Dmitry Yurievich Pirog (; pee-ROG; Russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Пирог; born 27 June 1980) is a Russian politician and former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2012. In boxing he held the WBO middleweight title from 2010 to 2012, and although his career was cut short due to a debilitating back injury, he is one of the few professional boxers to win a world title and retire undefeated. He is also credited as the only boxer to stop Danny Jacobs, dealing Jacobs his first professional defeat and effectively ending his 20–0 winning streak. Being the only Russian boxer ever to hold the WBO Middleweight Championship, he never made to quarterfinals of the Russian national amateur boxing championships.
You can find people similar to Dmitry Pirog by visiting our lists Undefeated world boxing champions and Sportspeople from Krasnodar.
Full name at birth |
![]() |
||
Claim to fame | One Of The Few Professional Boxers To Win A World Championship And Retire Undefeated.
|
||
Date of birth | 27 June 1980
|
||
Place of birth | Temryuk, Russia
|
||
Age | |||
Occupation |
![]() |
||
Occupation category | |||
Nationality |
Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
|
||
Weight | 164 lbs (74 kg)
|
||
Build | |||
Hair color | |||
Eye color | |||
Gender | |||
Ethnicity | |||
Sexuality | |||
Religion |
![]() |
||
Zodiac sign | |||
Distinctive feature |
![]() |
||
Pets |
![]() |
High school |
![]() |
||
University | Kuban State University
|
![]() |
|
Talent agency |
![]() |
||
Political affiliation |
![]() |
||
Political party |
![]() |
This page is the FamousFix profile for Dmitry Pirog. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.
On the Dmitry Pirog page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics.