Holt v. D. Hopkins: Round by Round

There was one fight before the main event between James Moore and Yuri Foreman. It was a slugfest to say the least. Yuri Forman landed the cleaner punches, which carried him to a unanimous decision. He showed good defenese against Moore's wild style.


Tonight's last fight is between Kendall Holt and Demetrius Hopkins at junior welterweight. Hopkins is coming off a 13 month layoff and filling in for Ricardo Torres, who couldn't fight in a rematch against Holt due to a virus.

D. Hopkins is out to the ring first. He comes out to Jay-Z. Holt follows and comes out to "Get Money" by 50 Cent.


Hopkins is 28-0-1 with 11 KOs. Holt is 24-2 with 13 KOs.


Round One:
The fighters feel each other out for the first 30 seconds. Holt throws a jab. Hopkins starts off the action with a combo upstairs, mostly blocked. Holt gets Hopkins into the ropes and lets loose. Hopkins lands a left hook. Holt throws four wide hooks but Hopkins dodges them all. Not much jab throwing in Round One. Hopkins lands a right hook. Tough round to score.


Spartan117: 10-9 Holt


Round Two:
Hopkins throws a left hook that's blocked. Hopkins starts throwing the jab. The two get tangled after throwing haymakers and Hopkins gets thrown to the canvas. They get up and touch gloves. Holt throws a big uppercut and hook but misses. Holt lands a body shot. Hopkins looks like he's having trouble getting things going.


Spartan117: 10-9 Holt


Round Three:
Holt starts off with a jab. Holt gets D-Hop against the ropes and throws wild hooks, but Hopkins evades them. Hopkins is fighting off of the ropes well. Hopkins digs in with a pair of hooks. Holt throws a counter shot after taking a jab but Hopkins gets away. Lots of haymakers being thrown in this round.


Spartan117: 10-9 Hopkins


Round Four:
Hopkins goes back to the jab. Holt goes for a big right hand but Hopkins slips away again. Hopkins is using excellent movement. Holt gets Hopkins against the ropes again but doesn't score. Hopkins lands a big right hand - best punch of the fight. Hopkins lands a great left hook after slipping a jab from Holt.


Spartan117: 10-9 Hopkins


Round Five:
Holt lunges with a jab to the body. Hopkins lands a big flurry upstairs. Hopkins throws a double jab. Hopkins is spending most of this round backpedalling. Holt hasn't landed much either. Tough round to score since nothing happened.


Spartan117: 10-9 Holt


Round Six:
Hopkins lands a left hook upsairs, then a great flurry. Holt throws a leaping left hook that misses by a mile and gets Holt off balance. Hopkins looks good in this round. Holt is throwing a lot but Hopkins is using great movement.


Spartan117: 10-9 Hopkins


Round Seven:
Holt throws a hard flurry and lands a great left hook that knocks Hopkins off balance. It looks like he might have been in trouble, but he holds on to stay alive. Holt is doing well this round. Hopkins rips Holt with a right hook and Holt swings with big, wide shots right back.


Spartan117: 10-9 Holt


Round Eight:
Holt comes out swinging. Hopkins uses good movement to get away again. Holt has to run forward to catch up to Hopkins, who is practically running away. Holt has Hopkins against the ropes and throws to the body. Hopkins throws a left-right combo but Holt slips away.


Spartan117: 10-9 Holt


Round Nine:
Holt backs Hopkins into the corner. The two fight it out and swing like crazy in the center of the ring. Not much lands flush. Hopkins is clinching a lot in this round. Hopkins throws a wide left and Holt ducks. Hopkins lands three big shots and backs Holt up. Most of these rounds could go either way.


Spartan117: 10-9 Hopkins


Round 10:
Holt is the aggressor in this fight, but Hopkins is showing crafty foot movement. Holt lands a right hand but not cleanly. Hopkins throws a flurry, but it's all blocked by Holt. Barely anything is landing flush. Holt scores with a combo to the body and head. Barely anything done in this round.


Spartan117: 10-9 Holt


Round 11:
The fighters exchange flurries. Hopkins throws big shots while Holt is against the ropes. Holt fires back and nothing lands flush. The two men clinch in the center of the ring. Lots of clinching going on and not a lot of clean punches landing. Hopkins lands a huge uppercut that snaps the head of Holt. That was his best punch of the fight. Hopkins follows with another right hand.


Spartan117: 10-9 Hopkins


Round 12:
Not much happening in the beginning of the last round considering the fight is pretty much up in the air. Holt lands a left hook. Hopkins lands a left hook to the body. Holt lands a right hook in a flurry. Holt throws a big flurry. Hopkins lands a left hook. Holt gets backed into the ropes but flurries out. The two slug it out at the end of the fight.


Spartan117: 10-9 Holt

Spartan117: 115-113 Holt

Judge 1: 115-113 Hopkins
Judge 2: 116-112 Holt
Judge 3: 117-111 Holt

The winner by split decison... and still WBO light welterweight champion... Kendall Holt.

Hopkins says there was some ring rust and he wishes he was more active.


Holt says the body shots were his game plan. He says he trained hard and was ready for Hopkins by watching tapes and working hard.