes it possible to sell this fight, for example, on American channels HBO and Showtime - then this fight can take place," Hermann told Alexander Pavlov.



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This is why I what I've been saying about Pirog in general.

[RlCKY]

The middleweight division is one of the most overlooked divisions in boxing. These guys need to start fighting each other already though

[DoktorSleepless]

This is why I think it doesn't make sense to make Pirog vs Martinez right now. Pirog has potential to make a great opponent for Martinez, but it would be a shame to waste Pirog on Martinez before he's able to make a bit of a name for himself fist. If Pirog beats Geale on Showtime, Martinez vs Pirog could be a good meaningful fight people would want to see. It's all about timing. Barker vs Martinez is a ****ty fight at any time. Pirog vs Martinez is only slightly better right now, but has the potential to be much better.

[Khmelnytsky]

Lara is willing to fight him but Pirog is saying the same thing others are saying about Pirog. "Who?"

Lara isn't even in the same division.