Review: 2013-12-21, very tough fight with some nice exchanges from the first bell and an exciting finish: the fight between Joseph Valtellini and Nieky Holzken is very close to get four stars. Joseph Valtellini (11-1-0) entered as the No.3 super middleweight in the world while Nieky Holzken (76-11-0) entered as the No.5. Valtellini vs Holzken is the final of Glory welterweight tournament and it is on the undercard of Peter Aerts vs Rico Verhoeven – GLORY 13. Watch the video!
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Event: GLORY 13 Tokyo
Date: 2013-12-21
Where: Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
Division: catchweight (170 lbs, 77 kg)
GLORY 13 fight card (main fights):
Joseph Valtellini vs Nieky Holzken final
Peter Aerts vs Rico Verhoeven
Daniel Ghita vs Errol Zimmerman
Joseph Valtellini vs Raymond Daniels semifinal
Nieky Holzken vs Karapet Karapetyan semifinal
Jerome Le Banner vs Sergei Kharitonov
Remy Bonjasky vs Anderson “Braddock” Silva 2
Valtellini’s next fight: Marc de Bonte vs Joseph Valtellini
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Official video:
Alternative video hosted on Youtube
Valtellini did very well in this fight too in spite of having lost the match. Nieky prevailed because his excellent background and experience and due to the fact he is also a very strong puncher. Valtellini needs more exposure in the ring to improve a little bit more his already excellent techniques and qualifications. If there is rematch with Nieky in a couple of years the result could be totally different.
Yes, Nieky won thanks to his experience but also to his boxing, in fact in 2013 he started his professional boxing career and now he has 4 victories out of 4 fights (all by ko!!). Valtellini has to improve his boxing to beat Holzken!