Boxer from Ukraine Vyacheslav Glazkov intends to obtain Russian citizenship. Champion without experience
On the night of Saturday to Sunday, January 17, boxer from Luhansk Vyacheslav Glazkov, nicknamed "Tsar" will fight in New York with American Charles Martin for the vacant IBF world heavyweight title. "Russian Spring" will conduct an online broadcast of the fight Glazkov - Martin. Approximate start of the fight - 5 am Moscow time (4 am Kyiv time).
In case of victory, the 31-year-old native of Lugansk will become the third boxer from Ukraine, after the Klitschko brothers, who will manage to win the championship belt in the most prestigious weight category. We bring to your attention six interesting facts about who Vyacheslav Glazkov is.
Skinny "Nerd"
Looking at the invincible "Tsar", whose height is 191 cm, and whose weight fluctuates around a centner, it is hard to imagine that Slava was once a thin boy, and even a nerd.
Glazkov graduated from the legal lyceum in Lugansk with a gold medal, and at the first competitions he competed in the bantamweight (up to 56 kg). According to the boxer himself, he was not pulled by the ears from the teachers, and since he did not have a busy training schedule during his school years, he had the opportunity to study “excellently”.
After graduating from the lyceum, Vyacheslav entered the Lugansk Academy of Internal Affairs with a degree in lawyer-economist. In parallel, he continued to box, moving to a heavier weight category every year.
The future heavyweight studied at the Faculty of Economic Security - this area is also called the "War on White-Collar Crime." In 2008, he was awarded the title of master of criminal law, and at the same time the title of police lieutenant.
"Understudy" Klitschko
The first serious title for Glazkov was the "gold" of the student world championship in Turkey. Next was the adult World Cup, held in China. The 21-year-old boxer competed in the category over 91 kg, and already in the 2nd round he lost on points to the future champion of the tournament Odlanier Solis. The same Cuban who was knocked out by Vitali Klitschko in 2011.
AT next year Glazkov went to Bulgaria for the European Championship. In Plovdiv, Vyacheslav reached the semi-finals, where he lost to the future victim of Wladimir Klitschko - Kubrat Pulev.
A year later, in Chicago, the Lugansk resident finally got to the decisive battle, but in the final he lost devastatingly on points to the Italian Roberto Cammarella (14:24). By the way, at the same tournament, our Vasily Lomachenko was defeated in the final by Albert Selimov.
And in 2008, Vyacheslav went to the Olympics in Beijing. In the quarterfinal fight with the Algerian Neufel Watta, he received a tear in his elbow ligaments. In the semi-finals, he was awaited by the Chinese Zhang Zhile, whom he had already defeated twice in the USA and Turkey before. But the doctors insisted on withdrawing from the fight. As a result, Glazkov won the bronze, becoming the first after Wladimir Klitschko and the last Ukrainian boxer who was able to get a medal in Olympic Games ah heavyweight champion.
Craving for Russia and the USA
Glazkov's first fight in the professional ring took place on July 2, 2009. Vyacheslav began his professional career in Moscow with a duel against the Turk Oezkan Chetinkaya. It was not possible to start confidently - "Tsar" won on points. In the next fight, which took place in Yekaterinburg, he also won thanks to the decision of the judges.
It is worth noting that in 6.5 years Slava had 21 fights. Of these, 9 took place in Russia, he boxed three times in his homeland (in Zaporozhye, Kyiv and Brovary), fought 8 times in the States and once, at the beginning of his career, he was brought to the Dominican Republic.
Considering that the main office of Glazkov’s promotional company Main Events is located in New Jersey, and Vyacheslav’s co-promoter is Kirill Pchelnikov, the head of one of the oldest promotional companies in Russia (“Pushka”), it is not surprising why the Ukrainian lives and trains either in Florida or in Krasnodar .
Champion without experience
An interesting fact: Glazkov has practically no experience in holding 12-round fights. The duel with Martin will be for Vyacheslav only the third in his career, when he will be able to go the maximum distance set in pro boxing.
