Vyacheslav Glazkov vs. Malik Scott: who will win?

[yoz]

This is off topic, but where's Mike Perez?

[GreatRubdini]

Is that joke David Rodriguez ever going to step up? Oh & I've got Glazkov in this one.

Nice to see Glazkov stepping up so soon.

Can Rodriguez still fight? Last year he got stabbed in the face and sure he got some pretty bad scars

[The Hammer]

Can Rodriguez still fight? Last year he got stabbed in the face and sure he got some pretty bad scars

He's healed and ready to fight again.

[GreatRubdini]

He's healed and ready to fight again.

I see then hes probably not confident to fight a good opponent yet after a long layoff and would perfer an easy tune up fight

[The Hammer]

I see then hes probably not confident to fight a good opponent yet after a long layoff and would perfer an easy tune up fight

True, but he never has fought a single good opponent even before that incident.

[GreatRubdini]

True, but he never has fought a single good opponent even before that incident.

He does call out fighters he wants to fight but maybe his promoter and management team could see some weakness that could be exposed him

[The Hammer]

Quite a number of HWs turned down the opportunity to fight Glazkov on NBC.

Malik Scott, who has a boring very defensive style, was accepted as the opponent only because many others like Magomed Abdusalamov, Joe Hanks and Franklin Lawrence turned it down.

[dan_cov]

Quite a number of HWs turned down the opportunity to fight Glazkov on NBC.

Malik Scott, who has a boring very defensive style, was accepted as the opponent only because many others like Magomed Abdusalamov, Joe Hanks and Franklin Lawrence turned it down.

Haven't these two and their teams been screaming that everyone is avoiding them and they can't find opponents?

I can't say I blame them really, Glazkov looks like a really good prospect who isn't planning on waiting around.

[The Hammer]

http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/01/15/quick-jabs-manny-pacquiao-in-no-rush-to-fight-glazkov-scott-card-could-be-unwatchable-more/?sct=mma_t2_a3

• Last week, Main Events announced that heavyweight prospect Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov would headline an NBC Sports Network Fight Night show against undefeated Malik Scott on February 23. Now there has been some backlash to the choice of Scott. Despite good size (6-foot-3) and an unblemished record, Scott is rarely, if ever, in an entertaining fight, preferring to jab his way to lopsided wins on the outside against inferior opposition. It’s how his career has gone and, at 32, it’s likely how his career is going to be.

Certainly Scott wasn’t the promoters’ first choice. Main Events thought it had a deal with heavy-handed heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov before he backed out. They it turned to Joe Hanks, Jason Estrada, Travis Kauffman, David Rodriguez, Justin Jones and Franklin Lawrence. Each turned the offer down.

There is plenty of upside for Glazkov (14-0). Beating Scott (35-0) would be a nice feather in his cap. The fear though is that Scott, as he has done his whole career, will use his length, box on the outside and win a boring, unwatchable decision. And for Main Events, which has made Fight Night a success largely by putting together exciting fights, that would be a disaster.

[4Corners]

So if Scott boxes from the outside, applies his jab, and wins a decision....the excuse is going to be that he's boring???

Good fight. Look forward to seeing Malik against a top prospect finally.