Maksim Sergeyevich "The Kill" Vlasov

Crazy thing is, Jones, unlike Vlasov, while stranded in a shriveled and malnourished little body of his own (a division south of where Vlasov started) actually landed a couple of world title fights and was a single round on a single judge's card off from being a 154lb champ years before earning a strap at cruiser!!!!!

 

Yeah another good option.

 

Ahh..

Just saw that Lerena is ranked #4 by the WBC, was wondering why you even brought this rando up.

Like I said though, all Vlasov needs to do to slide into the WBC throne is just wait it out. His capture of the Silver title ought to push him over Glow & Tabiti (we'll see when the new rankings are published within the next week) into the #1 spot, and then if Usyk prevails as expected, and then moves up & vacates his belts as expected, it'll be Vlasov taking on whichever top 15 guy happens to be available for the vacant title. He doesn't really need to do any more jockeying into position anymore (especially in a risky move like going into South Africa to risk getting robbed)

 

Sure enough, Tabiti and Głowacki fell - two spots each, but not to second and third. Instead the WBC inserted deposed champ Mairis Briedis into the #1 spot in the February rankings, making Vlasov the #2 contender, Głowacki 3rd and Tabiti 4th.

Hard to imagine a scenario now where Brieidis and Vlasov don't square off for the vacant belt once the WBSS is over and the finalists both climb up to heavy!

 

All quiet on zee Eastern front in the last three months since retiring Durodola, unfortunately.

The last rumor I heard was about Krzysztof Głowacki vs. Maksim Vlasov possibly being lined up for the WBSS finals undercard - but with that match (originally scheduled for this Friday in Jeddah) now postponed due to an elbow injury suffered by Usyk, and with Głowacki taking on Silgado this weekend, it leaves our boy MTKV out in the cold. I really hope the momentum from beating Durodola isn't squandered with a long period of inactivity.

 

Głowacki and Vlasov now seem headed for an inevitable showdown for some if not virtually all of the belts soon to be vacated by Usyk when he moves up to heavyweight to face Tony Bellew (and then whoever else, most likely putting cruiser in the rear-view mirror). Głowacki is rated 3rd, 5th & 2nd respectively while Vlasov is 2nd, 4th, and the #1 contender in the WBC/WBA/WBO.

The winner of this fight could be (and IMO very solidly would be) the new "man" of the division...granted, with the likes of Briedis and Gassiev nipping at their heels and worthy of entering the proving grounds with them, but however briefly the "man" nonetheless.

 

Taking on Krzysztof Głowacki in the WBSS cruiserweight season 2:

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6th-seed and odds-on favorite to get the next Ali trophy, IMO!

 

Co-fave with Brieidis, actually. That fight is a pick 'em proposition.

 

Vlasov just beat Valera in somehow, paradoxically the most lukewarm and blasé yet disgustingly brutal and monodirectionally violent shutouts I've seen.

What he showed is that he's levels above Valera, which nobody doubted coming in. What he didn't show is that he is currently on form to beat Joe Smith Jr. in a rematch, nor Beterbiev, nor Bivol, nor (if he's still campaigning at 175lbs) Canelo. As much as I like Vlasov, today's version loses to all of the above.

 

Wow, it'd been 3½ years since the last bump of the Kill Room.