Chris Holt, alias The Incredible Holt, is a professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Detroit Lakes

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

-Demographics:As of the official census of 2000, there were 7,348 people, 3,319 households, and 1,845 families permanently residing in the city. The population density was 980.4 people per square mile . There were 3,782 housing units at an average density of 504.6 per square mile...

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

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Professional boxing career

Holt made his professional debut in January of 2002 at the age of 28. His first bout resulted in a points win against 12-130 Donnie Penelton. Holt stayed unbeaten through four fights, losing for the first time to 10-0 Giovanni Alvarez of Sweden. After three more wins Holt was pitted against 31-5 Kenny Ellis, who gave him his second loss. In September 2004 Holt brought a record of 9-3 into a bout with Kwan Manassah, billed as a contest for the Minnesota state middleweight title. Holt won the title by sweeping every round on all three scorecards, and successfully defended the title once, against 26-4 Troy Lowry

Troy Lowry

Troy Lowry is a middleweight professional boxer. Lowry is a native of St Paul, Minnesota.-Professional career:Lowry began his career with a decision over Blaine Biers in February 1992 and ran off twelve consecutive wins before losing a fight to Terry Ford in May 1994...

, when that fight was stopped after the fifth of ten scheduled rounds due to cuts. Holt lost the state title in a loss to Butch Hajicek in Fargo, North Dakota in December 2005, though questions were raised later about the propriety - even the legality - of having a Minnesota state title fight outside of Minnesota.

The loss to Hajicek was part of a slide in which Holt lost four straight fights and five out of six, including losses to Andre Ward

Andre Ward

Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...

, Aaron Mitchell

Aaron Mitchell (Boxer)

Aaron Mitchell is a middleweight boxer from Vero Beach, Florida. He is the WBO NABO middleweight champion.- External links :...

, and Jean Paul Mendy. Holt reversed course starting in late 2007, putting together a 3-1-1 record in his final five bouts, culminating with a win in his farewell match against JJ Corn.

Holt retired from professional boxing with a record of 16 wins, 9 losses, and 1 draw, with 9 of his 16 wins coming by knockout

Knockout

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