By Jim Dower: Former two division world champion Arthur Abraham (47-6, 30 KOs) barely kept his sagging career alive on Saturday night in edging Patrick Nielsen (29-3, 14 KOs) by a 12 round split decision to capture the vacant World Boxing Organization International super middleweight title at the Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany.
By Andreas Strøjer Tynan Schmidt: Danish boxer Patrick Nielsen (24-1, 12 KOs) was awarded the WBA International Super Middleweight Championship belt on Saturday, March 14, when he defeated American George Tahdooahnippah (34-2, 24 KOs) on a TKO at the beginning of round eight. The corner of the American called of the fight before the round even got started.
It all started with a colorful ring walk from Tahdooahnippah, who’s called ‘Comanche Boy’ for his native American blood. The Indian-blood card was also used heavily when an overdressed Indian dancer entered the ring confusing most of the crowd for being the fighter himself. After a few minutes of dancing in the ring, the dancer stopped and let the real fighter enter the scene. That whole stunt was probably the most exciting about his performance on that night.
By Scott Gilfoid: A fight between newly crowned WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee (34-2, 24 KOs) and #6 WBA Danish fighter Patrick Nielsen (23-1, 11 KOs) is being talked about for March 14th in Dublin, Ireland.
The guy that Lee was supposed to fight, #1 WBO Billy Joe Saunders, will have to wait until the summer for a title shot against Lee if the Lee-Nielsen fight comes off, according to Irish-Boxing.com.
What’s interesting about the Lee vs. Nielsen fight is that the 23-year-old Nielsen was recently beaten by Dmitry Chudinov by a fairly wide 12 round unanimous decision last June.