On February 22, 2013, a 31-year-old Kendall Holt (28-5, 16 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight IBF title held by 29-year-old Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs).
Holt came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 7 days. Peterson was on a 2-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 2 months, and 12 days.
Lamont Peterson stopped Kendall Holt via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-lightweight title. Peterson improves his record to 31-1-1 (16 KOs), while Holt adds a loss to his record at 28-6.
On October 15, 2011, a 30-year-old Kendall Holt (27-4, 15 KOs) and a 23-year-old Danny García (21-0, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Holt came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 2 days. Garcia was on a 21-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 6 days.
Danny Garcia defeated Kendall Holt via split decision in the 12-round super-lightweight fight. Garcia improves his record to 22-0, while Holt adds a loss to his record at 27-5.
On February 27, 2010, a 28-year-old Kendall Holt (25-3, 13 KOs) and Kaizer Mabuza met in the ring.
Holt came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 23 days.
Kendall Holt lost to Kaizer Mabuza via RTD in the 6th round, and adds an loss to his record at 25-4.
On April 4, 2009, the 27-year-old WBO super-lightweight champion, Kendall Holt (25-2, 13 KOs), and the 25-year-old WBC super-lightweight champion Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Holt came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 22 days. Bradley was on a 23-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 22 days.
Timothy Bradley defeated Kendall Holt via unanimous decision and unifies the WBO and WBC super-lightweight titles. Bradley improves his record to 24-0, while Holt adds a loss to his record at 25-3.
On September 1, 2007, a 26-year-old Kendall Holt (22-1, 12 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBO title held by 27-year-old Colombian boxer Ricardo Torres (31-1, 27 KOs).
Holt came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 12 days. Torres was on a 3-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 4 days.
Ricardo Torres stopped Kendall Holt via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Torres improves his record to 32-1 (28 KOs), while Holt adds a loss to his record at 22-2.
On June 18, 2004, a 23-year-old Kendall Holt (15-0, 11 KOs) and Thomas Davis met in the ring.
Holt came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Kendall Holt lost to Thomas Davis via TKO in the 1st round, and adds an loss to his record at 15-1.