On February 22, 2013, Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs), the super-lightweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Kendall Holt (28-5, 16 KOs).
Lamont Peterson is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Amir Khan, 1 year, 2 months, and 12 days ago. Kendall Holt is on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Tim Coleman, 11 months and 7 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lamont Peterson at 99-1 winning odds. Kendall Holt really doesn't have much to present against Peterson.
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.