Comments Thread For: Pirog Waits for the Champs, Considers Possible Retirement

[Kagami Taiga]

Look at the MW picture and tell me how many of them fight on American TV. Ill save you the effort. Only 2 of the top 10!

Bull***** excuse for avoiding him

the middleweight picture is trash. all of them are avoiding each other. im not even talking about that at all. as far as im concerned its the worse division in all of boxing. the point is he needs to stop feeling sorry for himself. **** sergio martinez did it the hard way, he spent years trying to build up his name and get a shot, so did winky wirght and even marvin hagler. pirog doesnt have it as hard as u ppl paint it. hes not nearly done enough to make it seem like hes put in proper work. it just aint true.

[Russian Crushin]

its not a main event fight man of course they won't put up any real money he will have to make a lot less but the upside is recognition he didn't earn the right to get a main event or co main event money yet

Oh stop this bull***** about earning fights

Almost all of the MWs dont even fight in the US and would get big numbers fighting him in their own country

[immortal tech]

The last time he was on American tv, he KTFO one of their most lauded prospects. But apparently that wasn't enough to even get him a post fight interview, let alone a return to the network!

and what did that fight do for his career? he needed one or two more of those types of wins but instead he took the belt to Russia and never showed his face again on USA TV

[Russian Crushin]

the middleweight picture is trash. all of them are avoiding each other. im not even talking about that at all. as far as im concerned its the worse division in all of boxing. the point is he needs to stop feeling sorry for himself. **** sergio martinez did it the hard way, he spent years trying to build up his name and get a shot, so did winky wirght and even marvin hagler. pirog doesnt have it as hard as u ppl paint it. hes not nearly done enough to make it seem like hes put in proper work. it just aint true.

How can you build a name when nobody will fight you?!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

and what did that fight do for his career? he needed one or two more of those types of wins but instead he took the belt to Russia and never showed his face again on USA TV

Because HBO didnt put him back on, they threw him under the bus. Why do people act ignorant to this *****?

[Russian Crushin]

and what did that fight do for his career? he needed one or two more of those types of wins but instead he took the belt to Russia and never showed his face again on USA TV

You went right around the fact that HBO wasnt willing to put him back on HBO after that

[Kagami Taiga]

Gotta love these generic buzz phrases

"Get on tv"

"Make something happen"

The last time he was on American tv, he KTFO one of their most lauded prospects. But apparently that wasn't enough to even get him a post fight interview, let alone a return to the network!

ive said time and again the way hbo treated pirog was wrong. but at then end of the day, its not the first time. **** that happens to american fighters as well. look at winky wright, after the vargas fight, no1 wanted to fight him, networks werent picking him up either, but he struggled in obscurity and made it happen. theres a right way to go about it and theres a wrong way, if ur gonna sit there and feel sorry for yourself then u might as well retire, or stay in russin and keep collecting those million dollar paydays fighting eurobums where no1 can see u.

[immortal tech]

Because HBO didnt put him back on, they threw him under the bus. Why do people act ignorant to this *****?

Golden boy put him on the undercard he is not a main event fighter he won't get his own TV spot why is that so hard to understand

he made less Money in his biggest win of his career compared to what he makes now in Russia

[Kagami Taiga]

How can you build a name when nobody will fight you?!

someone will fight u. u build a name the same damn way most other fighters do it, u win impressively in front of the same ppl u are trying to draw. u dont build a name in russia, thats for damn sure.

[b0ndsj0ns20]

How can you build a name when nobody will fight you?!

Isn't this the exact same argument Martinez fans make and are trashed for? Again intellectual consistency would be nice. Either the argument is trash for both or correct for both. Choice is yours to make.