Before the meeting with the Pole Tomasz Adamek in March 2015, the "Tsar" fought only in battles consisting of 10/8/6/4 rounds. The very first full-fledged duel became for Vyacheslav the most ordeal for all the time - at first the fight was in favor of our boxer, but in the championship rounds, ex-rival Vitali Klitschko got a “second wind”.
Experienced Adamek well mashed became a difficult opponent, but the judges still gave the victory to Glazkov. After that, Vyacheslav had another 12-round fight. The felling with the American Steve Cunningham was also not a joke, and again Vyacheslav won only on points.
True, Charles Martin cannot even boast of this. The hitherto undefeated Missouri native has 22 fights in his career, but there have never been more than 10 rounds. Therefore, whoever wins the upcoming fight, he can safely be called a champion without experience.
Hostage of the war in Donbass
Given the events in Dobnbass, in the spring of 2014, the boxer took his family from Lugansk and moved his wife and daughter to the small resort town of Fort Lauderdale, located on the east coast of South Florida between Miami and West Palm Beach.
Unfortunately, the war still did not bypass Glazkov, and in December in Lugansk his grandmother died from a shell explosion. According to Vyacheslav, the old woman was standing in line for water, where the shell landed.
Extreme family man
Glazkov tries to devote most of his free time to his family. In the summer of 2009, wife Elena gave the “Tsar” a daughter, so after the fights at home there is someone to meet the heavyweight.
According to the boxer, the family is his best talisman and the main balm for the wounds received in the ring. And after training, the wife pleases Vyacheslav with an abundance of dishes. The heavyweight's favorite foods are chicken broth, baked meat, and boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes.
However, in addition to family leisure, Glazkov also likes to relax with adrenaline. The boxer's hobby is kite surfing*, which he has been doing for six years. Earlier in the summer, with friends, he regularly traveled to the Azov Belosarai Spit, and in winter he plied the seas of Egypt.
Recall that the IBF title became vacant after Briton Tyson Fury was stripped of his belt due to a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.
Glazkov's desire to become a Russian became known immediately after Fury announced that he would not fight the Ukrainian. The news was told to journalists by the head of the Russian promotion company "Pushka" Kirill Pchelnikov.
“Vyacheslav Glazkov is currently 100% going to receive Russian citizenship. And as far as I know, there are no obstacles for Slava to become a citizen of Russia. Moreover, he already has a place to live in Russia, and in the near future he is going to move his loved ones to Krasnodar,”
- R-Sport quotes Pchelnikov.
This step should not come as a surprise, because Glazkov was born in Lugansk and started boxing there. The athlete will move to Krasnodar following his promoter Pchelnikov.
Glazkov systematically went to the IBF championship belt and in the spring of this year, after defeating the American Steve Cunningham, he became the mandatory contender. He was supposed to fight, but he missed the belt, losing on points to Fury.
The IBF ordered the Briton to conduct an immediate defense. Meanwhile, by agreement with Klitschko Jr., Tyson is obliged to give the Ukrainian revenge and before that he does not have the right to carry out any defenses.
Almost from the very beginning, it became clear that the Briton was thinking more about a re-fight with Klitschko, which should bring fabulous profits to both boxers. This is what happened. Tyson signed a contract to fight Vladimir, and the IBF rightly stripped him of his championship belt.
“Yes, it is true that Fury has been stripped of his IBF belt. Glazkov was our contender, but Fury refused him and signed a contract with Klitschko for a rematch, ”confirmed Lindsey Tucker, chairman of the IBF championship committee, in a conversation with the BBC.
The boxer from Manchester still holds WBA, WBO and IBO titles.
Now Glazkov will have to fight for the belt with the fourth number in the IBF ranking, American Charles Martin. It is quite possible that Vyacheslav, who expressed his intention to become a Russian, will become a world champion.
Glazkov himself expected that his fight with Fury might not take place, but admitted that the boxing evening was supposed to take place in Krasnodar.
