Grigory Drozd
Grigory Anatolyevich Drozd (Russian: Григорий Анатольевич Дрозд; born 26 August 26, 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer. He is the former WBC cruiserweight champion, having lost the title when he was unable to defend it due to injury and was subsequently stripped.[1] He also is a former European cruiserweight champion.
| Grigory Drozd Григорий Дрозд | |
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| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | Pretty Boy |
| Weight(s) | Cruiserweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 26 August 1979 Prokopyevsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 41 |
| Wins | 40 |
| Wins by KO | 28 |
| Losses | 1 |
Boxing career
Drozd only fought three amateur fights, winning all of them. His manager is Dietmar Poszwa. Drozd faced Darnell Wilson on July 2, 2009 at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace in Moscow, winning the fight in the tenth round. He fought Michael Simms on February 23, 2008, at the DIVS in Ekaterinburg with an attendance of 25,000 at the stadium. The fight went eight rounds and Drozd won the fight via unanimous decision.
On 6 December 2008, Drozd Fought Rob Calloway for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title, vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Cruiserweight title and the vacant PABA Cruiserweight title at the circus in Nizhny Novgorod. It was voted Asian Super Fight of the year, with Drozd winning by seventh-round technical knockout.
On October 5, 2013, Drozd won the EBU (European) Cruiserweight title in Moscow by defeating Mateusz Masternak via eleventh-round technical knockout.[2] Drozd retained the title against mandatory challenger Jeremy Ouanna on March 15, 2014,[3] before winning his first world title by defeating Krzysztof Włodarczyk on September 27, 2014, to win the WBC Cruiserweight title.[4]
Drozd lost the WBC cruiserweight title at the end of May 2016 when he was unable to defend it due to injury, and Tony Bellew defeated Ilunga Makabu in three rounds to win it.[1] Instead he was made interim champion, but was removed from that position due to inactivity in December 2016.[5] He has not fought since.
Professional boxing record
| 40 Wins (28 knockouts, 12 decisions), 1 Loss (1 knockout)[6] | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | 40–1 |  |
TKO | 9 (12), 0:50 | 2015-05-22 |  |
Retained WBC Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 39–1 | |
UD | 12 | 2014-09-27 | |
Won WBC Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 38–1 |  |
KO | 1 (12), 2:40 | 2014-03-15 | |
Retained EBU (European) Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 37–1 | |
TKO | 11 (12), 0:53 | 2013-10-05 | |
Won EBU (European) Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 36–1 | |
UD | 12 | 2012-12-17 | |
Won vacant WBA International Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 35–1 |  |
TKO | 1 (10), 0:45 | 2012-06-20 | |
|
| Win | 34–1 |  |
RTD | 8 (10), 3:00 | 2012-02-08 | |
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| Win | 33–1 |  |
UD | 8 | 2011-03-11 | |
|
| Win | 32–1 |  |
RTD | 10 (12), 3:00 | 2009-07-02 | |
Retained WBO Asia Pacific and PABA Cruiserweight titles. |
| Win | 31–1 | |
TKO | 7 (12), 1:25 | 2008-12-06 | |
Won vacant WBO Asia, vacant WBC Asian and PABA Cruiserweight titles. |
| Win | 30–1 |  |
UD | 8 | 2008-07-31 | |
|
| Win | 29–1 | |
UD | 8 | 2008-02-23 | |
|
| Win | 28–1 | |
KO | 8 (12), 2:22 | 2007-11-17 |  |
Retained WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 27–1 |  |
UD | 12 | 2007-07-28 | |
Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 26–1 |  |
KO | 1 (8), 2:35 | 2007-02-17 | |
|
| Loss | 25–1 | |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:28 | 2006-10-28 | |
WBA World Cruiserweight title eliminator. |
| Win | 25–0 |  |
TKO | 3 (12), 2:15 | 2006-07-29 | |
Won vacant WBC International Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 24–0 | |
KO | 5 (10), 0:44 | 2006-01-07 | |
|
| Win | 23–0 | |
TKO | 7 (10) | 2005-10-25 |  |
|
| Win | 22–0 |  |
TKO | 8 (10) | 2005-04-15 | |
|
| Win | 21–0 |  |
KO | 2 (8) | 2005-02-01 | |
|
| Win | 20–0 | |
UD | 10 | 2004-10-01 | |
|
| Win | 19–0 |  |
TKO | 9 (12), 2:02 | 2004-03-30 | |
Won vacant IBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 18–0 | |
TKO | 3 (10) | 2003-12-03 | |
|
| Win | 17–0 | |
TKO | 5 (10) | 2003-08-31 | |
Won vacant Russian Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 16–0 |  |
UD | 8 | 2003-06-06 | |
|
| Win | 15–0 | |
UD | 8 | 2003-04-08 | |
|
| Win | 14–0 |  |
TKO | 4 (8) | 2003-01-30 | |
|
| Win | 13–0 | |
TKO | 4 (10) | 2002-12-25 | |
|
| Win | 12–0 | |
DQ | 3 (6) | 2002-11-15 | |
|
| Win | 11–0 |  |
UD | 10 | 2002-08-25 | |
Won vacant Ural & Siberia Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 10–0 |  |
TKO | 4 (8) | 2002-07-04 | |
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| Win | 9–0 | |
TKO | 5 (8) | 2002-05-23 | |
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| Win | 8–0 | |
TKO | 5 (6) | 2002-04-25 | |
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| Win | 7–0 | |
TKO | 4 (6) | 2002-03-28 | |
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| Win | 6–0 | |
TKO | 4 (6) | 2002-02-28 | |
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| Win | 5–0 | |
TKO | 2 (6) | 2001-12-21 | |
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| Win | 4–0 | |
TKO | 5 (6) | 2001-10-28 | |
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| Win | 3–0 |  |
TKO | 3 (6) | 2001-08-24 | |
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| Win | 2–0 | |
TKO | 2 (6) | 2001-07-24 | |
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| Win | 1–0 |  |
UD | 6 | 2001-04-13 | |
Professional debut. |
References
- Grigory Drozd will exercise right to face Tony Bellew later this year. World Boxing News, June 2, 2016 Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- "Drozd Stops Masternak: Chagaev and Chakhkiev win". Boxingscene. 5 October 2013.
- "Drozd Demolishes Ouanna: Chakhkiev stops Haapoja". Boxingscene. 15 March 2014.
- "Drozd Dominates Wlodarczyk For Cruiserweight Title". Boxingscene. 27 September 2014.
- "WBC announces list of mandatory challengers - The Ring". 14 December 2016.
- Boxing record for Grigory Drozd from BoxRec
External links
| Preceded by Krzysztof Włodarczyk |
WBC cruiserweight champion September 27, 2014 – March 16, 2016 Status changed |
Vacant Title next held by Tony Bellew |
| Vacant | WBC cruiserweight champion in recess March 16, 2016 – present |
Incumbent |