Nieky Holzken

Nieky Holzken
Nieky Holzken in 2007 celebrating his win over Niek Van Mierlo.
Born	Nicolaas Holzken (1983-12-16) December 16, 1983 Beek en Donk, Netherlands
Other names	The Natural
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77.1 kg (170 lb; 12.14 st)
Division	Welterweight Middleweight
Reach	74.0 in (188 cm)
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Boxing
Fighting out of	Helmond, Netherlands
Team	Team Holzken Helmond
Trainer	Sjef weber & Mekki Bennazzouz & Ab van Boxtel & Maarten van Berlo
Years active	2001–present
Professional boxing record
Total	11
Wins	11
By knockout	8
Losses	0
Kickboxing record
Total	102
Wins	90
By knockout	46
Losses	11
By knockout	4
No contests	1
Other information
Website	http://www.niekyholzken.nl/
Boxing record from BoxRec
Last updated on: August 13, 2015

Nieky "The Natural" Holzken (born December 16, 1983) is Dutch super middleweight kickboxer and current Glory Welterweight Champion. He is also a two-time European Muay Thai champion and the K-1 MAX Scandinavia 2006 tournament champion. Holzken is currently ranked the #1 welterweight in the world by LiverKick.com, Combat Press and GLORY.

Holzken has a professional boxing record of 11-0, 8 of those wins came by knockout.

Biography and career

Nieky Holzken made his K-1 debut on November 26, 2006 at K-1 World MAX North European Qualification in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the tournament by three consecutive KO's over Björn Kjöllerström, Joakim Karlsson and Elias Daniel. The win qualified him for the K-1 World MAX 2007 Final Elimination, where he was matched up against the reigning K-1 MAX champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

He faced Murat Direkçi at Glory 2: Brussels on October 6, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium and won via TKO due to a cut in the second round.

He defeated Karim Ghajji via TKO due to a cut in an extension round at Glory 6: Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey on April 6, 2013.

He was to fight at SLAMM!! - Soema na Basi IV: Londt vs. Adegbuyi in Paramaribo, Suriname on August 8, 2013 but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.

He was initially scheduled to fight Marc de Bonte in the Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament semi-finals in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013 but his opponent was then changed to Karapet Karapetyan who he had previously fought and beat in February 2012 by decision. He knocked Karapetyan down in rounds one and two en route to a clear unanimous decision win before facing Joseph Valtellini in the final. In a back-and-forth fight where both pressed forward, landing powerful but technical punches and kicks, Holzken scored a TKO in the dying seconds of the third and final round to be crowned the inaugural Glory World Welterweight (-77.1 kg/170 lb) Tournament Champion.

He was set to fight for the inaugural Glory Welterweight Championship against Marc de Bonte at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014 but the fight was cancelled when he suffered a shoulder injury in a car accident. The match was rescheduled for Glory 16: Denver in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014 but his lingering shoulder injury again forced him out, and he was replaced by Karapet Karapetyan.

On February 6, 2015, Holzken was part of a one-night, four-man welterweight tournament at Glory 19 to determine who would get the next title shot. In the semifinals, he faced Alexander Stetsurenko and won via unanimous decision. In the finals, he faced Raymond Daniels and won via TKO in the third round.

On April 16, 2016, he defeated Yoann Kongolo. After the match-up Holzken expressed his desire to in-ring commentator Joseph Valtellini that he wished to face him again.

Titles

• Kickboxingplanet.com
  • 2015 - Kickboxingplanet Kickboxer of the Year 2015
• Bloody Elbow.com
  • 2013 Fight of the Year vs. Joseph Valtellini on December 21
• Glory
  • 2013 Glory Welterweight (-77 kg/169.8 lb) World Championship Tournament Champion
  • 2015 Glory Welterweight (-77 kg/169.8 lb) Contender Tournament Winner
  • Glory Welterweight (-77 kg/169.8 lb) Championship (one time; two defenses; current)
• WFCA
  • 2011 WFCA K-1 Rules Super Middleweight World champion
• SIMTA
  • 2007 SIMTA 72 kg European champion
• K-1
  • 2007 K-1 MAX North European Qualification champion
• Liver Kick.com
  • 2013 Fight of the Year vs. Joseph Valtellini on December 21
• SIMTA
  • 2005 SIMTA Light Middleweight European champion.
• MON
  • 2004 M.O.N Dutch Open Amateur tournament (-71 kg) champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

