By Alexey Sukachev

IBF #1 rated heavyweight Vyacheslav "Czar" Glazkov (21-0-1, 13 KOs) did what he should by stopping overmatched and out-of-shape Kertson Manswell (24-12, 18 KOs) in four one-sided rounds. Glazkov's win crowned a night of boxing in Krasnodar, southern Russia, which was also a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Kirill Pchelnikov's PUSHKA Promotions.

Glazkov, also rated #3 by the WBC, #4 by the WBO and more importantly #7 by the TBRB, was in defensive mode in the first round, looking to do some homework and to test some new tricks against a relatively safe opponent. Manswell, 38, tried to press action but was too slow to create any problems to Glazkov. In the second round, Glazkov was slowly getting his offensive engine going. In one of the moments of infighting he rocked Manswell with a serious left uppercut, then landed and overhand right that had the Trinidadian on his knees. Somehow referee Alexander Kalinkin didn't ruled it a knockdown, giving Manswell up to five minutes for recovery.

In the third, Glazkov, 30, who is 2008 Beijing super heavyweight bronze medalist, finally scored a legitimate knockdown on accumulation of punches. Manswell went down for the third time in the fourth with a left hook from the Ukrainian and refused to get up until the count of ten, effectively making it a knockout win for Glazkov, who was greeted by world light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, his manager Egis Klimas and his promoter Kathy Duva.

Glazkov is Wladimir Klitschko's mandatory. Manswell, on the other hand, has lost his fourth consecutive fight and he is only 4-12 since losing for the first time in January 2011 after going 20-0, with 15 KOs, to start his career.

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Young light welterweight prospect Aik "Humanoid" Shakhnazaryan (16-2, 7 KOs) came back to a winning column following to consecutive losses (to Abner Lopez and to Eduard Troyanovskiy) with a solid stoppage of Ugandan import Hamza Sempewo (12-5, 6 KOs), who has fought for the first time out of Africa.

Shakhnazaryan, still only 22, dominated Sempewo since the first round. The African fighter did his best to stay competitive but was outboxed, overpowered and hence overmatched by the ethnic Armenian. Shakhnazaryan dropped Sempewo on a knee late in the third with a right hand to the stomach followed by a left hook to the face, then continued to humiliate his opponent in the fourth up to the moment Sempewo was forced to say "no mas" (in Ugandan). He was stopped for the first time in his career.

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Upset-minded Belarussian Yuri Bykhovtsev (8-7-2, 5 KOs) worked hard to score another surprise - this time against undefeated cruiserweight prospect Alexander Kubich - but didn't do enough to get a win, being defeated on points over eight rounds. Kubich improves to 7-0, 4 KOs, against his first credible opponent. The rest of his opposition has a record of 0-3 including four rookies.

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Belarussian super middleweight Alexander Sushchyts (19-3-1, 10 KOs) scored one of the best wins of his career, outpointing always determined gatekeeper Karen Avetisyan (9-11-1, 4 KOs) over eight rounds. Avetisyan, a former Russian and WBC ABC super middleweight titlist, has dropped his fourth straight.