Vassiliy Jirov Record

Vassiliy Jirov (The Tiger) is a 51-year-old retired Kazakhstani professional boxer. He is a former cruiserweight world champion. In a career spanning 12 years, 8 months, and 29 days, Jirov amassed a record of 38-3-1, which includes 32 wins via KO—5 in world-title bouts.

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LEGEND

Boxing Career

Vassiliy Jirov was born in Balkhash, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union on April 4, 1974. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on January 18, 1997 against Vincent Brown. Jirov defeated Brown via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Jirov became a world champion at the age of 25 after 20 professional fights. He challenged Arthur Williams for the IBF cruiserweight title and stopped the champion in the 7th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.

Jirov's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO victory over Jonathan Williams at age 35, on October 17, 2009.

Some of Vassiliy Jirov's best fights have been against Jorge Castro and Orlin Norris. For a top-10 list of Jirov's best performances, refer to "Best fights of Vassiliy Jirov".

Jirov has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Vassiliy Jirov Losses".

Fight Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
42	Oct 17, 2009	35	Jonathan Williams	win	TKO 2
41	Jul 14, 2007	33	Kenny Craven	win	TKO 2
40	Apr 20, 2006	32	Luke Munsen	win	UD 10
39	Jul 21, 2005	31	Orlin Norris 39 57-9	draw	MD 8
38	May 14, 2005	31	Troy Beets	win	UD 10
37	Apr 07, 2005	31	Forrest Neal	win	TKO 3
36	Dec 09, 2004	30	Michael Moorer 37 46-4-1	loss	TKO 9
35	Mar 13, 2004	29	Joe Mesi	loss	UD 10
34	Nov 06, 2003	29	Joseph Kiwanuka	win	RTD 6
33	Aug 07, 2003	29	Ernest Mateen	win	TKO 7
32	Apr 26, 2003	29	James Toney 34 65-4-2	loss	UD 12
31	Feb 01, 2002	27	Jorge Castro 34 119-7-3	win	UD 12
30	Sep 08, 2001	27	Julian Letterlough	win	TKO 8
29	Jul 20, 2001	27	Adolpho Washington	win	UD 10
28	Mar 24, 2001	26	Terry McGroom	win	KO 1
27	Feb 06, 2001	26	Alex Gonzales	win	KO 1
26	Jul 29, 2000	26	Earl Butler	win	TKO 2
25	May 19, 2000	26	Esteban Pizzarro	win	KO 2
24	Mar 25, 2000	25	Don Normand	win	TKO 1
23	Feb 12, 2000	25	Saúl Montana	win	TKO 9
22	Sep 18, 1999	25	Dale Brown	win	KO 10
21	Jun 05, 1999	25	Arthur Williams	win	TKO 7
20	Apr 22, 1999	25	Onebo Maxime	win	KO 5
19	Mar 06, 1999	24	Cesar Rendon	win	KO 1
18	Dec 05, 1998	24	Alexander Vasiliev	win	UD 8
17	Oct 03, 1998	24	John Kiser	win	TKO 8
16	Aug 06, 1998	24	Cliff Nellon	win	TKO 3
15	May 05, 1998	24	Rich LaMontagne	win	UD 12
14	Mar 14, 1998	23	Jason Waller	win	TKO 1
13	Feb 10, 1998	23	Trent Surratt	win	TKO 2
12	Jan 23, 1998	23	Jason Nicholson	win	TKO 2
11	Dec 06, 1997	23	Art Jimmerson	win	TKO 2
10	Oct 18, 1997	23	Quinton Osgood	win	TKO 1
9	Sep 12, 1997	23	Calvin Combs	win	TKO 2
8	Jul 05, 1997	23	Dennis Matthews	win	TKO 4
7	May 31, 1998	24	Gesses Mesgana	win	TKO 2
6	Apr 12, 1997	23	Tyrone Armstead	win	RTD 4
5	Mar 30, 1997	22	Calvin Smith	win	TKO 1
4	Mar 08, 1997	22	Aljenon DeBose	win	TKO 3
3	Feb 12, 1997	22	Chuck Miller	win	TKO 4
2	Jan 28, 1997	22	Exum Speight	win	TKO 3
1	Jan 18, 1997	22	Vincent Brown	win	TKO 2