Vyacheslav Glazkov
| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s Boxing | ||
Representing  Ukraine
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Super Heavyweight |
| World Amateur Championships | ||
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2007 Chicago | Super Heavyweight |
Vyacheslav Glazkov (born October 15, 1984) is a Ukrainian professional boxer best known for winning the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and Olympic Bronze in the super heavyweight division as an amateur.
Amateur
Glazkov won the first 2004 World University Boxing Championship by stopping world class Elchin Alizade at 201 lbs.
He then moved up to super heavyweight. At the world championships 2005 he outpointed Jaroslav Jaksto 26:20 but ran into the eventual winner Odlanier Solis early and lost (26-11)
At the Strandya Cup 2006 he beat David Price by RSCO but couldn't fight the final and lost by walkover to local hero Kubrat Pulev who also beat him at the European Championships 28:11.
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he outpointed Columbian Oscar Rivas and stopped Jaroslav Jaksto. He defeated Chinese Zhang Zhilei 21:11 in the semifinals but lost to Italian southpaw Roberto Cammarelle.
Olympic results
2008 (as a Super heavyweight)
- Defeated Robert Alfonso (Cuba) 5-3
- Defeated Newfel Ouatah (Algeria) 10-4
- Lost to Zhang Zhilei (China) walk-over, pulled out of bout with elbow injury. [1]
World amateur championship results
2005 (as a Super heavyweight)
- Defeated Jaroslavas Jaksto (Lithuania) 26-20
- Lost to Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 11-26
2007 (as a Super heavyweight)
- Defeated Razvan Cojanu (Romania) RSCO 2
- Defeated Oscar Rivas (Colombia) 23-7
- Defeated Jaroslavas Jaksto (Lithuania) RSC 3
- Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) 21-11
- Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) 14-24 (gold medal match)
Professional career
He made his debut on July 2 2009 in Moscow.
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