Kendall Holt (Rated R) is a 43-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former super-lightweight world champion. In a career spanning 11 years, 10 months, and 23 days, Holt amassed a record of 28-6, which includes 16 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Kendall Holt was born in Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. on June 14, 1981. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on March 30, 2001 against Frank Zorchak. Holt defeated Zorchak via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Holt got his first shot at a world title at the age of 26 after 23 professional fights. On September 1, 2007 Holt challenged Ricardo Torres' WBO super-lightweight title but lost via 11th round TKO.
He became a world champion on July 5, 2008 at the age of 27 years, after by defeating Ricardo Torres, the then-reining WBO super-lightweight champion, via 1st round KO. This was his 26th fight as a professional.
Holt's last fight was an 8th-round TKO loss to Lamont Peterson at age 31, on February 22, 2013, in which he was fighting for the IBF super-lightweight title.
Some of Kendall Holt's best fights have been against Ricardo Torres, David Díaz, and Ben Tackie. For a complete list of Holt's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Kendall Holt".
Holt has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Kendall Holt Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
34 | Feb 22, 2013 | 31 |
Lamont Peterson 29 30-1-1 | loss | TKO 8 |
33 | Mar 15, 2012 | 30 | Tim Coleman | win | TKO 2 |
32 | Oct 15, 2011 | 30 |
Danny García 23 21-0 | loss | SD 12 |
31 | May 13, 2011 | 29 | Julio Díaz | win | TKO 3 |
30 | Jan 29, 2011 | 29 | Lenin Arroyo | win | TKO 1 |
29 | Feb 27, 2010 | 28 | Kaizer Mabuza | loss | RTD 6 |
28 | Apr 04, 2009 | 27 |
Timothy Bradley 25 23-0 | loss | UD 12 |
27 | Dec 13, 2008 | 27 | Demetrius Hopkins | win | SD 12 |
26 | Jul 05, 2008 | 27 |
Ricardo Torres 28 32-1 | win | KO 1 |
25 | Feb 07, 2008 | 26 |
Ben Tackie 34 30-8 | win | MD 10 |
24 | Sep 01, 2007 | 26 |
Ricardo Torres 27 31-1 | loss | TKO 11 |
23 | Apr 20, 2007 | 25 | Mike Arnaoutis | win | UD 12 |
22 | Nov 03, 2006 | 25 | Isaac Hlatshwayo | win | UD 12 |
21 | Nov 03, 2006 | 25 | Volodymyr Khodakovskyy | win | UD 10 |
20 | May 27, 2005 | 23 | Jaime Rangel | win | SD 12 |
19 | Feb 04, 2005 | 23 |
David Díaz 28 26-0 | win | TKO 8 |
18 | Dec 09, 2004 | 23 | Carlos Antonio Escobar | win | UD 6 |
17 | Oct 14, 2004 | 23 | Roberto Ortega | win | UD 6 |
16 | Jun 18, 2004 | 23 | Thomas Davis | loss | TKO 1 |
15 | Mar 26, 2004 | 22 | Gilberto Reyes | win | KO 1 |
14 | Dec 06, 2003 | 22 | John Trigg | win | MD 8 |
13 | Oct 24, 2003 | 22 | Norberto Frias | win | KO 3 |
12 | Apr 25, 2003 | 21 | Richard Best | win | TKO 2 |
11 | Mar 15, 2003 | 21 | Cardyl Finley | win | TKO 2 |
10 | Nov 07, 2002 | 21 | Andriy Trunov | win | UD 6 |
9 | Oct 11, 2002 | 21 | Kevin Carter | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Jul 12, 2002 | 21 | Norberto Frias | win | UD 6 |
7 | Apr 20, 2002 | 20 | Rashaan Abdul Blackburn | win | TKO 5 |
6 | Mar 03, 2002 | 20 | Curtis Wilkens | win | TKO 3 |
5 | Dec 14, 2001 | 20 | Matt Hill | win | TKO 2 |
4 | Oct 26, 2001 | 20 | Marcus Luck | win | PTS 4 |
3 | Jun 26, 2001 | 20 | Marat Sunyuntaev | win | KO 2 |
2 | Apr 20, 2001 | 19 | Jonathan Kuhn | win | TKO 1 |
1 | Mar 30, 2001 | 19 | Frank Zorchak | win | KO 1 |