Vyacheslav Glazkov knocked out Kertson Manswell in 4 in Russia.

...this morning. It took him longer than Deontay Wilder, Tor Hamer, Bogdan Dinu, Bermane Stiverne, Alexander Ustinov, or Charles Martin. The only heavyweight contenders that have allowed Manswell to see beyond the fourth are Ruslan Chagaev (outpointed him over eight, and took until the last round to even drop him) and Cedric Boswell, who thrashed him over ten and floored him in the 2nd.

This isn't the first evidence of Glazkov lacking true heavyweight power. He also let Konstantin Airich, Derric Rossy, and Ozcan Cetinkaya - all of whom boast suspect chins (average or worse) and typically get stopped by the best they face - go the full monty. Of his thirteen stoppages, a whopping seven (a majority: Tor Hamer, Danny Peret, Evgeny Orlov, Asker Balash, Aziz Rahmonov, Ivan Shvayko, and Stas Bilokon) were corner retirements. Five were TKO's, with Manswell being his first ever registered knockout.

Czar is no doubt talented and has a great amateur pedigree while transitioning well enough in the pros to remain undefeated after 22 outings, but considering his 6'3" and ~220lb frame it has become apparent that he lacks a real HW punch of any significant brute force as much as he lacks the desire needed to climb the mountain. Essentially, he is the unlimited class' answer to Matvey Korobov.

I am starting to feel that of all of Egis Klimas' stable, Glazkov is close to being the weakest link pound for pound.

Here are my present rankings:

1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Vasyl Lomachenko
3. Evgeny Gradovich
4. Dmitry Mikhaylenko
5. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
6. Vyacheslav Glazkov
7. Vasily Lepikhin
8. Egidijus Kavaliauskas

Mikhaylenko and Gvozdyk have loads of upside and either of them could overtake the solid but average (by world class standards) Gradovich in the number three spot very soon. Lepikhin had the Chilemba setback, although it really isn't anything to be too ashamed of. He could recoup some grace and cement himself ahead of Glazkov before long. Kavaliauskas is a wild card. He was described, accurately by CST80 as being something like a "Gradovich with power in both hands" but while he is exciting and benefits from having Roberto Garcia in his corner, the jury is out as far as just how good he is. He represented Lithuania in the Olympics twice but didn't progress into the medal stages either time, and doesn't have the overall pedigree of any of the rest of Klimas' stable (bar Kovalev, long the black sheep of the Russian team). He could top out much lower, or could have a ceiling well above Glazkov's. He's yet to face any serious threats in the pros.

Here is what BoxRec has, based on their points system:

1. Sergey Kovalev (1000)
2. Vyacheslav Glazkov (535)
3. Dmitry Mikhaylenko (309)
4. Vasyl Lomachenko (293)
5. Evgeny Gradovich (236)
6. Vasily Lepikhin (159)
7. Egidijus Kavaliauskas (134)
8. Oleksandr Gvozdyk (101)

I don't see much of a justification for having Glazkov above Lomachenko p4p...or Gradovich (whose resume is better even if he isn't necessarily better in a h2h/p4p sense) or even Mikhaylenko (who is probably superior h2h in his division but is yet to add depth to his resume...although Johan Perez arguably trumps old Cunningham, old Adamek, or Tor Hamer)


I kind of dig that Cunningham, the perceived victor in the eyes of most against Glazkov, was "punished" with a big headlining date with Tarver on national TV, while Glazkov was "rewarded" with a meaningless 10-rounder back in Krasnodar. :yep

 

Pretty solid! :good

(El Marielito notwithstanding :yep)

 

That wasn't a bad fight, considering Tarver's and Cunningham's age.

Cunningham was pretty clearly robbed against Glazkov, as he was in Adamek II. (and he was getting the best of it versus Tyson Fury but was done in by loads of blatant fouls the ref pretended not to see, from a guy twice his size)

 

No, if he follows the Korobov script he'll stay unbeaten for years without ever stepping up to elite level, and then get upset by a flawed contender on the comeback trail, someone equivalent to Lee (Mike Perez, maybe?)

 

I don't know if you remember, but Hamer was very much in the Glazkov fight before he quit. It wasn't like Czar established himself as the better man or anything...

 

What about?