Hot prospect Dmitry Pirog (5-0, 4 KOs), 28 of Temrjuk, Russia, will defend his Russian middleweight belt versus adopted Georgian Zviadi Putskhanidze this Saturday in his opponents’ hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia. Pirog sensationally captured Russian middleweight championship with the confident unanimous decision over long-time contender Sergey Tatevosyan this April. In his last outing, on the 27th of July, Pirog easily destroyed fairly unknown Islam Yusupov (1-3, 0 KOs) in two rounds of brutal action.
WBA#11 Ukrainian light heavyweight Yuri Barashian (20-2, 12 KOs), 26, scored an easy UD 6 victory over rugged veteran Teymuraz Kekelidze (15-24-1, 12 KOs), 40, on the local card, held in Gelendzhik, Russia, on the 27th of July.
