Dmitry Pirog's Career-Ending Back Injury Came From Hitting Car Tyres With A Hammer

[paulf]

You can hurt your back doing any kind of physical activity, dude. Even in the right form, shit happens.

[SteveM]

True but anything can happen. You could get hit by a car when you go out for your roadwork, you could slip and break your leg, countless freak things could happen. Tire/Sledge training is a great workout fighters have been doing it for decades.

What does it do for you that hitting a heavy bag or other routines are unable to achieve?

[New England]

he seemed to be no worse for the wear leaving jail. anne was trying too hard to prove she should have been born a man and took it out on kirkland.

what on earth were you watching ?

[Elroy The Great]

what on earth were you watching ?

if he had a sensible trainer, i believe his career would have been ''more'' prosperous.

she was jealous of his manliness.

[Southpawology]

What does it do for you that hitting a heavy bag or other routines are unable to achieve?

It provides a different stimulus.

[SteveM]

It provides a different stimulus.

Thanks. But I am none the wiser.

[FlatLine]

What a sad situation and must've been really hard on Pirog who likely dreamed of having a long career as a world champion!

Atleast he accomplished his dream of being a world champion, still the man was very talented!

Had a mix of Soviet Russia comrade seel and destroy techniques with the technical style of Midwest boxing!

Very good at distance control, setting up traps, knockout power, reach, good head movement, and a quality jab!

Him vs GGG would've been great to see!

True, he was a very entertaining boxer to watch with an unorthodox style, world class skills and a defense that must have been inspired by Whitaker himself.

[Reloaded]

Damn he's soft. injured his back doing that. Weak joints. He would have gotten eaten alive by ggg.

Generally a injury like that is a problem with disk like a spur or worn on one side or a weak body core.

Lots of guys hit tyres and never have a problem, personally I reckon you could stress the same areas in much better ways than that, same as chopping wood or carrying logs, just do full body weight training with correct form same result less injury.