Kendall Holt could face Joshua Clottey on Dec. 5
by SC on Sep 29, 2009 8:58 PM EDT
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BoxingScene.com's Rick Reeno reports that former junior welterweight titleholder Kendall Holt is being strongly considered as the December 5 opponent of welterweight contender Joshua Clottey. Clottey recently turned down a challenge from junior middleweight with titlist Sergio Martinez, and also has in recent weeks seen a proposed December 26 fight with Shane Mosley go up in smoke.
Holt (25-3, 13 KO) last fought in April, a unanimous decision loss to Timothy Bradley in a competitive, entertaining bout. Clottey (35-3, 20 KO) lost to Miguel Cotto in June, a really tight fight many though Clottey won. The instinct is to say that Holt would be the smaller man, but he's actually taller than Clottey by an inch and would have four inches of reach on him, too. Holt has been decked several times in his career, and stopped twice, but one of those stoppages came in a highly controversial bout with Ricardo Torres, and another was a fluke first round TKO to Thomas Davis back in 2004.
And for as strong as Clottey appears to be, he's really not much of a puncher at all. His last stoppage win was over Jose Luis Cruz in 2008, but that was thought to be an early stoppage by many. His last KO/TKO win before that came in 2004. He has never really stopped a quality opponent, the best being Cruz, a fringe contender.
Clottey-Holt is actually a pretty damn good fight for both guys. They could use a good win, Holt has the frame to move up to welterweight and isn't past his prime or anything, and he's an explosive fighter, which could definitely give Clottey some problems. Clottey is an excellent defensive boxer, but doesn't finish guys and has a tendency to lay back too much on the offensive end of the fight. It has "controversial decision" written all over it, frankly.
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umm anyway yeah this fight would be absolutely amazing
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by battle axe of doom on Sep 29, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve Holt is a bastard. He doesn’t even know who his real father is. What else don’t we know about Steve Holt? George Michael Bluth is a cool guy. His dad is a powerful executive, working for this man. The girls like him just fine. Young and old, it doesn’t matter… in the dark.
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by The Kittitas Kid on Sep 30, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems like a very easy touch to me
A XXL welterweight picking on a junior welterweight with a low workrate and a questionable chin doesn’t seem like the most challenging matchup in the world, almost like Berto facing Stevie Forbes. Far cry from Martinez, would would have been a VERY live dog.
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by Brickhaus on Sep 29, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
martinez fight would have been awful. never thought too much of martinez and frankly the two fights i’ve seen of him have been snoozers. i’d rather watch a major badass like holt than a “cutie” like martinez
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by battle axe of doom on Sep 29, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Martinez would have been the favorite in that fight vs Clottey….
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
by Zocalo on Sep 30, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Martinez would’ve cruised against Clottey.
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by SC on Sep 30, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that I think Clottey is bad at all, but going up to 154 wouldn’t be so hot for him and Martinez doesn’t stay in the pocket very much.
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by SC on Sep 30, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have not seen anyone in the 154/160 besides Paul Williams that can really impose their will on Martinez.
He is kinda like Chris John… does his pot shots, backs away, and doesn’t like to grind it out.
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
by Zocalo on Sep 30, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are a few similarities there, but Martinez has a good deal more power than Chris John, PFP. Though John is probably the better overall fighter PFP.
by taco pal on Sep 30, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
I give Holt no shot in this.
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on Sep 30, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holt needs to win a few meaningful fights starting with this one or risk becoming Zab Judah 2
by JohnUtah on Sep 30, 2009 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Without the personality, so I guess he’ll always have that.
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by SC on Sep 30, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
THIS WILL BE A GOOD MATCH UP. A lot of close action punching.
by Haans Bishop on Sep 30, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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