Ricardo Torres-Kendall Holt: No Excuses The Rematch

This Saturday live on Showtime as a Special Edition of ShoBox, Ricardo Torres takes on Kendall Holt in a rematch of their controversial fight from last year. The fight is for the WBO Junior Welterweight Title currently held by Torres. Their first fight was controversial due to lack of control by the referee and a wild crowd in Torres's country of Colombia. Holt claims he was hit in the head with a beer can among other things. Now put all that stuff in the past. This Saturday, the rematch will be televised on Showtime(American Television) at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas (United States). I doubt very seriously if the fight gets out of control in anyway as Jay Nady is the referee. So what do we have here but the two fighters. Ricardo Torres, who is a very dangerous puncher with 28KOs in his 32 wins. Then you have Kendall Holt who is a slick boxer with some power. Holt at this point has a lot of anger and emotion in his body. He may deny it, but it appears to be written all over him. He feels he was cheated in the first fight and wants to KO Torres to prove it. If Holt comes out trying for KO, I have a feeling he will be KOd. Torres is too powerful for Holt in my view. Torres appears to be in good shape too. Holt, has never really impressed me. He also seems to have a weak chin to me and both of his losses have been by stoppage. Sure his first fight with Torres was controversial, but him getting knocked down was not controversial. Torres has improved since his KO loss to Miguel Cotto back in 2005. In that fight, Torres took the fight on short notice and almost had Cotto out in the fight. Holt appears to be in shape for the fight but I think he needs to box. He does not need to exchange with Torres. Get in and get out, try to wear Torres down in the body. Maybe in the later rounds he can possibly get Torres out. However a KO should not be a first priority for Holt. Torres has the power to stop Holt without a doubt. In order for him to win, he probably needs to get in close and let his hands go. Do not let Holt keep him on the outside. Holt does drop his hands, and Torres needs to take advantage of that by landing his hard right hand. They have both knocked each other down in the first fight so it could happen again. However I think Torres has the better shot at knocking Holt down and possibly out. Honestly for some reason I see Torres stopping Holt again, probably with a punch he does not see coming. For Holt I would like to see him win so he can get the belt he desires, but I just don't see it happening that way. I see Holt giving in to his emotions and trying to trade with a puncher. I guess Saturday night we will see if I am wrong.