Pirog's win over Jacobs is one of the most underrated wins in boxing history

[baya]

why'd pirog retire? that dude was the truth.

[baya]

Pirog was just too intelligent for everybody. His background is being a chess player. He was one of the most intelligent kids. He was a chess player who accidentally walked into a boxing gym.

That's why he got the nickname grandmaster. The highest IQ in boxing. Too slick, too intelligent, too chess player, too Russian, too Slavic, too scientific, too technical...

[RedZmaja]

why'd pirog retire? that dude was the truth.

On 25 August 2012, Pirog was stripped of his title by the WBO after choosing to fight WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin instead of WBO interim champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam.[9] During training for the Golovkin fight, Pirog suffered a serious back injury—a ruptured disc—which forced cancellation of the fight.[10] Several comeback attempts by Pirog were thwarted by ongoing back problems, effectively forcing his premature retirement.

Injury stopped an ATG-level career. Golovkin dodged a bullet here.

Pirog would clown Canelo, Saunders and Golovkin if he was still around and was even remotely close to his prime. Or move up to 168 and clean the division there.

['b']

I think Jacobs is much better now than when he faced Pirog - but man Pirog was a great fighter with a unique swagger and attitude. That was a freaking awesome fight and the finish was highlight reel stuff

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On 25 August 2012, Pirog was stripped of his title by the WBO after choosing to fight WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin instead of WBO interim champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam.[9] During training for the Golovkin fight, Pirog suffered a serious back injury—a ruptured disc—which forced cancellation of the fight.[10] Several comeback attempts by Pirog were thwarted by ongoing back problems, effectively forcing his premature retirement.

Injury stopped an ATG-level career. Golovkin dodged a bullet here.

Pirog would clown Canelo, Saunders and Golovkin if he was still around and was even remotely close to his prime. Or move up to 168 and clean the division there.

GGG retired him, he didnt even had to come to the ring. Thats a some powerful aura

[Pechorin]

That's some interesting narrative you have written there. Two obvious and glaring errors are you saying that version of Jacobs was better and that it was a masterclass by Pirog.

There are multiple interviews in which Danny says that facing cancer made him realize what's important in life and to focus on boxing much harder than he has ever done. Today's version of Danny is multitudes better than the 2010 one, from the skills perspective and from the physical perspective. In 2010, that was a 23 year old boy. Today, Jacobs is in the prime of his life.

And it wasn't a masterclass by Pirog. It was a masterful shift, however Dmitry was losing on the cards, 3 rounds to 1. Whether you agree with that or disagree, it was a close enough fight that the word 'masterclass' does not apply to either fighter.

Pirog was stalking him from the first round, even Steward was going on about how he saw a look of concern on Jocobs face since the first round. It was absolutely a masterclass, don't fooled by the corrupt judges.

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Pirog was stalking him from the first round, even Steward was going on about how he saw a look of concern on Jocobs face since the first round. It was absolutely a masterclass, don't fooled by the corrupt judges.

I think it was such a tragic thing for boxing but more importantly the MW division. Pirog never looked in trouble as he stalked Jacobs down and figured him out.

History could have been much different had he stuck around - would have loved to see him face GGG

[j0zef]

Jacobs was saying those things to hype up his fight with GGG. Cancer destroyed his body to an extent. That was the best version of Jacobs and Pirog made him look like a journeyman.



Pirog was dominating the fight and had Jacobs figured out. Only a fool or a corrupt judge would give 3 rounds to Jacobs too. I had all 4 rounds for Pirog as Pirog had the ring generalship and completely controlled the pace while figuring Jacobs out. He was making Jacobs miss and straight up clowned him, hitting him with hard counters too. Pirog hurt Jacobs in the 2nd round which should have been a knockdown. In the 4th round you could already see Jacobs was completely clueless. But I understand that Pirog's style is too complex and too subtle for casuals like you to even comprehend what you were seeing. Listen Steward's commentary of the fight, he couldn't praise Pirog enough, he realized that he was seeing GREATNESS.

Pretty much why nobody will ever take you seriously. You come off as a fanboy, and at the first sign of someone disagreeing with you, you proceed to name call them like a 12 year old.

To sum to what you said about Jacobs being young, if I recall correctly he weighed 170 on fight night, while today he weights at least 175 according to him.

Not sure what the point you're trying to make is. Yes, his body filled out from 7 years ago and he matured physically. A larger portion was also maturing mentally as well as getting 7 more years of fighting experience.

Losing at a young age shouldn't be a big deal for anyone.

[Evil_Meat]

Pirog retired due to injury. Jacobs got cancer much later. You got facts mixed up.

You're just being a ****ing idiot, plain and simple man. You just make garbage threads. Jacobs almost surely had cancer during the Pirog fight. You've got to be smarter than this, so here's some red k... I'll be expecting some in return.

[Evil_Meat]

Pretty much why nobody will ever take you seriously. You come off as a fanboy, and at the first sign of someone disagreeing with you, you proceed to name call them like a 12 year old.

Not sure what the point you're trying to make is. Yes, his body filled out from 7 years ago and he matured physically. A larger portion was also maturing mentally as well as getting 7 more years of fighting experience.

Losing at a young age shouldn't be a big deal for anyone.

Lol, first he posts about how it's great to eat tons of proscuito ham after a workout (lets get our daily sodium intake in one sitting), and now this. This kid is a clown.