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
Statistics
Nickname(s)Pretty Boy
Weight(s)Cruiserweight
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
NationalityRussian
Born (1979-08-26) 26 August 1979
Prokopyevsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights41
Wins40
Wins by KO28
Losses1

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, 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 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.

Drozd vs. Masternak

On October 5, 2013, Drozd won the EBU (European) Cruiserweight title in Moscow by defeating Mateusz Masternak via eleventh-round technical knockout.[2]

Drozd vs. Quanna

Drozd retained the title against mandatory challenger Jeremy Ouanna on March 15, 2014.[3]

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.[4] Drozd won the fight convincingly, with the judges scoring it 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109 in favor of Drozd.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] He has not fought since.

References
  1. Grigory Drozd will exercise right to face Tony Bellew later this year. World Boxing News, June 2, 2016 Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  2. "Drozd Stops Masternak: Chagaev and Chakhkiev win". Boxingscene. 5 October 2013.
  3. "Drozd Demolishes Ouanna: Chakhkiev stops Haapoja". Boxingscene. 15 March 2014.
  4. "Drozd Dominates Wlodarczyk For Cruiserweight Title". Boxingscene. 27 September 2014.
  5. "Wlodarczyk vs Drozd - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  6. "Drozd vs Janik - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  7. "WBC announces list of mandatory challengers - The Ring". 14 December 2016.
  8. Boxing record for Grigory Drozd from BoxRec (registration required)
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