Holt Beats Tackie Via Decision
Posted by Ramon Aranda on 02.07.2008
Main event leaves a lot to be desired but former Olympian Vanes Martirosyan makes it a fun night.
Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank
Last night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Kendall Holt (23-2, 12 KOs) defeated Ben Tackie (29-9-1, 18 KOs) via 10-round majority decision. While Tackie was trying to be aggressive throughout, it was Holt who was boxing and controlling the pace of the fight. Unfortunately this made for a rather lackluster main event as the crowd let both fighters know that they weren't impressed with the action. The final two rounds were a bit more crowd pleasing and was apparently action packed enough that Tackie caught up on one of the judges' scorecards. Scores were 98-92, 98-92, 95-95 in favor of Holt.
Earlier on the card, former Olympic junior middleweight Vanes Martirosyan (19-0, 13 KOs), made quick work of Jorge Munoz (20-2, 13 KOs) by stopping him in the 3rd round. Martirosyan dropped Munoz in round 1 and round 3 before a barrage of punishing shots forced a stoppage at 2:20 of round 3.
