Patrick Nielsen: record, next fight and profile →
According to Danish paper Ekstrabladet it´s a done deal that former WBA super middleweight title challenger Patrick Nielsen and Mark Madsen will clash in a MMA fight later this spring. Nielsen´s payday is according to EB as high as one million Danish kronas (about $150,000 USD) - a high amount of money for a beginner at mixed martial arts, and someone who has lost his last two fights in a boxing ring.
EBU heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel (22-2 or 19-0 take your pick) have a new official challenger after Otto Wallin´s withdrawal and it´s no other than Joe "Juggernaut" Joyce (8-0) but don´t look for that fight to happen until the fall if at all.
Danish super middleweight Patrick Nielsen, 29-3, has signed with Peder Forsmnan´s Sports Management and the debut for his new promoter is set for May 25 in Aarhus. Nielsen lost a close, disputed decision to Arthur Abraham in April of 2018 and has been inactive since then and there have been talks of a rematch but the fight never materialized.
Reigning German (BDB version) super welterweight champ Abass Barou, 4-0, and light heavyweight Leon Bunn, 12-0, headlines Sauerland Event´s show at the CGM Arena in Koblenz (Germany) on February 16. Who they will be fighting is to be announced. The last time Team Sauerland promoted a show in this town was in 94 when Torsten May beat Ralf Rocchigiani in a German title fight at cruiser with heavyweight Axel Schulz in the chief support.
EBU heavyweight champ Agit Kabayel, 21-2 (including the Bigger is Better tournament fights), will defend the title against mandatory challenger Otto Wallin, 20-0, from Sweden, on February 3 or 23 in Germany with SES promoting.
A showdown between heavyweights Otto Wallin, 20-0, and Robert Helenius, 26-2, could be on its way to happen in the early fall. Helenius, also known as the Nordic Nightmare, has been appointed as the official challenger to the EU title held by Wallin and a fight between them make sense but perhaps more for Helenius, who needs an important win to get back into bigger fights after a somewhat flat showing in his wide points loss against Dillian Whyte.
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.
Abraham, Nielsen Weights Photos Gallery - 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.
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.
EBU heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel (17-0, 12KOs) will defend the April 21 at the Estrel Congress Center in Berlin with SES promoting. As for opponent it´s not yet officially confirmed by SES yet but the EBU list Miljan Rovcanin as opponent.