
Holt, McGirt Expect Performances To Soar at New Weight
The final few days leading up to weigh-ins for fights contested at the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds have almost always been brutal for Kendall Holt.

The final few days leading up to weigh-ins for fights contested at the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds have almost always been brutal for Kendall Holt.

30-year old former WBO Jr. Welterweight titlist Kendall Holt (28-5, 15 KO) of Paterson, New Jersey, rebounded from a loss in his last contest with a blowout, four knockdown second round stoppage at Welterweight of 27-year old Tim Coleman (19-3-1, 5 KO) of Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday night at the Morongo Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California.

Vernon “The Iceman” Paris has an important fight coming up against Zab Judah on March 24th as they headline NBC Sports Network televised card in Brooklyn, NY. While training camp and preparation are going great for Paris, he recently got into a “fight” before stepping in the ring as he and Kendall Holt took to Twitter to spew insults to each other.

Tim Coleman will be facing Kendall Holt in this week’s main event on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights.” Both are coming off losses: Holt (27-5, 15 knockouts) dropped a split decision in October against Danny Garcia, while Coleman lost via technical knockout in August against Vernon Paris.

Gary Shaw was blunt about what Kendall Holt’s fight Friday night against Tim Coleman means to the former WBO junior welterweight champion’s career.

Kendall Holt thinks Tim Coleman’s resume hasn’t properly prepared him for what he’ll face in their fight Friday night.

Kendall Holt has idolized Roy Jones Jr. since he was a little kid. They’ve become friends in recent years, so when Holt needed a chief second on short notice to work his corner next week for a nationally televised fight against Tim Coleman, Holt didn’t hesitate to ask the former pound-for-pound king. The future Hall-of-Famer gladly accepted that assignment Tuesday.

Kendall Holt isn’t sure if he is completely finished fighting at junior welterweight. That’ll likely depend on how Holt fares against Tim Coleman in their ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” main event March 16 in Cabazon, Calif. Their 10-round bout will be contested at welterweight, the division Holt decided to try after losing a 12-round split decision to undefeated Philadelphia contender Danny Garcia in their WBC 140-pound elimination match Oct. 15 in Los Angeles.