Vyacheslav Valeriyovych Glazkov (, born 15 October 1984) is a Ukrainian former

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who competed from 2009 to 2016. He challenged once for the IBF

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title in 2016. As an

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, he won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships and bronze at the

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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

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early and lost 26:11. At the 2006 Strandya Cup he beat David Price by RSCO (Referee Stopped the Contest-Outclassed), then lost by

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to Kubrat Pulev. At the

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, 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

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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

(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

(Italy) 14:24 (gold medal match)

Professional career

Glazkov made his professional debut on July 2, 2009 in

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. Nearly six years later, Glazkov defeated Steve Cunningham by

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on March 15, 2015 to earn a title fight against

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. Following a petition from Glazkov's camp, Fury's recognition as IBF champion was withdrawn, citing his intention to fight a rematch with

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as the reason. Glazkov was matched with Charles Martin for the vacant title. The bout, which took place on January 16, 2016 at

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, 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

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