Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov (Russian: Васи́лий Вале́рьевич Жи́ров; born 4 April 1974), sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional...

elimination fight. This set up a fight between Toney and the champion, Vassiliy Jirov. After a postponement, the fight happened on April 26, 2003. Going into...

bronze medal in the light heavyweight division; he eventually lost to Vassiliy Jirov from Kazakhstan, whom he had previously defeated at the 1995 World Championships...

Hernández". Retrieved 9 April 2020. "Professional boxing record: Vassily Jirov". Retrieved 9 April 2020. "Professional boxing record: Jean-Marc Mormeck"...

Josipović (YUG) 1988 –  Andrew Maynard (USA) 1992 –  Torsten May (GER) 1996 –  Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ) 2000 –  Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS) 2004 –  Andre Ward (USA) 2008...

Denmark for the IBO title. In 2005, he scored a draw with former champion Vassiliy Jirov, injecting some life back into his career. List of world cruiserweight...

severe deficit on the scorecards to hand former cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov his first knockout loss. He continued fighting, winning all of his bouts...

points system susceptible to controversy as well, when Kazakhstani Vassiliy Jirov was pronounced a 15–9 score winner over U.S. Antonio Tarver, with many...

7, 2005. "Catching up with Vassiliy Jirov". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-16. "Vassily Jirov". World News. "Suspension Upheld...

fought many world champions, including Dennis Andries, Jeff Harding, Vassiliy Jirov and Orlin Norris. In November 1993, Jimmerson competed at the very first...

written columns on the careers of Phoenix residents Jesús González, Vassiliy Jirov, and José Miguel Cotto, who is Puerto Rican. In 1998, Frauenheim was...

2002, he went to Phoenix and challenged IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov, a Kazakhstan native who lives in Phoenix, losing by a decision in twelve...

1999 22 September 20062 Johnny Nelson WBO 46 5 June 1999 26 April 2003 Vassiliy Jirov IBF 47 9 December 2000 23 February 2002 Virgil Hill WBA 48 23 February...

Toney Toney had won the IBF cruiserweight title in April by defeating Vassiliy Jirov, giving him his first major title since 1994 and making him a 3-division...

Boukreev Alexander Bublik Alexander Dutov Gennady Golovkin (half-Korean) Vassiliy Jirov Vsevolod Ivanov Andrey Kashechkin Andrei Kivilev Nikolay Koksharov Ruslana...

include cyclists Alexander Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, boxer Vassiliy Jirov and Gennady Golovkin, runner Olga Shishigina, decathlete Dmitriy Karpov...

fight preview". Eastsideboxing.com. 2005-09-20. Retrieved 2012-06-16. "Vassiliy Jirov vs. James Toney - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia". Boxrec.com. Retrieved...

KO 1 Semifinals: Defeated Chris Davies (Wales) 8:7 Finals: Lost to Vassiliy Jirov (Kazakhstan) 7:11 Junior World Championships (Light Heavyweight), Montreal...

Russia (in all three games). In 1996 and 2004, three Kazakhstani boxers (Vassiliy Jirov in 1996, Bakhtiyar Artayev in 2004 and Serik Sapiyev in 2012) were recognised...

declined a title shot when he was mandatory and later fought and beat Vassily Jirov. He then vacated the title in February 2002 in order to move up to the Heavyweight...

Tyson Michael Grant Larry Donald Vitali Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko Vassiliy Jirov Mike McCallum Johnny Bumphus Meldrick Taylor Charles Murray Freddie...

Wojciech Bartnik  Poland Zoltán Béres  Hungary 1996 Atlanta details Vassiliy Jirov  Kazakhstan Lee Seung-Bae  South Korea Antonio Tarver  United States...

unsuccessfully challenged for a world title three times; losing by stoppage to Vassiliy Jirov and Jean-Marc Mormeck, and by decision to O'Neill Bell in a fight guest...

Oscar De La Hoya def. Arturo Gatti TKO 5/12 Cruiserweight 190 lbs. Vassiliy Jirov def. Terry McGroom KO 1/12 note 1 Super Welterweight 154 lbs. Rafael...

beat Kenny Keene and then Grant in a rematch, setting up a shot at Vassiliy Jirov for his IBF Cruiserweight title. Montana lost via TKO and moved up to...

Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 19–28 Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Vassili Jirov → Gold Medal First Round – Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped...

is derived from the word жир (zhir, meaning "fat") and may refer to: Vassiliy Jirov (born 1974), Kazakh boxer Aleksandr Zhirov (1958–1983), Soviet alpine...

1997 – 30 Oct 1998 1 12 Arthur Williams 30 Oct 1998 – 5 Jun 1999 0 13 Vassiliy Jirov 5 Jun 1999 – 26 Apr 2003 6 14 James Toney 26 Apr 2003 – 11 Feb 2004...

a shot at International Boxing Federation cruiserweight titleholder Vassiliy Jirov, but lost in the 8th round by TKO. He lost a decision later that year...

division for some time when he faced off against previously unbeaten Vassiliy Jirov for the IBF cruiserweight championship. Toney knocked down the four-year...