Oleksandra Usyk Wins Title From Krystof Glowacki – Boxing News

By James “The Truth” Doell

Yesterday from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland, former Olympic gold medalist for Ukraine; Oleksandr Usyk, 10-0, 9 KO’s) beat Krzysztof Glowacki, 26-1, 16 KO’s, to win the WBO world cruiserweight title and become a world champion in just ten fights as a professional boxer.
Krzysztof Glowacki first won the title on August 14th 2015 when he defeated longtime champion Marco Huck. He then made the first defense of his title against Steve Cunningham; dropping him four times en route to a unanimous decision victory.

Glowacki’s second title defense didn’t quite go as well as he had hoped. He started the fight cutting the ring off well and attacking Usyk to the body. Glowacki was cut above his right eye due to an accidental head-butt in the third round, as Usyk circled the ring and worked off his jab. Glowacki stepped up the pressure and Usyk used his footwork to get away. Usyk became more aggressive throughout the middle rounds of the fight; still utilizing his footwork, and switching up his attack as Glowacki became reluctant to throw punches, and seemed to become tired. Usyk continued to gain momentum and the fight was in his control.

Glowacki continued to come forward, but he swung wildly and was out boxed as Usyk landed hard clean shots, snapping the former champs head back. In the 12th and final round; Usyk fell to the canvas and the crowd roared as they thought it was a knockdown, but was ruled a slip by the referee. He got up and continued to punish Glowacki en route to a wide unanimous decision as the judges scored the bout 119-109, 117-111 (2x), all in favor of Usyk.

In the co-main event; Ewa Piatkowska, 10-1 (4 KO’s), made easy work of Aleksandra Lopes 16-4-2, 1 KO; dominating the fight from start to finish to win by unanimous decision and take home the vacant WBC female super welterweight world title. Lopes was the more experienced fighter, but that didn’t help her tonight. Right from the opening bell, Piatkowska was the quicker, more active fighter. She had the better footwork, and she used it to get the better most of the exchanges between the two. Lopes stepped up her activity, but Piatkowska still Landed the cleaner, more effective punches.

In the sixth round; Lopes was hit with a right hand while moving backwards that sent her to the canvas. Lopes rose from the knockdown, but continued to be outworked, and outclassed for the remainder of the fight and lost a wide unanimous decision.

Also on the undercard; Polish heavyweight up and comer Andrzej Wawrzyk, 33-1, 19 KO’s, cruised over veteran Albert Sosnowski 49-8, 30 KO’s, en route to our 6th round stoppage. Sosnowski once shared the ring with Vitali Klitschko, but the 37-year-old fighter is now on the downside of his career, and it showed tonight. Wawrzyk, who’s only loss came at the hands of Alexander Povetkin, was the quicker, stronger fighter from the start. He boxed smartly from the outside, and countered the older Sosnowski as he was coming in. Wawrzyk exploded with a big flurry at the end of the fourth round, and in the 5th round he smelled blood and started coming forward, showing a lot more aggression. Wawrzyk broke Sosnowski’s will to fight in the 5th, and as he was very slow getting up from his stool for the sixth round; and the fight was stopped.

In the opening bout of the card, top Polish prospect Patrick Szymanski kept his undefeated record intact as he won a close split decision over rugged switched hitting Argentinian Jose Antonio Villalobos in a 10 round bout for the WBC youth super welterweight title. Though Szymanski got the victory, he was in the toughest fight of his career so far. The first few rounds were back and forth, with Szymanski using his jab to establish his range and land hard straight punches, and Villalobos connecting on looping punches with both hands. In the 3rd round; Villalobos was pushed down to the canvas, but it was ruled a knockdown by the referee. A cut was opened over the Argentinians right eye, and Szymanski seemed to be gaining an edge. The awkward Villalobos then bounced back, switching stances and landing looping overhand punches as Szymanski’s activity rate slowed. In the 7th round, Szymanski’s went back to his jab, landing it effectively and establishing his distance well. Villalobos would rally once wore in the round, pushing Szymanski to the ropes and a cut developed above his left eye, but in the end it wasn’t enough on two of the judges’ scorecards as Villalobos narrowly lost his first fight out of his home country of Argentina.

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