Arthur Abraham vs. Patrick Nielsen - April 28, 2018

[Ruthless-RKO]

Danish paper BT writes that a fight between Arthur Abraham, 46-6 and still with Team Sauerland, and Patrick Nielsen, 29-2, now a freelancer, could be in the making. Both men needs wins badly: Abraham was outclassed against Chris Eubank, Jr, in his last fight while Nielsen was knocked out by John Ryder.

[oogiebe]

Danish paper BT writes that a fight between Arthur Abraham, 46-6 and still with Team Sauerland, and Patrick Nielsen, 29-2, now a freelancer, could be in the making. Both men needs wins badly: Abraham was outclassed against Chris Eubank, Jr, in his last fight while Nielsen was knocked out by John Ryder.

According to BT there are talks but no agreement in place yet.

That could be a great fight if both of them really dig deep considering their current standing, making this fight life or death for their careers (especially Arthur)

[Ruthless-RKO]

Danish paper BT writes that a fight between Arthur Abraham, 46-6 and still with Team Sauerland, and Patrick Nielsen, 29-2, now a freelancer, could be in the making. Both men needs wins badly: Abraham was outclassed against Chris Eubank, Jr, in his last fight while Nielsen was knocked out by John Ryder.

According to BT there are talks but no agreement in place yet.

That could be a great fight if both of them really dig deep considering their current standing, making this fight life or death for their careers (especially Arthur)

I thought Abraham would be finished. I guess he can still defeat a lot of the guys outside of the top 10.. He's probably the best..

[gilgamesh]

I doubt there's too much left in the sport for 'ol AA, but I think he'd still be capable of winning at this level. He's at the point now where any skilled fighter has a shot at him.

[oogiebe]

I doubt there's too much left in the sport for 'ol AA, but I think he'd still be capable of winning at this level. He's at the point now where any skilled fighter has a shot at him.

Vulnerability makes for fun fights!

[Ruthless-RKO]

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Fight is on now..

Former two-time World Champion Arthur Abraham (46-6, 30 KOs) will meet Denmark’s Patrick Nielsen (29-2, 14 KOs) in a make or break Super Middleweight showdown on April 28 at the Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany.

[jamamb]

nielsen looked like a total patsy when he fought even decent euro level opponents, abraham should have way too much still

[Ruthless-RKO]

nielsen looked like a total patsy when he fought even decent euro level opponents, abraham should have way too much still

I think it will be a wide decision for Abraham

Against Zurdo and CEJ, Abraham just turned up for paydays... But he can still go I think..

[3132DW]

nielsen looked like a total patsy when he fought even decent euro level opponents, abraham should have way too much still

John Ryder absolutely damaged him - it’s brutal hiding for Nielsen.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Nieky Holzken Returns on Arthur Abraham-Patrick Nielsen Card

Dutch super middleweight and former World Boxing Super Series participant Nieky Holzken, 13-1, takes on Serbian veteran Geard Ajetovic, 31-17-1, on April 28 in Offenburg. Holzken, a very late replacement, lost a gusty fight with Callum Smith in the WBSS semi-finals.

Also on the bill is Norwegian cruiserweight Kai Robin Havnaa, 12-0, who takes on Frank Bluemle, 15-5-2.

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Arthur Abraham (46-6, 30 KOs) and Patrick Nielsen (29-2, 14 KOs) both made weight today ahead of their crunch super middleweight clash for the WBO International title tomorrow night at the Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany.





WBO International Super Middleweight Championship:
Arthur Abraham: 76.2 kg
Patrick Nielsen: 76.2 kg*

* Nielsen makes weight on second attempt



Light Heavyweight – 8 Rounds:
Leon Bunn: 80.5 kg
Tomas Adamek: 80.5 kg

Super Middleweight – 8 Rounds:
Nieky Holzken: 76.8 kg
Bernard Donfack: 77.7 kg

Super Welterweight – 6 Rounds:
Abass Baraou: 69.5 kg
Artur Mueller: 67.6 kg

Cruiserweight – 8 Rounds:
Kai Robin Havnaa: 90.0 kg
Frank Bluemle: 91.0 kg

Super Lightweight – 6 Rounds:
Andranik Hakobyan: 67.6 kg
Zoltan Szabo: 64.2 kg

Super Middleweight – 6 Rounds:
James Kraft: 76.2 kg
Marco Miano: 73.5 kg

Super Featherweight – 4 Rounds:
Alshawa Abdulwahab: 57.8 kg
Rolan Petrovics: 59.8 kg

All the action will be available to watch live on Sport1 in Germany, TV3+ in Denmark and Viasport + in Norway.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Arthur Abraham Gains Split Decision Win Over Patrick Nielsen

Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany - In a battle of super middleweight veterans, former two division world champion Arthur Abraham (47-6, 30 KOs) had his fair share of trouble in winning a twelve round split decision over Patrick Nielsen (29-3, 14 KOs), who was coming off a stoppage loss at the hands of John Ryder, to capture the WBO International title.

The scores were 115-113 for Nielsen, 116-112 for Abraham, 116-112 for Abraham. There mixed reactions to the outcome, with some observers believing that Nielsen had done enough to gain the win.

As expected, Abraham started very slow, not throwing much and used his trademark defense to block most of the incoming punches. Unable to land many punches to the head, Nielsen began to target the body. Nielsen was really boxing well in the early going, moving around the ring and not allowing Abraham to set his feet to throw power shots.

Abraham pressure began to break Nielsen down in the latter parts of the second half of the fight. By the ninth round, Nielsen was really slowing down and taking a lot more punches, but he was still the fight. Abraham scored what was counted as a knockdown in the tenth round and had Nielsen in some minor trouble.

As the contest continued in the final two rounds, Nielsen was doing a lot of holding and getting warned often for coming in with his head when he needed to hold. Abraham was dictating the pace at this point and pressing the action as Nielsen appeared to be worn down and looking to do whatever was necessary to see that final bell, as he and his team felt they were well ahead on the cards.

Other Results
Light heavyweight prospect Leon Bunn (9-0, 6 KOs) dominated his way to an eight round unanimous decision over veteran Tomas Adamek (26-16-2 and not the popular Polish fighter).

Nieky Holzken (14-1, 11 KOs) returned for the first time since suffering his first career defeat, with a third round stoppage of Bernard Donfack (23-19-4, 11 KOs).

Holzken put Donfack down in the third round and was going for the finish, when Donfack’s corner threw in the towel.