Steve Cunningham vs Vyacheslav Glazkov

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Steve Cunningham 209 lbs lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov 218 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12

Fight Summary

  • Controversial decision. ESPN.com scored the bout 116-112 for Cunningham, who was the busier fighter and landed more punches overall.
  • Cunningham kept moving, throwing jabs and body shots all night. Glazkov followed him, throwing only single punches.
  • Cunningham right hand knocked out Glazkov's mouthpiece in the ninth round.
  • Cunningham's right hand leads swelled Glazkov's left eye and cut Glazkov over the right eye.
  • Despite clearly out-landing Glazkov, Cunningham was on the back-foot for a vast majority of the fight, perhaps giving the judges more chances to give more rounds to Glazkov purely just on aggression regardless of what punches landed.
  • IBF final heavyweight title eliminator. Glazkov mandatory IBF challenger for winner of Wladimir Klitschko versus Bryant Jennings at Madison Square Garden.
  • The bout averaged 958,000 viewers on HBO and peaked at 1.057 million.[1]

CompuBox Statistics

Cunningham: landed 180 of 649 punches, 28% Glazkov: landed 144 of 441 punches, 33%

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