By Vadim Pushkin
Egis Klimas, manager of top rated heavyweight Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov (21-0-1, 13 KOs), is feeling very confident about his boxer's upcoming bout against Charles Martin (22-0-1, 20 KOs). The two fighters will clash for the vacant IBF heavyweight title that was stripped from new champion Tyson Fury.
The fight will take place on January 16 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Last week Warriors boxing won the purse bid with $1,238,000 and the IBF ordered that the split be 65-35 in favor of Glazkov.
That bout will be headlined by Deontay Wilder defending his WBC heavyweight title against Artur Szpilka.
The winner will set themselves up for a potential unification with the Wilder-Szpilka winner or the winner of rematch between Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury, who battle for the IBO/WBO/WBA world titles in the coming months.
"Of course I wanted the fight to be in Russia, but that's okay, we lost the bids. The chances of Glazkov winning the upcoming fight are strong. Martin is a great puncher and competitor, but the special equipment is simply not there," Klimas said.
