Kendall Holt: record, next fight and profile →
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.
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.
Kendall Holt has decided to move up to welterweight following his split-decision defeat to unbeaten Danny Garcia in a 12-round junior welterweight fight Saturday night in Los Angeles.
Ernest Gabion catches up with undefeated junior welterweight contender Danny Garcia to discuss his recent win over former champion Kendall Holt, what's next for his career and more.
Danny Garcia won a twelve round split decision by simply outworked the under-achieving Kendall Holt, who again looked for the one punch knockout that never materialized. What fight was judge Wayne Hedgepath watching?
Staoles Center, Los Angeles - Danny Garcia (22-0, 14KOs) got the biggest win of his career with a dominating twelve round split decision over former junior welterweight champion Kendall Holt (27-5, 15KOs). The scores were odd. A criminal 115-113 for Holt, 117-111 for Garcia and 117-111 for Garcia.
Staples Center, Los Angeles - The weights are in for Saturday's HBO Pay-Per-View. In the main event, WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins will defend his title against mandatory challenger Chad Dawson. Hopkins weighed 173.4-pounds, and Dawson was 174.2-pounds. Both fighters were in great shape.
Kendall Holt senses some overconfidence in Danny Garcia. Based on what he’s heard from Garcia throughout the promotion of their 12-round junior welterweight fight Saturday night in Los Angeles, the former WBO junior welterweight champion determined Garcia thinks Holt is the same fading fighter he was the night South African underdog Kaizer Mabuza beat him over six one-sided rounds 19 months ago in Atlantic City.