90 Wins (56 (T)KO's), 11 Losses, 0 Draws, 1 No Contest Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2016-12-10 Cédric Doumbé Glory: Collision Oberhausen, Germany 90-11-0 Defending Glory Welterweight Championship. 2016-10-21 Win Murthel Groenhart Glory 34: Denver Broomfield, Colorado Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 90-11-0 Retains the Glory Welterweight Championship. 2016-04-16 Win Yoann Kongolo Glory 29: Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 89-11-0 Retains the Glory Welterweight Championship. 2015-12-04 Win Murthel Groenhart Glory 26: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (split) 5 3:00 88-11-0 Retains the Glory Welterweight Championship. 2015-08-07 Win Raymond Daniels Glory 23: Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (right knee cut) 3 1:36 87-11-0 Wins the vacant Glory Welterweight Championship. 2015-02-06 Win Raymond Daniels Glory 19: Virginia - Welterweight Contender Tournament, Final Hampton, Virginia, USA TKO (4 Knockdowns) 3 1:25 86-11-0 Wins the Glory Welterweight Contender Tournament. 2015-02-06 Win Alexander Stetsurenko Glory 19: Virginia - Welterweight Contender Tournament, Semi Finals Hampton, Virginia, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 85-11-0 2014-12-25 Win Yusuf Karakaya One Shot World Series Antalya, Turkey TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2:05 84-11-0 2013-12-21 Win Joseph Valtellini Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament, Final Tokyo, Japan TKO (right hook) 3 3:00 83-11-0 Wins the Glory Welterweight World Championship Tournament. 2013-12-21 Win Karapet Karapetyan Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament, Semi Finals Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 82-11-0 2013-04-06 Win Karim Ghajji Glory 6: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey TKO (cut) 4 81-11-0 2012-10-06 Win Murat Direkçi Glory 2: Brussels Brussels, Belgium TKO (cut) 2 80-11-0 2012-09-02 Loss L'houcine Ouzgni Muay Thai Mania V The Hague, Netherlands Extra R. Decision 4 3:00 79-11-0 2012-05-26 Win Alex Tobiasson Harris Glory 1: Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden TKO (3 knockdowns/liver shots) 2 2:42 79-10-0 2012-03-23 Win Davit Kiria United Glory 15: World Series 2012 Moscow, Russia Decision 3 3:00 78-10-0 2012-02-12 Win Karapet Karapetyan Natural Powers Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00 77-10-0 Defends WFCA K-1 Rules World Super Middleweight (-76.20 kg) title 2011-12-23 Win Cyrus Washington Klaar Om Te Bossen 3 Suriname TKO (Cut) 2 2011-11-06 Win Ky Hollenbeck Muay Thai Premier League: Round 3 Hague, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2011-09-02 Win Marco Piqué Muaythai Premier League: Round 1 Long Beach, California, USA Decision 3 3:00 2011-05-28 Loss Artur Kyshenko United Glory 14: 2010-2011 World Series Finals Moscow, Russia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2011-03-19 Win Carlos Tavares United Glory 13: 2010-2011 World Series Semifinals Charleroi, Belgium KO (Punches) 1 2:04 2011-02-27 Win Thilo Schneider Kickboxgala Golden Glory Helmond, Sporthal Haagdijk Eindhoven, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00 Wins WFCA K-1 Rules World Super Middleweight (-76.20 kg) title 2010-10-16 Win Murthel Groenhart United Glory 12: 2010-2011 World Series Quarterfinals Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext. R Decision 4 3:00 2010-09-12 Loss L'houcine Ouzgni Fightingstars presents: It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Left flying knee) 1 0:53 2010-06-19 Win Cagri Ermis A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2010-05-29 Win Cosmo Alexandre It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (4-1) 3 3:00 2010-04-10 Win Mourad Salhi Star Muaythai V Maastricht, Netherlands Ext R. Decision 4 3:00 2010-01-30 Win Leroy Kaestner Beast of the East Zutphen, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-12-06 Win Mohammed Medhar GGH Gala Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-10-17 Win Faldir Chahbari Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights Amsterdam, Netherlands Extr R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 2009-07-13 Loss Buakaw Por.Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-04-21 Win Chahid Oulad El Hadj K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 16 Fukuoka, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 2008-11-30 Win Marco Pique SLAMM "Nederland vs Thailand V" Almere, Netherlands KO (Left hook) 3 2:56 2008-10-01 Win Virgil Kalakoda K-1 World MAX 2008 Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 1:42 2008-07-06 Win William Diender Ultimate Glory 9 Nijmegen, Netherlands KO (Left body shot) 4 0:47 2008-05-31 Win José Reis Beast of the East 2008 Zutphen, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2008-04-26 Win Joerie Mes K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Spinning back kick) 2 2:21 2008-03-15 Win Karim El Jouharti It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy 2008, Super Fight 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2008-01-26 Loss Aalviar Lima Beast of the East Zutphen, Netherlands KO (Left hook) 3 0:36 Fight was for WFCA World Thaiboxing Middleweight (-72.57 kg) title 2007-11-24 Loss Andy Souwer Shootboxing in the Autotron Rosmalen, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2007-10-27 Win Lamsongkram Chuwattana SLAMM "One Night in Bangkok" Antwerpen, Belgium Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2007-09-09 Win Baker Barakat Ultimate Glory 5 Amersfoort, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2007-06-28 Loss Buakaw Por. Pramuk K-1 World MAX 2007 Final Elimination Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2007-05-13 Win Marijn Geuens Fight Night in Veghel Veghel, Netherlands KO (Spinning back kick) 2007-04-07 Win Ruslan Kaladko Balans Fight Night Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2007-01-21 Win Steve Neumann Ultimate Glory 2 Amersfoort, Netherlands KO (Left uppercut) 1 2006-11-24 Win Elias Daniel K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 Stockholm, Sweden KO (Left body shot) 3 0:50 Wins K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 tournament title. 2006-11-24 Win Joakim Karlsson K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 Stockholm, Sweden KO (Straight right punch) 1 0:34 2006-11-24 Win Björn Kjöllerström K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 Stockholm, Sweden KO (Right hook) 1 2:20 2006-09-23 Win Jan van Denderen It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2006, Reserve Fight Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2006-03-26 Win Terence Oosterling West Point Fight II Tilburg, Netherlands KO (Left cross) 1 0:10 2006-03-05 Win Travers Schlee Future Battle Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands TKO 2005-12-17 Win Ferhat Atasoy WFCA Gala "The Eye of the Tiger" Arnhem, Netherlands KO 2005-10-30 Loss Donald Berner It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Alkmaar, Pool B Semi Finals Alkmaar, Netherlands Ext R. Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 2005-09-25 Win Daniel Hudson Manchester, England KO (Straight right punch) 1 1:01 Wins SIMTA Muaythai European title. 2005-06-18 Win Melvin van Leeuwaarde Showdome IV Amsterdam, Netherlands KO 2005-04-30 Win Ömer Tekin Queens Fight Night Eindhoven, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage) 1 2005-02-27 Win Richard Jones Master Sken's Fight Night Manchester, England KO (Straight right punch) 2 1:06 2004-12-12 Win Servet Cakir Face to Face 2nd Edition, Final Apeldoorn, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 Wins M.O.N Dutch Open Amateur tournament (-71kg) title. 2004-12-12 Win Felat Atasoy Face to Face 2nd Edition, Semi Final Apeldoorn, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 4 2:00 2004-12-12 Win Radju Ramdjilal Face to Face 2nd Edition, Quarter Final Apeldoorn, Netherlands KO 2004-09-04 Loss Henrik Nygaard Valhalla 2004 Battle of the Vikings Aarhus, Denmark KO 4 2004-03-27 Win Steven Berkolayko WPKL Muay Thai Champions League XIII Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 2004-02-21 NC Mesut Acikyol Test of Talent Reloaded III Mortsel, Belgium No contest 5 2004-02-20 Win Richard Jones Master Sken's Fight Night Manchester, England TKO 4 2004-02-01 Win Nico Lombaerts Thai-Kickboxing Gala Valkenswaard, Netherlands KO (Low kicks) 1 2003-12-19 Win Ali Moftagari Gala in Kampen Kampen, Netherlands KO 2003-06-29 Loss Frank Sonders Dutch Muay Thai Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 2002-11-17 Loss Wesley Robijn Jellema promotion, Sporthal "De Wetering" Houten, Netherlands KO 2002-10-06 Win Dennis Rooy WFCA Gala in Nijmegen Nijmegen, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 2 2:00 2002-04-13 Win Reza Rahimpour TB Den Haag promotion, Fairtex Thaiboksgala Den Haag, Netherlands TKO 2 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Boxing record

