Vyacheslav Valeriyovych Glazkov (, born 15 October 1984) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016. He challenged once for the IBF heavyweight title in 2016. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships and bronze at the 2008 Olympics.
Amateur career Glazkov won a gold medal at heavyweight in the first 2004 World University Boxing Championship by stopping Elchin Alizade.
He then moved up to super-heavyweight to compete in the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he outpointed Jaroslav Jaksto 26:20, but ran into the eventual winner Odlanier Solís early and lost 26:11.
At the 2006 Strandya Cup he beat David Price by RSCO (Referee Stopped the Contest-Outclassed), then lost by walkover to Kubrat Pulev.
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he out-pointed Colombian Oscar Rivas 23:7, stopped Jaroslav Jaksto, and defeated Chinese Zhang Zhilei 21:11 before losing in the semi-finals by 14:24 to the eventual winner, Italian southpaw Roberto Cammarelle.
Olympic results 2008 (as a super heavyweight) Defeated Robert Alfonso (Cuba) 5:3 Defeated Newfel Ouatah (Algeria) 10:4 Lost to Zhang Zhilei (China) walkover, pulled out of bout with elbow injury.
World Amateur Championship results 2005 (as a super heavyweight) Defeated Jaroslavas Jaksto (Lithuania) 26:20 Lost to Odlanier Solís (Cuba) 11:26
2007 (as a super heavyweight) Defeated Răzvan Cojanu (Romania) RSCO 2 Defeated Oscar Rivas (Colombia) 23:7 Defeated Jaroslavas Jaksto (Lithuania) RSC 3 Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) 21 11 Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) 14:24 (gold medal match)
Professional career
Glazkov made his professional debut on July 2, 2009 in Moscow. Nearly six years later, Glazkov defeated Steve Cunningham by unanimous decision on March 15, 2015 to earn a title fight against Tyson Fury. Following a petition from Glazkov's camp, Fury's recognition as IBF champion was withdrawn, citing his intention to fight a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko as the reason. Glazkov was matched with Charles Martin for the vacant title. The bout, which took place on January 16, 2016 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, ended when Glazkov suffered an injury to his knee in the third round that rendered him unable to continue. The injury eventually forced him to retire from the sport.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes23LossCharles MartinTKO3 (12), 16 Jan 201622Win21–0–1Kertson Manswell4 (10), 15 Aug 201521Win20–0–1Steve CunninghamUD1214 Mar 201520Win19–0–1Darnell WilsonRTD7 (10), 8 Nov 201419Win18–0–1Derric Rossy109 Aug 201418Win17–0–1Tomasz AdamekUD1215 Mar 201417Win16–0–1Garrett WilsonUD1016 Nov 201316Win15–0–1Byron PolleyTKO2 (8), 3 Aug 201315Draw14–0–1Malik Scott1023 Feb 201314Win14–0Tor HamerRTD4 (8), 22 Dec 201213Win13–0Konstantin AirichUD108 Sep 201212Win12–0Gbenga OloukunTKO7 (10), 1 May 201211Win11–0Evgeny OrlovRTD5 (10), 16 Mar 201210Win10–0Daniil PeretyatkoRTD5 (8), 4 Nov 20119Win9–0Denis BakhtovUD826 Mar 20118Win8–0Asker BalashRTD3 (6), 4 Dec 20107Win7–0Aziz RahmonovRTD2 (6), 16 Oct 20106Win6–0Mark BrownTKO3 (6)14 Jul 20105Win5–0Ivan ShvaykoRTD3 (6), 24 Apr 20104Win4–0Ramon Hayes3 (4), 12 Mar 20103Win3–0Stas Bilokon1 (4), 19 Dec 20092Win2–0Alexey VarakinUD424 Oct 20091Win1–0Özcan Cetinkaya42 Jul 2009
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