Mike Holt’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South african boxer
Was Athlete 
Boxer 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 15 September 1931, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
Death 19 July 2008
(aged 76 years)
Star sign Virgo

Mike Holt (15 September 1931 – 19 July 2008) born Antione Michael Holthausen in Pretoria was a South African professional middle/light heavy/heavyweight boxer of the 1950s and ’60s who won the South African middleweight title, and South African light heavyweight title, and drew with Johnny Halafihi for the vacant British Commonwealth light heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the British Empire middleweight title against Pat McAteer, and British Empire light heavyweight title against Yvon Durelle, his professional fighting weight varied from 151 1⁄2 lb (68.7 kg; 10 st 11.5 lb), i.e. middleweight to 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb), i.e. heavyweight, he was managed by Piet Lourens.

Outside of boxing

Mike Holt appeared as ‘Punchy’ in Kimberley Jim, the 1965 South African musical comedy film directed by Emil Nofal and starring Jim Reeves.

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