Showtime to Air a Holt vs. Torres III Special
Posted by Ramon Aranda on 12.02.2008
Their first two bouts will be replayed their first two bouts in their entirety.
The initial two action-packed encounters between Kendall Holt and Ricardo Torres were rife with controversy, questionable officiating, punches after the bell and head butts. They resolved little and spawned a nasty rivalry. Showtime will present "Holt Torres – Unpredictable," a 90-minute telecast that will replay in their entirety the two hotly contested fights and preview their impending third.
The first two fights ended in knockouts—Torres took the first inside 11, Holt won the second in round 1, the leading candidate for Round of the Year—but left many unanswered questions. The most obvious of which: Who is the better 140-pound world champion, Holt (24-2, 13 KOs), the current holder of the WBO junior welterweight title, or Torres (32-2, 28 KOs), the former WBO champ?
To settle matters once and for all, Holt, of Paterson, N.J., will defend against Columbia's Torres in a must-see rubber match in the main event of a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on Saturday, Dec. 13, live on Showtime (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
"Holt-Torres – Unpredictable" will premiere on Showtime 2 on Monday, Dec. 8, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. It will re-air at the same time on SHO2 on Tuesday, Dec. 9 and Thursday, Dec. 11, before airing on Dec. 13 at 5:15 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
