Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-04-10, great performance by both boxers: the boxing fight Joe Smith Jr vs Maxim Vlasov is very close to get four stars!
Vlasov vs Smith is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the vacant WBO World light-heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Maksim Vlasov fight videos
2019 BOXING fight – Maksim Vlasov vs Isaac Chilemba 2 – full fight Video
Maksim Vlasov entered this fight with a professional record of 43-3-0 (26 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world. He lost to Krzysztof Glowacki last year (Krzysztof Glowacki vs Maksim Vlasov) but he came back to win against Omar Garcia in 2019.
His opponent, the former Ibo super-Mw champion Isaac Chilemba, has a boxing record of 25-6-2 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last five bouts, against Blake Caparello in March 2018; after this bout he has lost to Dmitry Bivol (Dmitry Bivol vs Isaac Chilemba). In their first fight Chilemba had defeated Vlasov via unanimous decision (Februray 25, 2011); this second bout is valid for the vacant Eurasian Boxing Parliament light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2018 BOXING fight – Krzysztof Glowacki vs Maksim Vlasov – full fight Video WBO
The former Wbo Cw champion Krzysztof Glowacki entered this fight with a professional record of 30-1-0 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 cruiserweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced current #1 Oleksandr Usyk in 2016 (Glowacki vs Usyk), since then he has won four fights beating Serhiy Radchenko (Krzysztof Glowacki vs Serhiy Radchenko) and Santander Silgado in 2018 (Krzysztof Glowacki vs Santander Silgado).
His opponent, Maksim Vlasov, has a boxing record of 42-2-0 (25 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez in 2015 (Ramirez vs Vlasov) but then he has won twelve consecutive bouts beating Vikapita Meroro (Vlasov vs Meroro) and Olanrewaju Durodola in his last two (Maksim Vlasov vs Olanrewaju Durodola). Glowacki vs Vlasov is the quarter-final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy) and it is valid for the interim WBO World cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2018 BOXING fight – Maksim Vlasov vs Olanrewaju Durodola – full fight Video
Maksim Vlasov entered this fight with a professional record of 41-2-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk). He was defeated by Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez in 2015 (=Ramirez vs Vlasov) but then he has won eleven consecutive bouts beating Tamas Lodi, Mussa Ajibu, Denton Daley and Vikapita Meroro in 2017 (=Vlasov vs Meroro).
His opponent, the 2008 Olympian Olanrewaju Durodola, has a record of 27-4-0 (25 KOs=93%) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class. He fought four times in 2017 losing once, the rematch with Dmitry Kudryashov (=Kudryashov vs Durodola 2); after this bout he has won over Karama Nyilawila and Manroy Sadiki. Vlasov vs Durodola is valid for the vacant WBC Silver cruiserweight title; undercard of Murat Gassiev vs Yunier Dorticos. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 BOXING fight – Maksim Vlasov vs Vikapita Meroro – full fight Video
Maksim Vlasov entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 41-2-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk). He was defeated by Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez in 2015 (=Ramirez vs Vlasov) but then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Rakhim Chakhkiev at the end of 2016 (=Chakhkiev vs Vlasov) and Tamas Lodi, Mussa Ajibu, Denton Daley in 2017.
His opponent, Vikapita Meroro, has an official record of 28-7-0 (14 knockouts) but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Dmitry Kudryashov in 2015 (=Kudryashov vs Meroro) and with Kevin Lerena in 2017. Vlasov vs Meroro is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2016 BOXING fight – Rakhim Chakhkiev vs Maksim Vlasov – full fight Video
The 2008 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Rakhim Chakhkiev entered this fight with a professional record of 26-2-0 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.16 cruiserweight in the world. He lost to Ola Afolabi last year (4-stars fight, Chakhkiev vs Afolabi), but he came back to win in 2016 beating Tamas Lodi (=Chakhkiev vs Lodi) and Alejandro Emilio Valori (=Chakhkiev vs Valori).
His opponent, Maksim Vlasov, has a boxing record of 36-2-0 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.29 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez in 2015 (=Ramirez vs Vlasov) but then he has won six bouts beating Ismayl Sillah and Carlos Ailton Nascimento in his last two. Chakhkiev vs Vlasov is valid for the vacant WBA International cruiserweight title; undercard of Denis Lebedev vs Murat Gassiev. Watch the video and rate this fight!