WBO
Jr.
Welterweight
Championship
TORRES
vs.
HOLT
II
"NO
EXCUSES!"
Saturday,
July
5
at
Planet
Hollywood
Resort
&
Casino
LIVE
ON
SHOWTIME
at
11
P.M.
ET/PT
WHAT'S
ALL
THIS
BROO
HAHA?
THE
REAL
STORY
BEHIND
"THE
GREAT
HOLTUP!"
KENDALLGATE:
TORRES-HOLT
I
LAS
VEGAS,
NEV
(July
1,
2008)
--
It
was
10
months
ago
today,
September
1,
2007,
when
World
Boxing
Organization
junior
welterweight
champion
RICARDO
TORRES,
from
Barranquilla,
Colombia,
and
No.
1
contender
and
mandatory
challenger
KENDALL
HOLT,
from
Paterson,
NJ,
rumbled
for
the
world
title
inside
the
Jumbo
Saloon
Country
Club
in
Torres'
hometown.
Keith
Idec,
the
only
U.S.
journalist
at
the
fight,
led
his
report
on
the
mayhem-filled
night
with
the
following:
"In
what
rapidly
turned
into
a
dangerous
environment
for
virtually
everyone
inside
the
Jumbo
Saloon
Country
Club
early
Sunday
morning,
Kendall
Holt's
championship
dream
was
washed
away
amid
a
downpour
of
beer,
soda
and
water."
The
following
link
will
take
you
to
Idec's
entire
eye
witness
account
of
the
fight,
courtesy
BoxingScene.com:
Fought
in
a
bandbox
with
negligible
security
and
a
referee
who
lost
control
of
the
situation,
the
fight
ended
abruptly,
and
arguably,
prematurely,
late
in
the
11th
round
with
Holt
holding
a
slim
lead
on
two
of
the
three
scorecards.
Torres
was
awarded
a
TKO
victory
thus
keeping
his
world
title
despite
the
fact
Holt
was
still
able
to
defend
himself,
though
he
was
having
problems
keeping
his
footing
due
to
a
ringmat
made
slippery
from
fans
hurling
"innumerable
full
beer
cans
and
bottles,
and
cans
of
soda
and
water
in
the
ring."
In
the
aptly-named
"No
Excuses,"
Torres
and
Holt
will
finish
what
they
started
10
months
ago
in
a
world
championship
rematch.
Only
this
time
it
will
be
under
the
auspices
of
the
Nevada
State
Athletic
Commission
at
Planet
Hollywood
Resort
&
Casino.
And
unlike
before,
U.S.
boxing
fans
will
be
able
to
see
it
live
on
SHOWTIME
This
Saturday!
July
5,
as
the
main
event
of
a
special
edition
of
ShoBox:
The
New
Generation,
beginning
at
11
P.M.
ET/PT
(delayed
on
the
west
coast)
Attached,
please
find
the
formal
protest
from
Holt
to
the
WBO,
submitted
by
attorney
Patrick
English,
detailing
all
of
Holt's
issues
with
the
first
fight.
Promoted
by
Top
Rank,
Torres
vs.
Holt
II
will
take
place
This
Saturday!
July
5
at
Planet
Hollywood
Resort
&
Casino
in
Las
Vegas,
and
will
be
broadcast
live
on
a
special
edition
of
SHOWTIME's
SHOBox:
The
New
Generation,
beginning
at
11
p.m.
ET/PT
(delayed
on
the
West
Coast).
The
broadcast
will
open
with
the
10-round
junior
welterweight
rumble
between
undefated
Top-five
contender
LAMONT
PETERSON
(24-0m
11
KOs),
from
Washington,
D.C.,
and
former
IBA
world
champion
ROGELIO
CASTANEDA.
Remaining
tickets,
priced
at
$150,
$100
and
$50,
can
be
purchased
at
the
Planet
Hollywood
Box
Office,
Ticketmaster
outlets
and
Ticketmaster.com
RICARDO
TORRES
vs.
KENDALL
HOLT
LAMONT
PETERSON
vs.
ROGELIO
CASTAÑEDA
Sábado,
5
de
Julio,
en
el
Planet
Hollywood
Resort
y
Casino,
En
Las
Vegas,
Nevada
Diez
meses
después
del
resultado
controversial
de
la
primera
pelea,
Ricardo
Torres
defenderá
su
título
peso
welter
junior
de
la
Organización
Mundial
de
Boxeo
(OMB)
contra
el
contendiente
No.1
Kendall
Holt
en
la
revancha
en
una
edición
especial
de
ShoBox:
The
New
Generation
(La
Nueva
Generación)
el
sábado,
5
de
Julio
del
2008,
en
vivo
por
SHOWTIME
a
las
11
p.m.
ET/PT
(en
diferido
en
la
costa
oeste).
En
la
pelea
co-estelar
peso
welter
júnior
de
10
asaltos,
el
invicto
contendiente
No.
5
de
la
Asociación
Mundial
de
Boxeo
(AMB)/OMB
de
las
140
libras
Lamont
Peterson
(24-0,
11
KOs)
pondrá
su
récord
invicto
en
riesgo
contra
el
ex-campeón
de
la
Asociación
Internacional
de
Boxeo
Rogelio
Castañeda.
Top
Rank
promoverá
ambas
peleas
y
se
realizaran
en
el
Planet
Hollywood
Resort
y
Casino
en
Las
Vegas,
Nev.
Torres
(32-1,
28
KOs),
quien
defenderá
su
corona
de
la
OMB
por
tercera
vez,
regresó
para
anotarse
un
muy
controversial
nocaut
técnico
en
el
décimo
primer
asalto
sobre
Holt
(23-2,
12
KOs)
el
1
de
Septiembre
del
2007,
en
la
ciudad
natal
del
campeón
Barranquilla,
Colombia.
RICARDO
TORRES
“A
Holt
no
le
gusta
perder.
No
aprovechó
la
ventaja
en
la
primera
pelea
cuando
pudo”.
“Yo
sé
como
pelea
Holt.
Yo
sé
lo
que
tengo
que
hacer.
Lo
único
que
me
preocupa
es
llevar
el
título
de
nuevo
a
Colombia”.
“Lo
principal
en
cualquier
pelea
es
preparación,
y
lo
hemos
hecho.
Vimos
algunos
errores
que
cometi
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