Grigory Drozd

Grigory Anatolyevich Drozd (Григорий Анатольевич Дрозд; born 26 August 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight title from 2014 to 2016, and the European cruiserweight title from 2013 to 2014.

Boxing career
Drozd only fought three amateur fights, winning all of them. His manager is Dietmar Poszwa.

Drozd vs. Wilson
Drozd faced Darnell Wilson on July 2, 2009 at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace in Moscow, winning the fight in the tenth round.

Drozd vs. Simms
He fought Michael Simms on February 23, 2008, at the DIVS in Ekaterinburg with an attendance of 25,000 at the stadium. The fight went eight rounds and Drozd won the fight via unanimous decision.

Drozd vs. Calloway
On 6 December 2008, Drozd Fought Rob Calloway for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific Cruiserweight title, vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Cruiserweight title and the vacant PABA Cruiserweight title at the circus in Nizhny Novgorod. It was voted Asian Super Fight of the year, with Drozd winning by seventh-round technical knockout.

Drozd vs. Masternak
On October 5, 2013, Drozd won the EBU (European) Cruiserweight title in Moscow by defeating Mateusz Masternak via eleventh-round technical knockout.

Drozd vs. Quanna
Drozd retained the title against mandatory challenger Jeremy Ouanna on March 15, 2014.

Drozd vs. Wlodarczyk
In his next bout, Drozd won his first world title by defeating Krzysztof Włodarczyk on September 27, 2014, to win the WBC Cruiserweight title. Drozd won the fight convincingly, with the judges scoring it 119-108, 119-108 and 118-109 in favor of Drozd.

Drozd vs. Janik
In his next bout, Drozd fought Lukasz Janik, which was his first title defence. Drozd beat Lukasz Janik by technical knockout in the 9th round.

Drozd lost the WBC cruiserweight title at the end of May 2016 when he was unable to defend it due to injury, and Tony Bellew defeated Ilunga Makabu in three rounds to win it. Instead he was made champion in recess, but was removed from that position due to inactivity in December 2016. He has not fought since.