Grigory Drozd. History of success

The Russian boxing school, since Soviet times, has always been famous for its pupils. For many years among the Russian fighters there have always been those who climbed to the top of this sport, winning various significant international tournaments and titles. Gregory Drozd did not become an exception in this sport, which today is included in the cohort of the best strata of the planet. His biography is worth knowing in detail, because it may well prove to be a practical guide for many of us in what successes you can achieve in life, working hard and achieving your goals.

Native Siberian

The future world champion was born on August 26, 1979 in the Kemerovo region, the city of Prokopyevsk. His father was a simple miner. Originally Grigory Drozd I got carried away with karate, which I started to do from the age of 12. But three years later the young man found himself in the boxing section. His first coach was honored coach of Russia Vitaly Ilyin, who was able to take the guy to the highest level of sports. At the age of 15, Gregory became the country's champion in kickboxing, after which he took 3rd place in the Asian Championships. In 1995, the athlete wins the CIS boxing tournament. In 1997, as the youngest fighter, Grigory Drozd Wins third place in the world championship in Thai boxing. After that, twice became the best on the European continent, for which he was awarded the title of international master of sports. The final chord in the Thai boxing battles for Gregory was the World Championships in Bangkok, which the Russian fighter won in 2001.

Transition to professional boxing

His first battle in the status of the pros Grigory Drozd Held in April 2001. The debut took place in the first heavyweight (up to 90.7 kg), in which the fighter successfully performs to this day. In 2002, the boxer wins the Siberian Championship, and in 2003 - the All-Russian Championship. March 2004 was marked for Grigory Anatolyevich by a magnificent victory by knockout over the most experienced rival from Mexico named Saul Montana. The winning series continued in January 2006, when Drozd "turned off the light" in the eyes of Pavel Melkomyan, who did not have any defeats at that time.

After this regular battle of Grigory Drozd Was held in 2012, in which he defeated the Frenchman Jean-Marc Monroe. Forced simple was justified by a serious injury of a Russian.

October 2013 brought the significant victory of Drozd over Mateusz Masterknack. This allowed Drozd to get the title of champion of Europe. At the same time for the Pole, defeat was the first in his career.

Defense of the title fell on March 15, 2014. And it was also quite successful for our hero. Already in the first round, Drozd will knock out his French opponent Jeremy Ouanna.

Achieving the top

Such rapid professional development of the Russian boxing star did not go unnoticed by the functionaries. And so on September 27, 2014, Grigory Drozd, whose weight was always ideally suited to the limit of his chosen category, goes to the ring against the then world champion Krzysztof Volodarchik. Grigory emerged victorious from this fight and became the new king of the WBC cruiserweight.

Let's pay attention to the fact that during the battle the Pole was kicked off when he knelt, defending himself against Russian attacks. It is worth noting that initially in this battle Drozd was considered an outsider in the opinion of various experts and bookmakers. But his unconditional, confident and bright victory on the points all put in their places.

Unfortunately, in August 2015, the public learned that Grigory had suffered an extremely unpleasant knee injury and would not be able to fight against the mandatory challenger for Ilungi Makabu title in November. At the moment, the fight was postponed approximately for the spring of 2016.

Life outside the ring

Sport, of course, takes the lion's share of personal time for all athletes, especially in such a form as boxing. Grigory Drozd also is not an exception in this matter, differing tremendous capacity for work and diligence.

Nevertheless, the famous fighter managed to find time to get a higher education in the Siberian State Academy of Physical Culture. In addition, he periodically acts as a sports commentator, and also devotes time to popularize sports in the youth environment in his homeland.