“Money plays an important role here. If the revenge takes place, then a large sum will be put on it. I don't know what the Fury team will decide, but I'm the mandatory bidder, the auction is set for December 11th. And they have two options: bid and box with me or vacate the IBF belt,
- the boxer said in an interview with Segodnya.ru. --
If we win the auction, the fight will most likely take place in Krasnodar, where Pchelnikov's promotional company Pushka has now moved. If Fury refuses, I don’t know yet who will be the IBF number two and my opponent. Now this is fortune-telling on the coffee grounds. In any case, the fight will not take place in a month or two after the auction. I will have time to prepare for the opponent."
It should be noted that Glazkov has been working with Pchelnikov for more than a year. Another promoter of the boxer is the head of the promotional company Main Events Kathy Duva.
As already mentioned, Vyacheslav began boxing in Lugansk at the Zarya-Ukraine and Zvezda clubs. In amateurs, he became the silver medalist of the 2007 World Championships, as well as the bronze medalist of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In 2009, Glazkov made his debut in the professional ring, where he quickly began to win one victory after another. It is curious that the boxer had his first fights in Russia, in Moscow and Yekaterinburg.
In total, the athlete took part in 22 fights and won 21 of them (13 by knockout), another one ended in a draw.
In March 2014, the long-awaited duel took place against the Pole Tomasz Adamek. The boxers were supposed to meet in the fall of 2013, but then Adamek's side refused to enter the ring due to the illness of the ward. As a result, the Ukrainian won by decision of the judges and became the owner of the North American IBF title.
This spring, Glazkov beat the American Cunningham and became the mandatory contender for the championship belt.
Note that Vyacheslav may not be the first Ukrainian boxer to receive Russian citizenship. In February of this year, Stanislav Kashtanov, a native of Donetsk, was announced to move to Russia.
After that, he won the country's light heavyweight title, but lost to the Dominican Felix Valera in the fight for the interim WBA world champion belt.
“I did not want to live in the war, I took my family and left for the Crimea. I knew that later I would go to Russia, to Moscow, but I wanted my two little daughters to survive this departure normally. I learned about the options, and they sunbathed and swam in the sea, ”Kashtanov told about his move to Russia in an interview with Gazeta.Ru.
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During the fight, 31-year-old Glazkov, who had previously expressed a desire to obtain Russian citizenship, suffered an injury to his right knee and lost in the third round by technical knockout. According to heavyweight boxer Vyacheslav Glazkov, he was injured and received not only a cruciate ligament rupture, but also a meniscus, a dislocation of the entire knee.
Vyacheslav made his debut in the professional ring in July 2009, and had his first fight against an experienced boxer from Turkey, Oezkan Chetinkaya (15-6-1). After spending six more victorious fights, he entered the ring for the first eight-round fight, and won on points of the famous Russian boxer, Denis Bakhtov (33-5). On March 16, 2012, Vyacheslav entered the ring with Russian giant Evgeny Orlov. Glazkov quickly wore down Orlov, and Evgeny refused to continue the fight after the fifth round.
The duel did not take place at a very high pace, but Glazkov constantly changed the distance, and in every possible way got the American with combinations of blows. Hamer could not oppose anything to the skillful Glazkov. Glazkov won the fourteenth victory in the professional ring, and the tenth ahead of schedule, and, remarkably, the seventh victory by refusing to continue the fight.
Glazkov, on the other hand, acted as an aggressor, but was never able to give Scott serious problems. Toward the end of the fight, both boxers were tired, but Glazkov leveled the fight a little. In an unspectacular duel, the judges recorded a draw by a split decision.
Glazkov vs. Martin: Fight Video
In the fight that took place, Vyacheslav won by unanimous decision of the judges (97-93, 98-92, 99-91). Glazkov started well and looked preferable in the middle of the confrontation, but he was not enough for the ending - the fairly beaten Adamek intercepted the initiative. The American veteran fought much more actively than Glazkov, he threw and landed more punches than Vyacheslav, who focused on quality.
Vyacheslav Glazkov excluded from WBC boxing list
The so-called "champion rounds" - from the 10th to the 12th inclusive - were left to Glazkov, who caught a second wind. Glazkov's fight took place on the undercard of the fight between WBC world champion American Wilder and Pole Shpilka.
