On May 1, 2012, Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs), the middleweight WBO champion, defends his title against Japanese challenger, Nobuhiro Ishida (24-7-2, 9 KOs).
Dmitry Pirog is coming in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round RTD victory over Gennady Martirosyan, 7 months and 6 days ago. Nobuhiro Ishida is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 27% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Paul Williams, 2 months and 13 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dmitry Pirog at 99-1 winning odds. Nobuhiro Ishida really doesn't have much to present against Pirog.
Dmitry Pirog defeated Nobuhiro Ishida via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO middleweight title. Pirog improves his record to 20-0, while Ishida adds a loss to his record at 24-8-2.