Vyacheslav Glazkov-Malik Scott Set For February 23 (poll added)

I agree, but only because Glazkov seems to have prematurely aged. He's not nearly the same fighter he was 3-4 years ago.

This would indeed be a good, and interesting fight. Sadly, it would also be meaningless, in the grand scheme of things.

 

Audley Harrison was saying exactly the same thing. He was sparring with Wilder and how great he was doing, so Price wouldn't be a problem. He got knocked out cold in about 1 minute.

 

:roll: Not exactly unbiased views from fellow US hopes. Sparring w/Scott has little to do w/their comments.

When have they given the East Euro fighters the credit they deserve - even after losing to them (in Chambers case)?

 

[url]http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/2858/happy-to-see-glazkov-but-not-vs-scott[/url]

Heavyweight prospect Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov (14-0, 10 KOs), a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist from Ukraine, got tremendous exposure in his last fight when he made Tor Hamer quit after four rounds in the opening bout of the return of boxing to NBC on Dec. 22.

Glazkov will look to build on that solid performance when he headlines the Feb. 23 edition of NBC Sports Net’s “Fight Night” series.

The downside, however, is that Glazkov, 28, has been matched with 35-year-old Malik Scott (35-0, 12 KOs), who has a sterling record but has built it against 35 nobodies and put more people to sleep than Ambien. I’ve been hard on Scott through the years. I admit it. I hung the nickname “80-72” on him because so many of his fights -- against overmatched opponents -- went the distance and he won by shutout rather than even remotely try to press the action. It’s a real shame, too, because Scott has the size and the skills but has never shown an ounce of fire in the ring. Even when in total control, he refuses to try to stop his opponent.

After more than a three-year-layoff, Scott returned last February and made a halfway decent fight (by his low standards, anyway) in an -- you guessed it -- 80-72 decision against Kendrick Releford on Showtime Extreme. I tried to give him another chance, but then, two fights later, Scott absolutely stunk the joint out again in a lame eighth-round TKO win against Bowie Tupou (who injured his arm, which caused the end of the fight) in September on the Andre Ward-Chad Dawson undercard. The fight was so bad, the crowd was booing before the first round was over. I watched the whole fight at ringside. I’ll never get that half hour of my life back.

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So now we’re stuck with Glazkov-Scott. Maybe, for once, Scott will fight with a shred of passion. He doesn’t deserve it, but Scott is going to be on national TV. If he isn’t going to fight with passion then, when will he ever?

Whatever he does, I’m not worried because I refuse to watch the fight live. I’ll DVR it, watch the Showtime card that is on opposite “Fight Night” and then find out the result of Glazkov-Scott before speeding through it. I’ve watched too many terrible Scott fights to be suckered again.

 

Glazkov will beat the **** out of Scott.

Yet another American hope bites the dust.

 

I didn't see that fight. Did you? It does't seem like it. Espn wrote this about Scott vs Tupou, from the article that Vysotsky posted.

"Scott absolutely stunk the joint out again in a lame eighth-round TKO win against Bowie Tupou (who injured his arm, which caused the end of the fight) in September on the Andre Ward-Chad Dawson undercard. The fight was so bad, the crowd was booing before the first round was over. I watched the whole fight at ringside. I’ll never get that half hour of my life back."

 

1) I did see it, actually. It was on the undercard of Ward vs. Dawson, for which I did the RBR and commented on Scott vs. Tupou while viewing it live (although I didn't bother with a detailed RBR for it, because the scheduling was liable to conflict with Matthysse vs. Olusegun on a rival card). So maybe don't chat **** about something only one of us has seen?

2) None of what that ESPN contributor wrote is incorrect; it was boring. Also, none of it contradicts what I said. Scott spent the entire 7+ rounds standing in front of Tupou, moving laterally but never backwards, jabbing his face in. He stopped Tupou by injuring his right arm with a blocked left hook. Tupou essentially quit, having eaten sharp jabs nonstop for 21 minutes and unable to get off (except in the clinch) even though Scott never ran, constantly beaten to the punch and countered by the quicker man.

 

"To be fair, Scott fought a puncher last time, and took it to him and stopped him."

Jabbing and moving laterally for 21 minutes ( Ottke did that) and then him quitting from an arm injury. I wouldn't describe that as taking it it to him and stopping him. You made it sound like he beat him down and knocked him out, when ESPN is saying how painfully boring it was.

 

Glazzy won't respect Scott's power and stops him around 8, in a otherwise close bout.

 

Kayode hasn't scored a tko since he stopped fighting complete cans but yet hits like a "freight train".:rofl

And Wilder hasn't even stepped up yet plus he's raw and lacks skills some Scott being able to dodge his telegraphed single shots shouldn't be all that hard.

............. Wait why I'm I even responding to you? Trolololol

 

Great fight. this is what we need in the HW division! Great prospects like this fighting each other.

 

:good

I think Scott will be very difficult fight it seems guy really can box but he lacks something thou... Glazkov should win this.

 

I really like the fight.

A win by either of them makes them immediate unquestionable top 10 opponent stature at HW.

 

Never impressed by Scott. If Hamer cracked under Glazkovs pressure I expect Malik to be battered with a late stoppage.

 

Glazkov by late stoppage, whoever wins this will take a high ranking, if Malik Scott can pull this off he will most likely be the top ranked US heavyweight.