Ukrainian boxer Glazkov suffered the first defeat in his career
Since Glazkov did not fall from a blow, the referee did not count the knockdown. Glazkov continued the fight, but slowed down noticeably and soon fell again. Despite the fact that this time the fall was not the result of Martin's blows, the referee recorded a knockdown. Glazkov was unable to continue the fight and the referee recorded Martin's victory by technical knockout.
Boxer Glazkov said he would not be able to compete for at least 10 months
Later, Glazkov said that even before the fight he sprained his leg while playing football in training before the fight. The table lists the results of all boxing matches. Now he is in a cast for a month, after which there will be a month and a half of therapy, and only after that the doctor will be able to perform the operation.
Fight Vyacheslav Glazkov - Malik Scott + VIDEO
Vyacheslav felt him, Martin was in his hands, after Vyacheslav's blows, Martin had already begun to close his eyes. It was supposed to be my title, - said a disappointed Vyacheslav Glazkov (21-1-1, 13 KOs) after an early loss in the third round to Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs) due to a knee injury. In the third round, Glazkov was forced to stop fighting due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee.
Former contender for the IBF title began preparations for a rehabilitation course after a successful operation Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Glazkov successfully underwent knee ligament surgery. The manager of the Ukrainian boxer Vyacheslav Glazkov, Egis Klimas, spoke about the injury of the Ukrainian. “We are all very sorry, a very serious injury.
And what to serve there, there is such a champion that until Glazkov is ready to enter the ring again, I don’t think that Martin will still be a champion ... Immediately after the fight, Vyacheslav said that he “calculated” the opponent, but the injury allegedly prevented him from applying what he received during meeting knowledge in practice. In battle, all the saddest things for him were just beginning at that moment. I felt that he did not have the strength and told myself that this would be an easy job.
I am a world champion and I can say that the belt is in the right hands. But I won't sit back. It's not Charles Martin's fault. He received the title as a gift and grabbed it with both hands. Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov failed to win the IBF heavyweight title, losing to American Charles Martin.
In addition, he performed in a glove with a tricolor and white and blue shorts. The 2008 Olympic boxing tournament will go down in the history of the sport as one of the most controversial and controversial.
Punches to Scott's body also did not bring much result, and in the second half of the fight, both boxers looked equally ready to continue it. I’ll add on my own, it’s a pity that Glazkov couldn’t win, but he didn’t lose either. At the end of the article, I suggest you watch the whole fight with the participation of Vyacheslav Glazkov - Malik Scott (Vyacheslav Glazkov vs Malik Scott). Thus, Glazkov's opponent in the fight on January 17 will be the second number in the IBF rating - Charles Martin.
For Glazkov, the defeat was the first in the professional ring. In 23 fights, he had 21 wins and one draw. Martin, 29, remains undefeated. The title became vacant in December 2015 when Briton Tyson Fury was stripped of it after refusing to hold a mandatory defense against Glazkov.
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As expected, Glazkov had a rupture of the "crosses" - the anterior ligament was injured. That's how it all ended pretty quickly for Glazkov. Glazkov falls again - he points to his knee and writhes in pain. Apparently, the Ukrainian boxer has a meniscus or cruciate ligament injury.
On March 14, 2015, a fight took place between Glazkov and Cunningham. Glazkov won on points in a four-round fight. Vyacheslav won the second fight on points against the Russian Alexei Varkin (28-16-3). For both boxers, this will be the first serious test in their careers: Glazkov has 22 fights (21 wins (13 knockouts) and one draw).
Graduate of Lugansk State University of Internal Affairs.
The representative of "Dynamo" - "Ukraine", Lugansk.
Coaches - Alexander Arlanov, Dmitry Sosnovsky. The first coach is A. Arlanov.
Regalia and achievements. Honored Master of Sports.
European Championship 2006 - 3rd place.
World Championship 2007 - 2nd place.
Bronze medalist at the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. In the 1/8 finals, V. Glazkov defeated Cuban Roberto Alfonso Acea (Cuba) with a score of 5:3, in the quarterfinals he defeated Neufel Ouat from Algeria (10:4). In the semifinal fight, the Chinese Zhang Zhilei was supposed to be the opponent of the Ukrainian, but on the day of the fight, Glazkov refused to enter the ring due to an elbow injury, and Richard Baker, spokesman for the International Amateur Boxing Association, said that the Ukrainian even had to be taken to the hospital. As a result, Glazkov got bronze, and the Chinese went to the fight for gold without a fight.
