{"id":16343,"date":"2011-09-28T17:41:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T21:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16343"},"modified":"2011-09-28T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T21:41:17","slug":"bernard-hopkins-chad-dawson-boxing-news-undercard-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=16343","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Hopkins \u2013 Chad Dawson BOXING NEWS \u2013 Undercard Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former world champion Kendall \u201cRated R\u201d Holt is on a mission to recapture a world title belt, but first he must score a win over unbeaten prospect Danny \u201cSwift\u201d Garcia when they meet Oct. 15 on the \u201cBelieve It Or Not: Hopkins vs. Dawson\u201d pay-per-view undercard at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles for the vacant NABO Junior Welterweight title, as well as for the WBC #1 and IBF #2 ratings positions.<\/p>\n

A single parent raising his son, the 30-year-old Holt (27-4, 15 KOs) is managed by New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, and now trained by Buddy McGirt. Kendall captured the WBO Junior Welterweight World Title in 2008, sensationally stopping Ricardo Torres in the opening round. The Paterson, New Jersey boxer successfully defended his crown against Demetrius Hopkins and now, once again, Holt positioned himself for another world title shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing has ever been given to Kendall,\u201d Holt\u2019s promoter Gary Shaw said. \u201cHe\u2019s worked very hard for everything he\u2019s accomplished in the ring, never losing sight of another world title shot, and he\u2019s worked his way back up the ratings. We\u2019re confident that his experience, skills and determination will drive him to another impressive victory against Garcia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holt, presently rated WBO #3, WBC #4 and IBF #6 at 140 lbs. continued. \u201cThis fight is extremely important for me. I need to show the public that I\u2019m a force to be reckoned with and that I can and will be world champion again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been working hard my whole career. My first chance wasn\u2019t easy. I had to fight my way to become the mandatory challenger to force Torres to fight me, so, this is just like another day at the office for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia, 23, has a perfect 21-0 (14 KOs) record against lesser quality opponents than Holt has faced. Fighting out of Philadelphia, he is a world-class fighter who is rated WBC #8, IBF #10 and WBO #13.<\/p>\n

\u201cI see me being victorious,\u201d Holt predicted. \u201cGarcia\u2019s a good, young fighter but my experience and skill level are much better than his. It\u2019s not so much what he\u2019s done, but what Golden Boy has done for him. They\u2019ve picked the right opponents for him and his matchmaking has been great to get him to the top of the mountain. It\u2019s my turn to push him off the cliff because he\u2019s not ready for this level. He may have been a good amateur and he\u2019s a good pro prospect, but this is an entirely different level. They picked the wrong guy this time. They shouldn\u2019t have picked me because I have too much experience and better skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for Hopkins vs. Dawson, priced at $300, $150, $75 and $25, are available for purchase online at www.staplescenter.com and www.ticketmaster.com, via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at (800)745-3000 and at the STAPLES Center box office.
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Former world champion Kendall \u201cRated R\u201d Holt is on a mission to recapture a world title belt, but first he must score a win over unbeaten prospect Danny \u201cSwift\u201d Garcia when they meet Oct. 15 on the \u201cBelieve It Or Not: Hopkins vs. Dawson\u201d pay-per-view undercard at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles for the vacant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,5631,2208],"class_list":["post-16343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-dawson","tag-hopkins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}