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Ricardo Torres v. Kendall Holt II (SHO)

Jul 5, 2008 11:00 PM EDT
Planet Hollywood - Las Vegas, NV
Holt KO-1

Well, holy crap

If you also missed it live, or just want to watch it again, here's the entire fight. Torres-Holt II:

That's a contender for Round of the Year, huh?

I'd have to think there'll be a Holt-Torres III. A controversial first fight, a 61-second rematch which has some questioning whether or not the damage was done in large part by a clash of heads. The finish punch was pretty, yes, but I want to see these two do it again. Besides, who else is Holt going to fight?

Lamont Peterson beat Rogelio Castaneda, Jr., via 9th round TKO in the opener. I am told it stunk. I am not surprised.

I want to revise my top 10 at 140, which I last did in May after Witter-Bradley:

1. Ricky Hatton (1)
2. Paulie Malignaggi (2)
3. Kendall Holt (4) -- I have no idea how The Ring didn't have Holt ranked in the division
4. Ricardo Torres (3) -- a 61-second loss doesn't plummet his standing
5. Timothy Bradley (5)
6. Junior Witter (6)
7. Andreas Kotelnik (8)
8. Herman Ngoudjo (7)
9. Juan Urango (10)
10. Vivian Harris (9)

The last four: Ngoudjo slips a little because I think his fight with Paulie Malignaggi (which I had him winning, 115-113) was a career-best effort from him. He didn't look as fast against Souleymane M'baye, and had he fought Kotelnik that night, I think he would have lost. And that's really the spirit of the list. Urango jumps Harris because I'm even more unsure about Harris as he stays inactive.

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Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Ricardo Torres v. Kendall Holt II

By now you've no doubt become familiar with the controversy surrounding Torres-Holt I, held last year in Colombia. The ring was pelted with bottles, cans and liquids, with the American challenger saying he was hit with a can during the fracas.

The refereeing was also quite bad, the environment was positively unsafe for a pro boxing affair (the event was anything but professional, honestly), and this rematch is deserved.

Torres says there was no controversy. Of course he does.

But even better than all of that is the fact that this is a good matchup, a puncher (Torres) against a boxer (Holt). Holt has a habit of running when he's not on his game, but when he's going good, he can really fight. Torres is a tough son of a gun with big power that went toe-to-toe with Miguel Cotto a few years ago in one of Cotto's best fights.

The undercard bout will see Lamont Peterson, brother of the recently-seen Anthony "Fwah!" Peterson, going up against veteran Rogelio Castaneda, Jr. Not much of a step up at all for Peterson. In fact, it is generously a step sideways. Neither has much power, so don't expect a knockout.

The show starts at 11pm from Planet Hollywood in Vegas, live on Showtime.

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RICARDO TORRES
WBO Junior Welterweight Titleholder
Ring Magazine No. 6 Contender
  KENDALL HOLT
 
 
32-1 Record 23-2
28 KO 12
Magangué, Bolívar, Colombia Hometown Paterson, NJ
28/td> Age 27
5'8" Height 5'9"
Kendall Holt (TKO-11)
Arturo Morua (UD-12)
Mike Arnaouits (SD-12)
Notable Wins Mike Arnaoutis (UD-12)
Isaac Hlatswayo (UD-12)
David Diaz (TKO-8)
Miguel Cotto (KO-7) Notable Losses Ricardo Torres (TKO-11)
Thomas Davis (TKO-1)
LAMONT PETERSON
  ROGELIO CASTANEDA, JR.
24-0 Record 24-13-3
11 KO 8
Memphis, TN Hometown Tijuana, Mexico
24 Age 31
5'9" Height 5'8"
Antonio Mesquita (UD-10)
Humberto Toledo (KO-1)
Frankie Santos (RTD-6)
Notable Wins Craig Weber (RTD-4)
Ernesto Zepeda (TKO-3)
Miguel Figueroa (MD-10)
  Notable Losses Francisco Bojado (TKO-10)
Demetrius Hopkins (UD-12)
Jose Armando Santa Cruz (UD-8)

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