Nieky Holzken
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| Born | Nicolaas Holzken 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 & Maarten van Berlo |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 11 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 103 |
| Wins | 90 |
| By knockout | 46 |
| Losses | 12 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.niekyholzken.nl/ |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
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Nieky "The Natural" Holzken (born December 16, 1983) is a Dutch super middleweight kickboxer and previous 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.
Nieky Holzken made his K-1 debut on November 26, 2006 at K-1 World MAX North European Qualification in . 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.
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