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 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 Łukasz Janik TKO 9 (12), 0:50 2015-05-22 Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow Retained WBC Cruiserweight title.
Win 39–1 Krzysztof Włodarczyk UD 12 2014-09-27 Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow Won WBC Cruiserweight title.
Win 38–1 Jeremy Ouanna KO 1 (12), 2:40 2014-03-15 Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow Retained EBU (European) Cruiserweight title.
Win 37–1 Mateusz Masternak TKO 11 (12), 0:53 2013-10-05 Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow Won EBU (European) Cruiserweight title.
Win 36–1 Jean Marc Monrose UD 12 2012-12-17 Crocus City Hall, Moscow Won vacant WBA International Cruiserweight title.
Win 35–1 Fabio Garrido TKO 1 (10), 0:45 2012-06-20 CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow
Win 34–1 Richard Hall RTD 8 (10), 3:00 2012-02-08 Krylia Sovetov, Moscow
Win 33–1 Remigijus Ziausys UD 8 2011-03-11 Arena, Kemerovo
Win 32–1 Darnell Wilson RTD 10 (12), 3:00 2009-07-02 Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow Retained WBO Asia Pacific and PABA Cruiserweight titles.
Win 31–1 Rob Calloway TKO 7 (12), 1:25 2008-12-06 Circus, Nizhny Novgorod Won vacant WBO Asia, vacant WBC Asian and PABA Cruiserweight titles.
Win 30–1 Talgat Dosanov UD 8 2008-07-31 Pyramid, Kazan
Win 29–1 Michael Simms UD 8 2008-02-23 DIVS, Ekaterinburg
Win 28–1 Laudelino Barros KO 8 (12), 2:22 2007-11-17 Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt Retained WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title.
Win 27–1 Jean Claude Bikoi UD 12 2007-07-28 Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title.
Win 26–1 Mircea Telecan KO 1 (8), 2:35 2007-02-17 Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt
Loss 25–1 Firat Arslan TKO 5 (12), 2:28 2006-10-28 Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg WBA World Cruiserweight title eliminator.
Win 25–0 Mauro Adrian Ordiales TKO 3 (12), 2:15 2006-07-29 König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Won vacant WBC International Cruiserweight title.
Win 24–0 Pavel Melkomyan KO 5 (10), 0:44 2006-01-07 Zenith - Die Kulturhalle, Munich, Bayern
Win 23–0 Shane Swartz TKO 7 (10) 2005-10-25 TV-Studio 44, Vienna
Win 22–0 Asmir Vojnovic TKO 8 (10) 2005-04-15 DIVS, Ekaterinburg
Win 21–0 Denis Salomka KO 2 (8) 2005-02-01 Casino Kapitalizm, Moscow
Win 20–0 Jason Robinson UD 10 2004-10-01 Basket-Hall Arena, Kazan
Win 19–0 Saul Montana TKO 9 (12), 2:02 2004-03-30 Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California Won vacant IBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight title.
Win 18–0 Muslim Biarslanov TKO 3 (10) 2003-12-03 DIVS, Ekaterinburg
Win 17–0 Yan Kulkov TKO 5 (10) 2003-08-31 Prokopyevsk Won vacant Russian Cruiserweight title.
Win 16–0 Oleksandr Garashchenko UD 8 2003-06-06 Express, Rostov-on-Don
Win 15–0 Oleksandr Subin UD 8 2003-04-08 Moscow
Win 14–0 Akmal Aslanov TKO 4 (8) 2003-01-30 Casino Vodoley, Ekaterinburg
Win 13–0 Pavel Kalabin TKO 4 (10) 2002-12-25 Pyramide, Kazan
Win 12–0 Ihor Pylypenko DQ 3 (6) 2002-11-15 Circus, Kaporozhye
Win 11–0 Teymuraz Kekelidze UD 10 2002-08-25 Prokopyevsk Won vacant Ural & Siberia Cruiserweight title.
Win 10–0 Sedrak Agagulyan TKO 4 (8) 2002-07-04 Casino Vodoley, Ekaterinburg
Win 9–0 Mikhail Balovnev TKO 5 (8) 2002-05-23 Casino Vodoley, Ekaterinburg
Win 8–0 Siarhei Krupenich TKO 5 (6) 2002-04-25 Perm
Win 7–0 Dmitry Gerasimov TKO 4 (6) 2002-03-28 Perm
Win 6–0 Yuriy Bylynchuk TKO 4 (6) 2002-02-28 Ekaterinburg
Win 5–0 Evgeny Galchenko TKO 2 (6) 2001-12-21 Ekaterinburg
Win 4–0 Valery Makeev TKO 5 (6) 2001-10-28 Culture & Sports Complex "Russia", Ekaterinburg
Win 3–0 Cesar Ramos TKO 3 (6) 2001-08-24 Prokopyevsk
Win 2–0 Timofey Maklakov TKO 2 (6) 2001-07-24 KRC Arbat, Moscow
Win 1–0 Valeri Semiskur UD 6 2001-04-13 CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Professional debut.

References

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
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