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Updated at 7:42 p.m., Saturday, April 4, 2009

Boxing: Bradley outpoints Holt to unify WBC and WBO titles

Associated Press

MONTREAL — Timothy Bradley got up from a first-round knockdown to score a unanimous decision over Kendall Holt and unify two titles in the light welterweight division early Sunday morning.

Bradley (24-0) added Holt's WBO title to his own WBC belt in the unification bout between two Americans. Holt dropped to 25-3.

The stocky Bradley was the aggressor throughout the 12-round fight.

Holt caught Bradley with a right during a first-round flurry and sent him to the canvas. But the Palm Springs, Calif., fighter shook it off and won the next two rounds, attacking the body at every chance. By the seventh, he had taken control.