Pirog turned out to be a tricky opponent, elusive, unorthodox and not at all associated with the one dimensional European style that much Russians and Eastern European fighters tend to adopt. He put pressure on Jacobs from the opening bell, showing incredible head and waist movement but still showing bits and pieces of a pressuring and plodding European style - coming forward at all times, imposing his own pace, and making Jacobs fight on the ropes. Was this really happening? I thought after the first two rounds that Jacobs would adjust to Pirog’s unpredictable style and rounds later dispatch his opponent easily. This however, never came. Pirog kept plodding and confusing Jacobs, coming from all angles until in round 5 a beautiful right hand caught Jacobs on the ropes and flattened him on the canvas. Jacobs kept his head down and tried to rise up before the mandatory 8 count, but the referee did not allow him to get up, stopping the fight in the process. Pirog wins the vacant WBO middleweight title and Jacobs collects his first loss in a three year career. But as we all know, this stuff happens to the best boxers sometimes.

Here is the knockout punch:

On Saturday Alfredo Angulo fought Joachim Alcine, and here’s how it went:

I have updated the video, I realized the previous video went down early today:

Again, I apologize for the lack of activity but I just wanted to tell you guys that I’ll be back in no time, and very soon I will be able to overcome this obstacle and keep working on the site like I’ve always done.

Regards,

-grestrep