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    Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov (Russian: Васи́лий Вале́рьевич Жи́ров; born 4 April 1974), sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Josipović (YUG) 1988 –  Andrew Maynard (USA) 1992 –  Torsten May (GER) 1996 –  Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ) 2000 –  Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS) 2004 –  Andre Ward (USA) 2008...
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  • fought many world champions, including Dennis Andries, Jeff Harding, Vassiliy Jirov and Orlin Norris. In November 1993, Jimmerson competed at the very first...
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    severe deficit on the scorecards to hand former cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov his first knockout loss. He continued fighting, winning all of his bouts...
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  • Hernández". Retrieved 9 April 2020. "Professional boxing record: Vassily Jirov". Retrieved 9 April 2020. "Professional boxing record: Jean-Marc Mormeck"...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Boukreev Alexander Bublik Alexander Dutov Gennady Golovkin (half-Korean) Vassiliy Jirov Vsevolod Ivanov Andrey Kashechkin Andrei Kivilev Nikolay Koksharov Ruslana...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • written columns on the careers of Phoenix residents Jesús González, Vassiliy Jirov, and José Miguel Cotto, who is Puerto Rican. In 1998, Frauenheim was...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • Tyson Michael Grant Larry Donald Vitali Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko Vassiliy Jirov Mike McCallum Johnny Bumphus Meldrick Taylor Charles Murray Freddie...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    include cyclists Alexander Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, boxer Vassiliy Jirov and Gennady Golovkin, runner Olga Shishigina, decathlete Dmitriy Karpov...
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  • 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...
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  • Wojciech Bartnik  Poland Zoltán Béres  Hungary 1996 Atlanta details Vassiliy Jirov  Kazakhstan Lee Seung-Bae  South Korea Antonio Tarver  United States...
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    Medal Name Games Sport Event  Gold Vassiliy Jirov 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's light-heavyweight  Gold Alexander Parygin 1996 Atlanta Modern pentathlon Men's...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • fight preview". Eastsideboxing.com. 2005-09-20. Retrieved 2012-06-16. "Vassiliy Jirov vs. James Toney - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia". Boxrec.com. Retrieved...
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  • KO 1 Semifinals: Defeated Chris Davies (Wales) 8:7 Finals: Lost to Vassiliy Jirov (Kazakhstan) 7:11 Junior World Championships (Light Heavyweight), Montreal...
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    Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 19–28 Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Vassili Jirov → Gold Medal First Round – Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped...
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  • 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...
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