Grigory Anatolyevich Drozd (russian: Григорий Анатольевич Дрозд; born 26 August 26, 1979) is a Russian former
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
. 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.
[''Grigory Drozd will exercise right to face Tony Bellew later this year''. World Boxing News, June 2, 2016]
Retrieved August 5, 2016. He also is a former
European cruiserweight champion.
Boxing career
Drozd only fought three amateur fights, winning all of them. His manager is Dietmar Poszwa.
Drozd vs. Wilson
Drozd faced Darnell Wilson on July 2, 2009 at the
Krylatskoye Sports Palace in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
, winning the fight in the tenth round.
Drozd vs. Simms
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.
Drozd vs. Calloway
On 6 December 2008, Drozd Fought
Rob Calloway
Rob Calloway (born July 18, 1969) is an American boxer. He had forty amateur bouts, was the Kansas City Golden Gloves champion three times, and a semifinalist for the 1992 US western Olympic trials. He has held the World Boxing Council Contine ...
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
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
. It was voted Asian Super Fight of the year, with Drozd winning by seventh-round technical knockout.
Drozd vs. Masternak
On October 5, 2013, Drozd won the
EBU (European) Cruiserweight title in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
by defeating
Mateusz Masternak via eleventh-round technical knockout.
Drozd vs. Quanna
Drozd retained the title against
mandatory challenger Jeremy Ouanna on March 15, 2014.
Drozd vs. Wlodarczyk
In his next bout, Drozd won his first world title by defeating
Krzysztof Włodarczyk on September 27, 2014, to win the WBC Cruiserweight title. Drozd won the fight convincingly, with the judges scoring it 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109 in favor of Drozd.
Drozd vs. Janik
In his next bout, Drozd fought
Lukasz Janik, which was his first title defence. Drozd beat Lukasz Janik by technical knockout in the 9th round.
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
Anthony Lewis Bellew (born 30 November 1982) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2018, and has since worked as a boxing analyst and commentator. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2017, and challeng ...
defeated
Ilunga Makabu in three rounds to win it.
[ Instead he was made interim champion, but was removed from that position due to inactivity in December 2016. He has not fought since.
]
Professional boxing record
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Rob Calloway (born July 18, 1969) is an American boxer. He had forty amateur bouts, was the Kansas City Golden Gloves champion three times, and a semifinalist for the 1992 US western Olympic trials. He has held the World Boxing Council Contine ...
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Amateur career
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References
External links
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Grigory Drozd - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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Box.Live
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1979 births
Living people
People from Prokopyevsk
Russian male boxers
Cruiserweight boxers
Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast
European Boxing Union champions