By Alexey Sukachev

Torun, Poland - In a WBO cruiserweight eliminator, Krzysztof Glowacki (24-0, 15 KOs) earned a crack at champion Marco Huck, and the WBO's European title, with a twelve round unanimous decision win over Nuri Seferi (36-7, 20 KOs). The scores were 118-110, 118-110 and 120-108.

Seferi's four-and-a-half year title run with WBO European was a hostage situation. The bout itself was uneventful. Shorter, stockier Seferi (originally from Macedonia but of Albanian origin and fighting out of Switzerland) was unable to corner elusive southpaw Glowacki. Taller, bigger Glowacki moved out of danger, pouring on with his jab and landing power punches on occasions. Seferi has never stopped trying but was missing too much. Glowacki, on the other hand, wasn't missing at all. He rocked Seferi in the closing seconds of the fight but failed to close the show.

With a win, Glowacki (also IBF #6, WBA #8 and WBC #14 rated cruiserweight), 28, is one inch closer to a title shot. WBO #3 and IBF #14 Seferi, ten years his older, is now 36-7, 20 KOs, with the first loss since July 2008 and little chances for anything optimistic in his future.

Marek Matyja, 24, is now music for Fiodor Lapin's ears, as he pleased his famed coach with an impressive destruction of ex-WBA title challenger Stjepan Bozic in just three rounds.

The end of 2014 was a pure catastrophe for the Poland-based Russian, who saw his fighters Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Pawel Kolodziej, Grzegorz Proksa and Dawid Kostecki - the pride of Polish boxing - in crushing defeats.

This time there was no room for controversy or doubts. Matyja easily dominated his aging opponent. Bozic was boxing well but he seemed to be (and then proved to be) a shot fighter. After a couple of fairly even rounds (even though the Pole was slightly better), Matyja landed several hard body shots to hurt the 40-year old opponent, then dropped him down. Bozic got up but continued to take major punishment prompting the referee to wave the fight off.

Matyja is now 8-0, with 3 KOs, while Bozic falls down to 29-10, with 19 KOs. He last won against a live opponent in 2008 and was on a receiving end ever since.

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Poland's female pride Ewa Piatkowska improved to 6-0, with 4 KOs, beating Belgian import Sabrina Giuliani (12-4, 1 KOs) over eight rounds with wide scores (80-72 x3 if being translated correctly from the Polish announcement). Ex-EBU super lightweight titleholder Giuliani has lost her fourth straight and hasn't seen a win since 2013.

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Light heavyweight Maciej Miszkin (16-3, 4 KOs) interrupted his three-fight losing streak and got his first win in over two years with a unanimous decision over Latvian import Dmitrijs Ovisannikovs (2-2-2). Miszkin was leading the battle, throwing more, landing more and moving more than his opponent. Both combatants engaged into a rumble occasionally, and the Pole was just a notch better. There were no knockdowns.

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Towering Polish debutant Krzysztof Kosela (6'7'') hardly impressed against unheralded Belarussian loser Artiom Charniakewicz (1-9, 1 KO) but rightfully got his first pro win with a unanimous decision over four rounds. Kosela did a better work than his opponent but mostly because of his imposing stature and overall physical prowess displaying low quality and raw skills at the same time. Scores were 40-36 across the boards.