Boxing Record

11 Wins (8 (T)KO's), 0 Losses, 0 Draw Date Result Opponent Location Method Round Time Record 2016-07-09 Win Kindele Matingu Helmond, Netherlands DEC 10 (10) 11-0-0 2016-01-18 Win Farouk Daku Helmond, Netherlands DEC 10 (10) 10-0-0 2015-11-08 Win Yesilat Berkta Meppen, Germany KO 2 (6) 9-0-0 2015-06-06 Win Ahmed El Ghoulbzouri Eindhoven, Netherlands DEC 6 (6) 8-0-0 2015-04-19 Win Mikheil Khutsishvili Helmond, Netherlands KO 3 (8) 7-0-0 2014-10-12 Win Ruslan Schelev Helmond, Netherlands KO 6 (8) 6-0-0 2014-07-13 Win Ismael Altintas Helmond, Netherlands TKO 2 (6) 5-0-0 2013-10-14 Win Gary Abajyan Amsterdam, Netherlands RTD 3 (6) 4-0-0 2013-09-21 Win Philipp Kolodziej Helmond, Netherlands RTD 2 (6) 3-0-0 2013-07-06 Win Ata Dogan Helmond, Netherlands TKO 1 (4) 2-0-0 2013-03-03 Win Anatolij Baron Helmond, Netherlands KO 2 (4) 1-0-0 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of K-1 Events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of male kickboxers

External links

• The Official Website of Nieky Holzken
• Golden Glory Gym
• Boxing record for Nieky Holzken from BoxRec (registration required)