On December 9, 2004, a 30-year-old Vassiliy Jirov (33-2, 29 KOs) and a 37-year-old American boxer Michael Moorer (46-4-1, 36 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Jirov came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 26 days. Moorer was on a -1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 6 days.
Michael Moorer stopped Vassiliy Jirov via TKO in the 9th round. Moorer improves his record to 47-4-1 (37 KOs), while Jirov adds a loss to his record at 33-3.
On March 13, 2004, a 29-year-old Vassiliy Jirov (33-1, 29 KOs) and Joe Mesi met in the ring.
Jirov came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 7 days.
Vassiliy Jirov lost to Joe Mesi via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 33-2.
On April 26, 2003, the 29-year-old IBF cruiserweight world champion, Vassiliy Jirov (31-0, 27 KOs), faced a 34-year-old American boxer James Toney (65-4-2, 42 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Jirov came in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 25 days. Toney was on a 11-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 8 days.
James Toney defeated Vassiliy Jirov via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title. Toney improves his record to 66-4-2, while Jirov adds a loss to his record at 31-1.