In July 2009 Vyacheslav debuted in the professional ring heavy weight category, and the first fight was against an experienced boxer from Turkey, Oezkan Chetinkaya (15-6-1). Glazkov won on points in a four-round fight. Vyacheslav won the second fight on points against the Russian Alexei Varkin (28-16-3). After spending six more victorious fights, he entered the ring for the first eight-round fight, and won on points the famous Russian boxer, Denis Bakhtov (33-5).
On March 16, 2012, Vyacheslav entered the ring with Russian giant Evgeny Orlov. Orlov only once lost ahead of schedule, and always caused problems for his opponents. Glazkov quickly wore down Orlov, and Evgeny refused to continue the fight after the fifth round.
In May 2012, Vyacheslav knocked out former African champion Gbenga Olokun in the 7th round.
In September 2012, with a crushing decision, Glazkov defeated the famous German boxer, Konstantin Airikh.
December 22, 2012 Vyacheslav Glazkov met with the famous American prospect, Thor Hamer , who in turn was glorified by a triumphant victory in the tournament prizefighter. Glazkov won the fourteenth victory in the professional ring, and the tenth ahead of schedule, and, remarkably, the seventh victory by refusing to continue the fight.
February 23, 2013 Vyacheslav entered the ring with an undefeated American boxer, Malik Scott . Malik worked from a long distance, and although he mainly worked as a second number, he masterfully defended himself and punched jabs. This allowed him to win almost the entire first half of the match with a minimal advantage. Glazkov, on the other hand, acted as an aggressor, but was never able to give Scott serious problems. Toward the end of the fight, both boxers were tired, but Glazkov leveled the fight a little. In an unspectacular duel, the judges recorded a draw by a split decision.
On November 16, 2013, a fight with Pole Tomasz Adamek was scheduled. But 2 days before the fight, it became finally known that the fight would not take place due to Tomas's illness. The promotional company "Main Events" urgently found a replacement for the Pole in the face of Garrett Wilson. In the fight that took place, Vyacheslav won by unanimous decision of the judges (97-93, 98-92, 99-91).
On March 15, 2014, the long-awaited battle took place. Vyacheslav won by unanimous decision and won the North American IBF heavyweight title.
On March 14, 2015, a fight took place between Glazkov and Cunningham. As a result of the confrontation of rivals of equal strength, three judges gave the victory to the Ukrainian with a score of 116-112, 115-113 and 116-112.
Vyacheslav Glazkov became the mandatory challenger for the IBF world champion
After the refusal of Tyson Fury, who defeated Wladimir Klitschko on November 28, 2015, to meet the IBF mandatory challenger Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov, a fight for the IBF world title between Vyacheslav Glazkov and American Charles Martin was scheduled for January 16, 2016. Glazkov's fight took place on the undercard of the fight between WBC world champion American Wilder and Pole Shpilka.
Heavyweight Charles Martin defeated Vyacheslav Glazkov for the IBF world title. The fight did not turn out the way many fans of the Ukrainian athlete expected.Already in the third round, Glazkov twice found himself on the floor of the ring.During the first fall into the ring, the Ukrainian twisted his leg, and then in the middle of the round, Glazkov, having missed a powerful blow from Martin, fell into the ring and showed the referee that he would not be able to continue the fight due to injury.As a result, the victory went to Martin by technical knockout.
At the end of 2015 some Russian media published provocative statements that Vyacheslav Glazkov plans to apply for Russian citizenship, however, this information was officially refuted by the boxer himself.
A family. Married, has a daughter (born in 2009). Lives with family in Fort Lauderdale, Florida , USA.
The grandmother of Vyacheslav Glazkov died during the shelling of Lugansk in 2014.
Awards. Order "For Courage" III degree (September 4, 2008) - for achieving high sports results at the XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing (Chinese People's Republic), shown courage, dedication and the will to win, the rise of the international prestige of Ukraine.
