Comments Thread For: Dmitry Pirog May Take a Voluntary Before Bursak Bout

[raf727]

What's Anthony Dirrell's best win? But you'd never call him a bum, and we both know why. You've never even seen Bursak fight.

Bursak is a talented up-and-comer who is now ready to fight world-class opposition. He looked very good against the Ghanian Hammond in his last fight, completely dominating every minute and knocking him down in every round. He more clearly controlled his fight with Vera than Andy Lee did in his last fight with Vera. I'd bet my money on Bursak if he ever fought Lee.

well im glad you can pick a bum to beat a bum

[DoktorSleepless]

Why is Pirog ducking Lara and Golovkin?

Given the comfort and convenience, this option is better for me than holding fights in the United States

Great job Pirog. Making millions fighting no-names in Russia instead of fighting in the US is definitely the best way to land a date on American premium cable. Surely you'll get the Martinez fight now.

I hope he changes his mind about coming to the US. He's wasting his career. Dude needs to get his ass on ESPN at least. Knockout a couple bums on ESPN while looking impressive. Then move up to Showtime against any top contender. Force HBO's hand.

[HeroBando]

Very disappointing news. He must feel hard done by the network execs.

Why is Pirog ducking Lara and Golovkin?

Still repeating this canard?

Great job Pirog. Making millions fighting no-names in Russia instead of fighting in the US is definitely the best way to land a date on American premium cable. Surely you'll get the Martinez fight now.

I hope he changes his mind about coming to the US. He's wasting his career. Dude needs to get his ass on ESPN at least. Knockout a couple bums on ESPN while looking impressive. Then move up to Showtime against any top contender. Force HBO's hand.

How many beltholders take a 98% pay cut for a series of FNF bouts? Even rep wise it's a wash, he's probably fighting better comp abroad than opponent types on FNF. You forget that guys that make the FNF-SHO/HBO transition are guys that network execs are open minded about, not those banished to ESPN.

What would really help Pirog's cause is:

1. Some evidence of an ethnic homebase, like Poles in NJ/Chicago or Armenians in Glendale. They should test the waters on one of these new Versus shows in NY.
2. Better promo representation in the US, Banner will not cut it. LDB would be a natural choice, but the timing might be wrong for that.

[mathed]

lol, taking a voluntary before defending against a bum??? wtf am i missing? how this guy has any fans astounds me.

Nah man, he is the next savior of boxing....Martinez is ducking him like a chud....lol

[sd southpaw]

if pirog wants the BIG fights he needs to step it up a bit, i know he likes fighting in russia but you have to come to the states, s**t the only reason i ever heard of him was becuz of his fight over here against jacobs. he needs to fight kid chocolate, vanes or even lara if they move up. if im not mistakin he's already 30 something so he needs to pick it up. even if he loses he can still prob still cherry pick a belt and go back to russia and make good money. it sucks cuz i think he really has skills

[krazyn8tive]

What's Anthony Dirrell's best win? But you'd never call him a bum, and we both know why. You've never even seen Bursak fight.

Bursak is a talented up-and-comer who is now ready to fight world-class opposition. He looked very good against the Ghanian Hammond in his last fight, completely dominating every minute and knocking him down in every round. He more clearly controlled his fight with Vera than Andy Lee did in his last fight with Vera. I'd bet my money on Bursak if he ever fought Lee.

Jesus dude...can you name any fighters the world cares about? Oh wait, you do know one, andy lee. Vera is a tough sparring partner at best.

[krazyn8tive]

lol, taking a voluntary before defending against a bum??? wtf am i missing? how this guy has any fans astounds me.

This post is gonna make freedom's head explode. Let's hope so

[The Hammer]

I'm an American, and I believe all the fighters I don't see on American TV are all bums.

You believe the world ends at the USA borders.

You're wrong, something exists outside those borders.

[HeroBando]

if pirog wants the BIG fights he needs to step it up a bit, i know he likes fighting in russia but you have to come to the states, s**t the only reason i ever heard of him was becuz of his fight over here against jacobs. he needs to fight kid chocolate, vanes or even lara if they move up. if im not mistakin he's already 30 something so he needs to pick it up. even if he loses he can still prob still cherry pick a belt and go back to russia and make good money. it sucks cuz i think he really has skills

It's clear by now that the only network willing to feature Pirog is ESPN. All these guys you mention have top promoters and are able to get better gigs than FNF, to various degrees. Why isn't anyone making Pirog an offer for one of their HBO/SHO slots, it's a title shot? The only thing that surfaced was a proposal for Manfredo on FNF, and even that was no more than a rumor, Chavez's people were after Manfredo then.

[krazyn8tive]

You believe the world ends at the USA borders.

You're wrong, something exists outside those borders.

Stop altering my posts. My favorite boxer of all time is Lennox lewis.