By Bill "Two Scoops" Emes
NEWARK, NJ - In the opening bout of the telecast, Poland's Krzystof Glowacki (24-0, 15 KOs) scored an 11th round technical knockout victory over Germany's Marco Huck (38-2-1, 26 KOs) in a huge upset that saw Glowacki capture Huck's cruiserweight title. Huck was hoping to set a new record for most cruiserweight title defenses with a 14th successful defense tonight. Both fighters were making their US debut in front of a crowd of 5,843, many of which were their Polish and German countrymen living stateside. Huck were taken to Rutgers University Hospital for pre-cautionary observation.
However, Glowacki came out in the 11th and late in the round put Huck on the canvas with a hard left right combination. Huck beat the count only to have Glowacki jump on him immediately, throwing a series of punches that forced the referee to stop the fight at 2:39 in the round. Glowacki shocked the boxing world with a devastating 11th technical knockout of the 8-1 favored Huck in what will surely be a fight considered for upset of the year.