Charles Martin wasn’t worried about stepping up in class when he was offered the chance to face Dominic Breazeale. He remains unfazed heading into the biggest fight of his career, as he faces fellow unbeaten heavyweight Vyacheslav Glazkov in a vacant title fight January 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Henry Ramirez, trainer of heavyweight contender Chris Arreola, is a very interested observer of the upcoming clash between Vyacheslav Glazkov and Charles Martin. The fight will be broadcast on Showtime in chief support of the Deontay Wilder-Artur Spzilka main event on January 16th from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The vacant IBF heavyweight title will be the prize at stake for Glazkov and Martin.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Heavyweight contender Charles Martin may have been in California for the last seven years, but the St. Louis native still can’t escape that good ol' Midwest weather as he trains for his January 16 bout against Vyacheslav Glazkov in Big Bear. "I'm actually still in it because I’m in the mountains and it’s cold and snowing," he laughs, more relaxed than
BROOKLYN – Four heavyweights will meet in two world title fights for one history-making night in Brooklyn. Undefeated heavyweight challengers Charles Martin and Vyacheslav Glazkov will battle for the vacant IBF World Championship on Saturday, Jan. 16, at Barclays Center, live on SHOWTIME®. Glazkov vs. Martin joins the previously announced main event featuring undefeated WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs), of Tuscaloosa, Ala., making the third defense of his title against confident Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs), of Wieliczka, Poland.
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.
Springfield, New Jersey: Today the IBF held a purse bid for the upcoming battle between Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov (21-0-1, 13 KOs) and Charles Martin (22-0-1, 20 KOs) for the vacant IBF Heavyweight World Title at their offices in Springfield, NJ, which Warriors Boxing won. The much-anticipated fight will take place on January 16, 2016 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The winning bid was $1,238,000 and the IBF has ordered that the split will be 65-35 in favor of Glazkov.
Russian promoter Kirill Pchelnikov of Pushka Promotions, who co-promotes Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Vyacheslav Glazkov (21-0-1, 13KOs), says his company will aggressively take part in the IBF's mandatory purse bid on December 18th. Glazkov's American promoter is Main Events.
The battle for the vacant IBF heavyweight title is being expedited. According to Egis Klimas, manager of IBF number one rated Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov (21-0-1, 13KOs), the handlers of number four rated Charles Martin (22-0-1, 20KOs) are not interested in negotiating, and because of that the IBF has now set a purse bid for December 18th. Initially the IBF had given both sides until January 8th.
Sources with knowledge of the details have advised BoxingScene.com that Charles Martin (22-0-1, 20KOs) will withdraw from this Saturday's fight against fellow unbeaten Dominic Breazeale (16-0), which is part of a Premier Boxing Champion card from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
BoxingScene.com has been advised the International Boxing Federation has officially stripped Tyson Fury of the heavyweight title that he captured on November 28th from Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf, Germany. The IBF cites a violation of Rule 3 of the IBF/USBA Rules Governing Championship Contests - regarding Fury's agreement to an immediate rematch with Klitschko when a mandatory defense was due.