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Johnny Holt

136 KOs
208 KOs
1Draws
Last six: W-L-L-L-W-L
Career
division
Light Heavyweight
status
inactive
bouts
34
rounds
142
KO %
46.2%
KO wins
6
KO losses
8
career
1947–1954
debut
1947-08-07
last fight
1954-07-28
Profile
alias
Jack
sex
M
nationality
United States
origin
United States
city / state / zip
Washington, District of Columbia
dob
0000-00-00

Latest news

Johnny Holt helped to establish boxing in the East Rand
2021-04-05 · SuperSport
SA's biggest boxer ever
2017-07-11 · SuperSport (blog)
He never fought as an amateur but Norman Weiner, who owned the Royal Hotel in Vryheid, persuaded him to take up professional boxing. Johnny Holt, who had held the SA bantamweight title in 1934, was brought in to train Potgieter. Holt was confident that …
South Africa' biggest boxer ever
2017-07-10 · SuperSport (blog)
He never fought as an amateur but Norman Weiner, who owned the Royal Hotel in Vryheid, persuaded him to take up professional boxing. Johnny Holt, who had held the SA bantamweight title in 1934, was brought in to train Potgieter. Holt was confident that …

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Jul 28
Tommy Merrill
23 14 2
L-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
4 of 4 · 165 / 162 lbs
Event →
Jun 4
Major Lee
0 0 0
W-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
4 of 4 · 170 / 165 lbs
Event →
Jul 13
Elmo Lincoln
2 1 1
L-KO
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2 of 4 · 172 / 173 lbs
Event →
Mar 13
Bob Isler
22 19 5
L-PTS
Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 172 / 168 lbs
Event →
Feb 26
Billy Black
2 2 0
L-PTS
Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, United States
8 of 8 · 169 / 171 lbs
Event →
Feb 12
Curtis Moore
24 13 0
W-TKO
Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, United States
1 · 164 / 160 lbs · 1:16
Event →
Jan 29
Curtis Moore
24 12 0
W-PTS
Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, United States
8
Event →
Jan 12
Junius Woods
14 11 0
L-PTS
Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 160 / 160 lbs
Event →
Oct 2
Clarence Hinnant
4 0 0
L-KO
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 6
Event →
Jun 6
Eddie Marshall
7 2 1
L-KO
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2
Event →
Mar 19
Eddie Marshall
5 2 1
L-KO
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
3
Event →
Apr 3
Harvey Jones
4 3 0
L-PTS
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5
Event →
Feb 13
Rufus Berry
5 0 1
L-PTS
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Dec 5
Benny Droll
19 20 12
W-PTS
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5
Event →
Nov 22
Roland Randell
3 1 0
L-KO
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
4
Event →
Nov 14
Ike Martin
6 2 0
W-PTS
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Oct 10
Phil Berman
16 1 0
W-KO
Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
2
Event →
Jul 13
Julian Keene
11 2 0
L-PTS
Griffith Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5
Event →
Mar 14
Harvey Jones
1 1 0
L-PTS
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5 · 170 / 171 lbs
Event →
Feb 21
Harvey Jones
1 0 0
W-PTS
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5
Event →
Jan 24
Oscar Wakefield
6 6 2
W-PTS
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5
Event →
Dec 8
Art Bethea
21 9 2
D-PTS
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
6
Event →
Nov 29
Oscar Wakefield
6 5 2
W-TKO
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
4 · 170 / 169 lbs
Event →
Nov 22
Holly Mims
2 2 1
L-PTS
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5 · 159 / 154 lbs
Event →
Oct 25
Johnny Hansbury
7 3 1
L-PTS
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
8
Event →
Oct 18
Julian Keene
5 1 0
W-KO
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2 of 5
Event →
Oct 4
Slim Gravetto
0 1 0
W-KO
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2 of 5 · 164 / 167 lbs
Event →
Sep 20
Harvey Jones
0 0 0
L-KO
Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
3
Event →
Nov 29
Lew Perez
48 93 16
L-KO
Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2 of 4 · 165 / 160 lbs
Event →
Oct 25
Lew Perez
45 91 15
L-KO
Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York, United States
4 of 4 · 156 / 158 lbs
Event →
Oct 11
Larry Shaw
3 2 0
W-KO
Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York, United States
1 of 4 · 161 / 163 lbs
Event →
Sep 18
Lou Morgan
5 2 1
W-PTS
Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
4 of 4 · 161 / 159 lbs
Event →
Aug 19
Richie Dallas
3 1 0
L-PTS
Long Beach Stadium, Long Beach, New York, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Aug 7
Ray Kelly
1 0 0
L-PTS
Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
4 of 4 · 157 / 153 lbs
Event →