Vlasov, Glazkov, Avanesyan Return on 3/16 in Krasnodar

By Alexey Sukachev

Several well-known Russia-based fighters will be featured during a nice little event, which is set to take place at the Circus of Krasnodar, one of the largest cities in Southern Russia. The entire show will be co-promoted by Kirill Pchelnikov of GT&KP Promotions and Sergey Kostenko, who also acts as the president of the regional boxing federation.

In what seems to be the main event for local fans, Russian welterweight champion David Avanesyan (10-1, 4 KOs), 23, a sophisticated boxer-puncher of Armenian heritage, will hunt for his first international title against rugged Kenyan bomber Joshua Onyango (8-3-1, 8 KOs), 28, who lost two close decisions to Russian fighters in 2010 and 2011 but is best known for his draw versus Ugandan puncher Badru Lusambya (21-1-1) in his fourth fight as a pro. A vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council belt will be at stake.

Rising Ukrainian heavyweight and 2008 Beijing Olympics super heavyweight bronze medalist Vyacheslav Glazkov (10-0, 7 KOs), 27, is taking on veteran Evgueny Orlov (13-11-1, 8 KOs), who lost his last three in a row, over eight in a tune-up fight.

WBC #13 super middleweight Maxim Vlasov is also coming back to the ring for the first time in 2012. Vlasov (22-1, 12 KOs), 25, faces dangerous Cameroonian Bernard Donfack (14-8-3,6 KOs), 31, also over eight. Donfack will fight for the first time in two years since his close loss to Server Emurlayev.

The fourth eight-rounder will pit talented cruiserweight power puncher Dmitry Kudriashov (3-0, 3 KOs) against Kenyan Obadiyah Mwangi (4-5-1). There will be three more four-rounders on the card; one of them features Artur Vakilov (4-0, 2 KOs), a talented local welterweight.