Mike Holt

South African boxer (1931-2008)

Born

15 September 1931, Pretoria

Died

19 July 2008

Citizenship

South Africa

Sport

boxing

Discipline

heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight

Occupation

boxer

Mike Holt (15 September 1931 – 19 July 2008), born Antione Michael Holthausen, 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. Holt won the South African middleweight title from Eddie Thomas, and successfully defended the title against Thomas (twice), Cocky Bredenkamp, Jimmie Elliott, and Stoffel du Plessis. Holt 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.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q16018151 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.