Just finished watching the fight on television, I scored it 96-65 Glazkov although I think a draw is ultimately fair and I'm happy with the result, as I admit, one round either way could have been highly possible. It was a close fight. I happened to have Glazkov winning by a round, but it could have easily been the other way or a draw. So fair decision in my opinion.
I was watching the fight with a friend, and the first thing I said to my friend is that Malik's body protector cup was way too high. That is illegal and the trainer in Glazkov's corner should have seen that and requested the referee to have it pulled down. Malik Scott clearly won the opening two rounds, but by the 3rd and onwards Glazkov had closed the distance and was landing shots on the ropes. Glazkov landed some effective bodyshots and clubbing right hands, I also thought he won the final 3 rounds of the fight in a row.
BJ Flores, the Hispanic commentator for NBC was downright disgusting tonight. He scored the fight 97-93 Scott, which is a horrible biased score to begin with, 96-94 maybe, 97-93 is pushing it. He also said that he thought up to 99-91 Scott would be "acceptable" scorecards. 99-91 as BJ said was a good score, is just delusional. BJ was clearly favouring Malik Scott in this fight and the comments he was making, he commented positively everytime Malik landed a shot, and would ignore when Glazkov was doing work inside. It was almost like some sort of gay attraction he had to Malik Scott. What a knobhead. Most Hispanics are great commentators and people, BJ is a disgrace. Hispanic Wigger.
BJ Flores needs to understand that defense doesn't win rounds. Yea, Malik was making him miss at times. But Malik wasn't landing anything in return. You don't win a fight by making a guy miss. You have to land punches to win rounds. In terms of LANDED PUNCHES, the fight was even or Glazkov a slight edge.
I'd also like to congratulate the judges for rendering a largely accurate decision. Something that we see less and less in this sport. I did have Glazkov winning, but I can live with a draw as I thought it was a close fight, and different people can score it different ways.
This is also a great experience for Glazkov, and a draw doesn't hurt his record at all. Its great for him to get the rounds in, and he will come out a much improved fighter after this experience. Let's not forget that he only had 14 pro fights, so he was the less experienced pro here. Great fight, and both guys fought a good fight. Glazkov should take a few more tuneups I think from here though, he should also get a new trainer! That guy Don Turner (Glazkov's trainer) seemed half asleep throughout the fight and just seemed like he was high or drunk or something. Get a new trainer!