Smith vs Holzken

Who won Smith vs Holzken?

Callum Smith beat Nieky Holzken by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, February 24th, 2018, at Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Bayern.

The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 118-110, 117-111 in favor of winner Callum Smith.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 kg).

This was a semi final of the World Boxing Super Series.

Smith vs Holzken stats

Back in February 2018, Callum Smith stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 23 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Nieky Holzken made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 13 wins and 0 draws.

Callum Smith was the younger man by 6 years, at 28 years old.

Smith had a height advantage of 3 inches over Holzken.

Both Callum Smith and Nieky Holzken fought out of an orthodox stance.

Smith was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 months earlier than Holzken, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 95 more professional rounds, totaling 159 compared to Holzken's 64.

Callum Smith went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC, and 2 by the WBO at super middleweight.

Smith vs Holzken form

Smith had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Erik Skoglund on September 16, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had defeated Luke Blackledge on December 10, 2016, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their BBBOC British Super Middleweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Norbert Nemesapati on September 10, 2016, by technical knockout in the 6th round at The O2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had won against Cesar Hernan Reynoso on May 29, 2016, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Goodison Park Stadium, Liverpool.

He had beaten Hadillah Mohoumadi on April 2, 2016, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Activity check

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 22 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

What time did Smith vs Holzken start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Bayern, Germany, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 PM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Smith vs Holzken?

Smith vs Holzken was broadcast on ITV Box Office in the UK.

What were the odds on Smith vs Holzken?

Callum Smith was a 1/50 (-5000) favorite going into the contest, while Nieky Holzken made his way into the ring at 12/1 (+1200) with oddsmakers.