Comments Thread For: Pirog Suffers Back Injury, Withdraws From Golovkin Bout

[ghidra]

Damn... I was really looking forward to this one!

[Light_Speed]

"until a doctor confirms it"?

Come on now, its not hard to get a doctor to come out and say such thing. Peterson did it (which didn't help him) and so did BHop after the Dawson fight.

The guy seems to "injure" himself before every big fight or step up in opposition, however you wanna call it.

So I guess you don't believe Kirkland is injured. Or does it only apply to fighters you don't like?

[Ravens Fan]

It is a shame that Pirog rode that Jacobs win straight into oblivion.

[RlCKY]

This is the second time he pulled the injury card before a big fight and it is even more suspect this time because it came right after they announced the date of the fight. There are no coincidences here.

He was supposed to fight Ndam, pulled out after he "slipped on ice" then returned 3 weeks after the scheduled date for the ndam fight against Ishida.

I wonder if we will see him in September against some scrub.

[RlCKY]

It is a shame that Pirog rode that Jacobs win straight into oblivion.

It is..

It's rare you see 2 European fighters headlining an HBO show. I can't think of one off of the top of my head.

Also, it is unclear if he will be out of the ring for the time mentioned, or he won't be able to train for that long.

Either way, he will probably be stripped for not being able to take his mandatory bout.

[DoktorSleepless]

Chris Mannix @ChrisMannixSI
Gennady Golovkin's promoter, Tom Loeffler, says he approached @GoldenBoyBoxing about @KIDCHOCOLATE replacing Pirog but was turned down.

Chris Mannix @ChrisMannixSI
Among the names under consideration for Golovkin: Marco Antonio Rubio and Matthew Macklin

[Clegg]

I think they should just postpone the fight if Quillin isn't willing to take it. Not that interested in Macklin and even less interested in Rubio.

[HeroBando]

He was supposed to fight Ndam, pulled out after he "slipped on ice" then returned 3 weeks after the scheduled date for the ndam fight against Ishida.

I wonder if we will see him in September against some scrub.

To pull out of a fight, there has to be a fight made first, not just a laughable offer. Otherwise remind me what happened when Sergio was supposed to fight Pirog in Russia?

Pirog said he'd be ready for HNN or whoever may 1. Why couldn't the unranked challenger wait 3 weeks to contest for the full title, not vacant interim belt? Oh that's right, he had that stadium booked in Equatorial Guinea.

[ShoulderRoll]

He was supposed to fight Ndam, pulled out after he "slipped on ice" then returned 3 weeks after the scheduled date for the ndam fight against Ishida.

That's how I remember it as well. He claimed he had to postpone the Ndam fight then turned around and fought Ishida a few weeks later.

[BattleAxePurist]

Chris Mannix @ChrisMannixSI
Gennady Golovkin's promoter, Tom Loeffler, says he approached @GoldenBoyBoxing about @KIDCHOCOLATE replacing Pirog but was turned down.

Chris Mannix @ChrisMannixSI
Among the names under consideration for Golovkin: Marco Antonio Rubio and Matthew Macklin

GB wants no part of putting Quillen in with Golovkin wasn't there a rumor that Quillen got run out of the gym by Golovkin