39 Facts About Kendall Holt

Kendall Holt was born on June 14,1981 and is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013, and held the WBO junior welterweight title from 2008 to 2009.

Kendall Holt was raised by his father after a difficult childhood, which culminated with his mother Debra Holt being convicted of killing a homeless man, dubbed as a "thrill killing", during an evening of senseless violence and crime.

Kendall Holt was taken from his father while he was young due to child abuse, and was put into foster care.

Kendall Holt made his professional debut in 2001 and won his first 15 fights, before he fought Gilberto Reyes on March 26,2004.

Kendall Holt was dominating the first round, when Davis dropped Kendall Holt to the canvas with a straight right hand.

Kendall Holt got up, but was on unsteady legs as Davis landed three more strong blows down the middle including another punishing right cross to the chin.

Kendall Holt crumbled to the canvas for the final time as the referee stopped the fight.

Kendall Holt won his next two fights in New Jersey, before moving down to light welterweight to take on 1996 US Olympian David Diaz on February 4,2005, at the Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Kendall Holt caught Diaz with a whip-like left hook to the head followed by a sharp right hand that dropped him in round one along with opening a cut around his right eye.

Kendall Holt survived the knockdown and in the next round, stunned Diaz with a blistering five-punch volley of left hooks and right hands to the face.

Diaz retreated on wobbly legs; however, Kendall Holt continued to unload with both hands and connected with another sharp flurry of shots.

Kendall Holt was up at the count of two and was able to shake of the effects of the knockdown.

Kendall Holt regained his poise and landed the harder cleaner shots for the rest of the evening.

Kendall Holt went on to drop Hlatshwayo in rounds nine, eleven, and twelve to win by unanimous decision.

Kendall Holt fought Mike Arnaoutis in a WBO light welterweight title eliminator on April 20,2007, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Kendall Holt dominated almost all of the exchanges with Arnaoutis and eventually dropped him in the final round with a riveting right hand to the jaw en route to a unanimous decision victory.

Kendall Holt fought Colombia's powerhouse Ricardo Torres on September 1,2007 in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Kendall Holt was in command of the fight, knocking down Torres with a left-right combination in the sixth round.

Kendall Holt was ahead of Torres on two of three scorecards entering the eleventh round, but Torres knocked down Kendall Holt with a vicious left hook, giving Torres a chance to make a comeback in the fight.

Kendall Holt tried to hold on, run, and get through the round without taking more punishment by Torres.

Kendall Holt claimed that someone in Torres' corner reached through the ropes and grabbed Holt's leg during the eleventh round.

Kendall Holt had a heated exchange with Rodriguez after the fight when they met in the Barranquilla Plaza Hotel.

Kendall Holt shouted obscenities at Rodriguez for not giving a break in the action due to fans throwing objects in the ring, making the surface slippery.

Darren Antola, Kendall Holt's cut man, was hit with a beer can to the back of his head as he prepared to head to the airport for his flight back to New Jersey.

Later, Bob Arum of Top Rank, declared that Torres clearly won the fight and that Kendall Holt's claims are ungrounded.

Kendall Holt was in a very bad shape and the referee acted wisely stopping the fight.

Patrick English, Kendall Holt's attorney, was bewildered by Arum's evaluation of the controversial conclusion to the light welterweight title fight.

On September 18,2007, The Kendall Holt camp completed a formal protest of the fight.

Kendall Holt stayed away by using his movement as Tackie was unable to get off with his punches.

Kendall Holt tried, but was just too slow for the much quicker Holt.

Kendall Holt took no chances, as he stayed away and landed three-punch counters to every one-punch of Tackie.

Kendall Holt recovered but found himself on the canvas for the second time just seconds later.

Kendall Holt got up and, while being castigated by Torres in the corner, managed to connect with a left hook and knocked Torres out.

However, a week before the fight Torres pulled out due to illness and Kendall Holt instead fought the undefeated Demetrius Hopkins.

Kendall Holt knocked Bradley down in the first round and the twelfth round, but Bradley won a majority of the rounds in between and took a unanimous decision win to take Kendall Holt's WBO championship.

On March 10,2010, Kendall Holt fought Kaizer Mabuza in an IBF-title eliminator and entered as the favorite.

Mabuza controlled the fight from the start and Kendall Holt retired on his stool after six rounds.

Kendall Holt was put into a pretrial intervention program, with the expectation that the charges would be dropped upon completion.

Kendall Holt successfully completed that program and the charges were dismissed.