Comments Thread For: Grigory Drozd's First Defense is Targeted For March 28

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Grigory Drozd (39-1, 27KOs) of Russia has a tentative date to make the first defense of his World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight championship. Drozd captured the world title on September 27 in Moscow with a dominating victory over longtime champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk of Poland. Drozd met with his promoter, Andrei Ryabinsky, and the current tentative return date is March 28th, and the likely venue for the fight will be in Moscow. Drozd would like to unify some titles in 2015 and wants to get WBO champion Marco Huck in the ring.

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[wlliam]

The tv dates can really kill a fighters momentum, 4 months is a long time and the casuals may even forget a guy like Drozd by then..boxing really needs a more permanent home on television/cable rather than hbo or showtime..we having some starving boxing fans out here