Ukrainian athletes performing in martial arts have long earned their authority. This is especially true for boxers who, over the years of performances, have repeatedly won various prestigious awards at numerous international tournaments. If we take professional boxing, then it is worth noting the performances of such an athlete as Vyacheslav Glazkov, whose results are worthy of respect. His life is interesting to consider in more detail.
A few facts
The future heavyweight was born in the regional center - Lugansk - on October 15, 1984. Vyacheslav Glazkov finished in parallel with training State University of the Interior, located in his hometown. Initially, the guy spent boxing at the Zarya sports club under the guidance of Ilyich. After some time, the athlete ended up in the Zvezda club, where he had already fallen under the wing of Alexander Arlanov.
Amateur performances
At the 2005 World Championship, Vyacheslav Glazkov in his first fight defeated the representative of Lithuania Yaroslav Yakshto with a score of 26:20. However, in the next round, the Ukrainian lost to the eminent Cuban Odlanier Solis (11:26).
In 2006, a boxer from Ukraine won a bronze medal at the European Championship. He managed to defeat the promising David Price and subsequently lost to the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev. A year later, Slava took second place in the world tournament, losing only to an Italian named Roberto Cammarella.
In 2008, Vyacheslav Glazkov was able to win the bronze of the Olympic Games in Beijing. Perhaps his performance would have been more successful if not for the elbow injury that the athlete received during the tournament.
Professional fights
Vyacheslav Glazkov is a boxer who made his professional debut in a duel with a very experienced Turkish athlete Oezkan Cetinkay. But the native of Donbass managed to win on points in this four-round match. The Ukrainian fought the second fight against the Russian Varkin, whom he also won by a referee's decision. After that, Vyacheslav had six more victorious fights for himself, after which he had an eight-round fight with a fairly well-known and very experienced boxer from Russia
In March 2012, Glazkov fought a giant who had only once lost ahead of schedule before and always created serious problems for his opponents. The Ukrainian managed to quickly wear down the Russian, as a result of which Orlov was forced to refuse to continue the fight after the fifth three-minute period.
In May of the same year, Vyacheslav knocked out ex-African champion Gbenga Olokun.
Draw
Vyacheslav Glazkov, whose photo is given in the article, in February 2013 fought with the American Malik Scott. The fight took place in the format: Glazkov - the aggressor, Scott - the second number. The first half of the fight passed with a minimal advantage of a native of the United States, who, although he worked as number two, skillfully defended himself and skillfully delivered jabs, while Glazkov could not do anything about it. By the end of the fight, the Ukrainian evened out the pattern of the fight, but fatigue was already affecting in many ways. As a result, the scorecards recorded a draw, although many agreed that Scott was sued and should have been declared the winner.
Confrontation with a Pole
March 15, 2014 Glazkov fought with Tomasz Adamek. In the initial rounds and in the middle of the fight, the Ukrainian looked much more preferable, but by the end of the fight it became noticeable that he was “running out of gas”, while the Pole became more active. However, in the end, all the judges gave preference to Vyacheslav, he became the owner of the North American IBF title.
Title fight
On January 16, 2016, the most important fight in the boxer's career took place. The opponent of the Ukrainian was Charles Martin. This fight preceded the fight between Wilder and Szpilka.
The first two rounds were fairly even, without anyone's advantage. But already in the third round, Glazkov made an unsuccessful attack and twisted his knee. As a result, the fighter ended up on the canvas, but the referee did not count the knockdown. Vyacheslav continued the fight, but it was clear that he slowed down too much. After some time, he again fell without a blow from the enemy. This time the judge counted the knockdown, and when it became clear that the Ukrainian could not continue the fight, a technical knockout was recorded. As it became known later, the rupture of the cruciate tendon served as the culprit.
A family
Not only a successful athlete, but also a good family man Vyacheslav Glazkov. The wife often pampers her missus with various dishes and dishes, and in the summer of 2009 she gave birth to a daughter. Also, according to the boxer, his wife is the best healer and psychotherapist for him, able to heal both bodily and mental wounds.