Grigory Anatolyevich Drozd (; born 26 August 1979) is a Russian former

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. He held the

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(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

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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

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, winning the fight in the tenth round.

Drozd vs. Simms

He fought Michael Simms on February 23, 2008, at the DIVS in

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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

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for the vacant

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Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title, vacant WBC

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Cruiserweight title and the vacant PABA Cruiserweight title at the circus in

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. 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

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(European) Cruiserweight title in

by defeating

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via eleventh-round technical knockout.

Drozd vs. Quanna

Drozd retained the title against

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Jeremy Ouanna on March 15, 2014.

Drozd vs. Wlodarczyk

In his next bout, Drozd won his first world title by defeating

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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

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defeated

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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

References

External links

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