Grigory Anatolyevich Drozd (; born 26 August 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight title from 2014 to 2016,Grigory Drozd will exercise right to face Tony Bellew later this year. World Boxing News, June 2, 2016 Retrieved August 5, 2016. and the European cruiserweight title from 2013 to 2014.
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.
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 defeated Ilunga Makabu in three rounds to win it. Instead he was made champion in recess, but was removed from that position due to inactivity in December 2016. He has not fought since.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes41Win40–1Łukasz Janik40Win39–1Krzysztof Włodarczyk39Win38–1Jeremy Ouanna38Win37–1Mateusz Masternak37Win36–1Jean Marc Monrose36Win35–1Fabio Garrido35Win34–1Richard Hall34Win33–1Remigijus Ziausys33Win32–1Darnell Wilson32Win31–1Rob Calloway31Win30–1Talgat Dosanov30Win29–1Michael Simms29Win28–1Laudelino Barros28Win27–1Jean Claude Bikoi27Win26–1Mircea Telecan26Loss25–1Firat Arslan25Win25–0Mauro Adrian Ordiales24Win24–0Pavel Melkomyan23Win23–0Shane Swartz22Win22–0Asmir Vojnovic21Win21–0Denis Salomka20Win20–0Jason Robinson19Win19–0Saúl Montana18Win18–0Muslim Biarslanov17Win17–0Yan Kulkov16Win16–0Oleksandr Garashchenko15Win15–0Oleksandr Subin14Win14–0Akmal Aslanov13Win13–0Pavel Kalabin12Win12–0Ihor Pylypenko11Win11–0Teymuraz Kekelidze10Win10–0Sedrak Agagulyan9Win9–0Mikhail Balovnev8Win8–0Siarhei Krupenich7Win7–0Dmitry Gerasimov6Win6–0Yuriy Bylynchuk5Win5–0Evgeny Galchenko4Win4–0Valery Makeev3Win3–0Cesar Ramos2Win2–0Timofey Maklakov1Win1–0Valeri Semiskur
See also List of world cruiserweight boxing champions
References
External links
Grigory Drozd - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live