Dmitry Pirog vs. Kofi Jantuah
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Dmitry Pirog 160 lbs beat Kofi Jantuah 160 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2009-06-26
- Location: Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, Voelklingen, Saarland, Germany
- Referee: Adrio Zannoni
- Judge: Juergen Langos 120-109
- Judge: Sergio Silvi 120-109
- Judge: Predrag Aleksic 120-108
Summary
Dmitry Pirog (14-0, 11 KOs), who was previously ranked #14 by the WBC captured vacant WBC International middleweight title outpointing former two-time world title challenger Kofi Jantuah (WBC #12 / 32-4-1, 21 KOs) over twelve rounds.
Notes
- Dmitry Pirog is licensed with the Professional Boxing Federation of Russia
- Kofi Jantuah is based in Las Vegas and came to Germany with a boxing license released by the Baltic Professional Boxing League of Latvia
- The title was vacant as former title holder Domenico Spada decided to relinquish it April 9, 2009 to concentrate his efforts on his WBC Interim Championship against Sebastian Zbik July 11, 2009 in Germany
- Kofi Jantuah had had a number of wins over highly regarded opposition before facing Dmitry Pirog, including then-champions Santiago Samaniego and Daniel Santos and world contender Marco Antonio Rubio
Scorecards round by round
Sergio Silvi
PIROG 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 120
JANTUAH 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 109
Predrag Aleksic
PIROG 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 120
JANTUAH 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 108
Jurgen Langos
PIROG 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 120
JANTUAH 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 109