Some Holzken He returns to the world stage at ONE Fight Night 11. This time he’ll be back in his kickboxing gloves, ready to embark on a path to the top. After the competition in ONE ChampionshipLast year’s 10th anniversary event, ONE X, in Muay Thai, Holzken is ready to return to his roots.
Nieky Holzken returns to kickboxing at ONE Fight Night 11
On June 9, he met Holzken Arian Sadikovich In a lightweight kickboxing competition. The match will be held at the Lumpini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok. The Dutchman is hoping that victory will erase the bitter taste of defeat.
“I was supposed to fight Islam Murtzaif He trained for 10 weeks with a senior team [kickbocking] Gloves for that fight. Four days before I was due to go to Singapore, I got a call that he couldn’t fight. At that day, Liam Nolan He fought and won by KO. They offered to fight me after a week. I signed the contract, but it wasn’t kickboxing rules. The rules of Muay Thai were. I didn’t train in tiny gloves, but that’s my fault. You don’t want to waste those 10 weeks. You sacrifice everything and want to fight.” Tell ONE Holzken.
next day, Sensamut Clinmy I interfered under the rules of Muay Thai. Not wanting to back down from the challenge, Holzken refused. The result was a shocking knockout for the Thais and a step backwards for Holzken.
“I was in pretty good shape. Everything was working very well. My low kicks were on point. My conditioning was fine after the first round. I wasn’t tired. The only thing is I had a game plan for Islam with 10oz gloves. And that fight was with 4 ounce gloves, which changed everything. Your defense is very different from 10 ounce gloves. It was my own fault to accept it, but I accept that I lost with one punch. It was a good punch. He caught me, and I went down. “I got through it pretty quickly,” Holzken recalled.
The Dutch legend may be approaching 40, but Holzken isn’t ready to roll off into the sunset. “The Natural” still feels great physically and is ready to prove any doubters wrong. He plans to use ONE Fight Night 11’s global platform to show that the world’s age is just a number when you take care of yourself.
“For me, age is just a number. I don’t feel 39. I don’t train like I’m 39. I train like I did when I was 25. I just have to keep in mind that I have to recover more, eat more, rest. I’m going to win,” And people will see that I don’t fight like a 39-year-old,” Holzkin said.
This is why Holzken has his eyes on gold. The “normal” wants to reach the top of the mountain again and prove that he is still among the elite. With lightweight kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion Regian Ercel By competing for the card, he will have the opportunity to show the reigning king that he is still in the title picture.
“I don’t come for money fights. I come for my legacy and to win. I know I have a good name in the kickboxing world, but I want to be champion again. I want to stop when I’m champion. That’s my goal. And I’m going to do my best to get there.” “.
ONE Fight Night 11 airs live on Prime Video on Friday, June 9th. The event starts at 8pm EST / 5pm PT. The event is free to all Amazon Prime members in the United States and Canada.