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Vassiliy JIROV
Male
"The Tiger"
(aka Vasiliy Jirov)
(aka Vassili Zhirov)
(Vassiliy Valerevyich Jirov)
Cruiserweight, Kazakhstan
Based in USA, Scottsdale, AZ & Fountain Hills, CA
Born: April 4, 1974, Yezkazjan, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union
Height 6ft 1 1/2in, mt 1,86 – Reach 74in – Weight 227-206-223 lbs
"southpaw"
as an amateur:
1992 Edinburgh Junior European middleweight champion
1993 Tampere World Sr Champs middleweight bronze medal
Wstpd3 Francesco Passanante (Swi), Wpt Andrei Khamula (Ukr)
Semis: Lpt Akin Kuloglu (Tur) 9-2
1994 Bangkok AIBA's World Cup lt.heavyweight
Wpt Aik Postolokian (Arm), Lpt Islam Arsangaliev (Rus)
1994 Hiroshima Asian Games lt.havy bronze medal
Wtko Asghar Ali (Pak)
Semis: Lpt Yong-Sam Ko (SKor) 17-10
1995 Berlin World Sr Champs lt.heavy bronze medal
Wko2 Ervin Helmanis (Lat), Wstpd1 Ismael Kone (Swe)
Semis: Lpt Antonio Tarver (USA) 9-6
1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Asian Championships heavy gold medal
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games lt.Heavy gold medal
WStpd2 Julio Gonzalez (Mex), Wpt Pietro Aurino (Ita) 18-13
Wpt Troy Amos Ross (Can) 14-8, Wstpd3 Antonio Tarver (USA)
Final: Wpt Seung-Bao Lee (Kor) 12-8
Vassiliy Jirov was the first Olympic Gold Medallist at light-heavyweight
to win a professional cruiserweight world title
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1992 | |
| Edinburgh, Scotland, European Junior Championships gold medal, 75 kg | + Apr. 7 | Thomas Hansvoll | Edinburgh, Scotland | WRSC 2 | | + Apr. 9 | Rickard Eckvall (SWE) | Edinburgh, Scotland | WPTS 12:6 | | + Apr. 11 | Sinan Samil Sam | Edinburgh, Scotland | WPTS 11:7 | 1993-1995
No activity recorded | | 1996 | |
| Atlanta, Georgia, Olympic Games gold medal, 81 kg | + July 24 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | Atlanta, Georgia | WRSC 2 | | + July 28 | Pietro Aurino | Atlanta, Georgia | WPTS 18:3 | | + July 31 | Troy Ross | Atlanta, Georgia | WPTS 14:8 | | + Aug. 2 | Antonio Tarver | Atlanta, Georgia | WPTS 15:9 | | + Aug. 4 | Lee Seung Bae | Atlanta, Georgia | WPTS 17:4 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1997 | | + Jan. 18 | Vincent Brwn | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 2 | | + Jan. 28 | Exum Speight | Tempe, Arizona | TKO 2 | | + Feb. 18 | Chuck Miller | New York, New York | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 8 | Aljenon De Bose | Albuquerque, New Mexico | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 30 | Calvin Smith | Uncasville, Connecticut | TKO 1 | | + Apr. 12 | Tyrone Armstead | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 4 | | + May 31 | Gesses Mesgana | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 2 | | + July 5 | Dennis Matthews | Lake Charles, Louisiana | TKO 4 | | + Sept. 12 | Calvin Combs | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 2 | | + Oct. 10 | Quentin Osgood | Primm, Nevada | TKO 1 | | + Dec. 6 | Art Jimmerson | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 2 | | 1998 | | + Jan. 23 | Jason Nicholson | Tunica, Mississippi | TKO 2 | | + Feb. 10 | Trent Surrette | Phoenix, Arizona | TKO 2 | | + Mar. 14 | Jason Weller | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 1 | | + May 5 | Rich LaMontagne | Biloxi, Mississippi | W 12 | | (Won vacant WBC Int’l Cruiserweight Title) | | + Aug. 6 | Cliff Nellon | Worley, Idaho | TKO 3 | | + Oct. 3 | John Kiser | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 8 | | + Dec. 5 | Alexandre Vasiliev | Kiev, Ukraine | W 8 | | 1999 | | + Mar. 6 | Cesar Rendon | Indio, California | KO 1 | | + Apr. 22 | Onebo Maxime | Dallas, Texas | KO 5 | | (Won vacant Cont.Americas Cruiserweight Title) | | + June 5 | Arthur Williams | Biloxi, Mississippi | TKO 7 | | (Won IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | + Sept. 18 | Dale Brown | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 10 | | (Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | 2000 | | + Feb. 12 | Saul Montana | Boise, Idaho | TKO 9 | | (Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | + Mar. 25 | Don Normand | Canyonville, Oregon | KO 1 | | + May 19 | Esteban Pizarro | Beverly Hills, California | KO 2 | | + July 29 | Earl Butler | Phoenix, Arizona | KO 2 | | 2001 | | + Feb. 6 | Alex Gonzales | Almaty, Kazakhstan | KO 1 | | (Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | + Mar. 24 | Terry McGroom | Las Vegas, Nevada | KO 1 | | (Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | + July 20 | Adolpho Washington | Canton, Ohio | W 10 | | + Sept. 8 | Julian Letterlough | Reno, Nevada | TKO 8 | | (Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | 2002 | | + Feb. 1 | Jorge Fernando Castro | Phoenix, Arizona | W 12 | | (Retained IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | 2003 | | - Apr. 26 | James Toney | Ledyard, Connecticut | L 12 | | (Lost IBF Cruiserweight Title) | | + Aug. 7 | Ernest Mateen | Temecula, California | TKO 7 | | + Nov. 6 | Joseph Kiwanuka | Phoenix, Arizona | TKO 6 | | (Won vacant NABO Cruiserweight Title) | | 2004 | | - Mar. 13 | Baby Joe Mesi | Las Vegas, Nevada | L 10 | | - Dec. 9 | Michael Moorer | Temecula, California | TKO by 9 | | (For vacant WBC Cont’l Americas and vacant NABA Heavyweight Titles) | | 2005 | | + Apr. 7 | Forrest Neal | Temecula, California | TKO 3 | | + May 14 | Troy Beets | Kinder, Louisiana | W 10 | | = July 21 | Orlin Norris | Lemoore, California | Drew 8 | | 2006 | | + Apr. 20 | Luke Munsen | Worley, Idaho | W 10 | | 2007 | | + July 14 | Kenny Craven | New Town, North Dakota | TKO 2 |
Summary
Total bouts: 41, Won: 37 (31 inside the limit), Lost: 3 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0
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