Kalvin Henderson

Kalvin "Hot Sauce" Henderson (born June 24, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He has held the Universal Boxing Federation intercontinental super-middleweight title and competed for the World Boxing Association Super-middleweight title. As an amateur boxer, he was a four-time Arkansas state champion.

Personal life Henderson began boxing at the age of 15 while living in Fort Worth, Texas. While having an aptitude in early life for other sports including track and field, football, and basketball, it was boxing that would become his career.

Henderson moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2007 to attend school at the University of Arkansas, where he earned a bachelor's degree in music education while also playing as a percussionist for the university's marching band. in Springdale, Arkansas. Along with Lightburn, Henderson also coaches young fighters and is part of the Arkansas Boxing Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on using boxing as a sport to support positive outcomes for youths in Arkansas.

Henderson is married and the father of five children.

The documentary has screened at numerous film festivals including Cannes Shorts festival and the Tokyo Film Awards, and garnered awards at the Fayetteville Film Fest and Rogers Short Film Festival.

Henderson would then go on to win nine more fights between August 2016 and September 2018, bringing his record to 10 wins and 0 losses, including five TKO victories, before facing Brandon Robinson for the vacant Universal Boxing Federation inter continental super-middleweight title on December 7, 2018, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. He would win the fight in the seventh round, knocking Robinson to the canvas twice, first with uppercut, and again with an overhand right before the referee stopped the fight, declaring a TKO victory for Henderson. The title victory for Henderson, which was considered an upset by commentators, earned him the Bennie Briscoe Philly Fight of the Year award.

In 2019, Henderson would compete in two fights, beating Antowyan Aikens by TKO and earning a majority draw in a bout against Genc Pllana. Despite making the fight competitive, Henderson would lose to Steen via majority decision. Shortly after on October 30, 2021, Henderson would defeat Robert Burwell by TKO.

On June 4, 2022, now with a record of 15 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss, Henderson faced WBA super-middleweight champion Davild Morrell for the title at the Minneapolis Armory in Minnesota, broadcast on Showtime. In the anticipated title fight, which broke attendance records at the Minneapolis Armory, Morrell would win via fourth-round TKO stoppage despite some counterpunching attempts from Henderson. Since his title fight against Morrell in 2022, Henderson has fought four times, earning victories in all four bouts, two by TKO and two by decision. During Jake Paul's training camp for his 2023 fight against Tommy Fury, Henderson was hired as a sparring partner, but after giving Paul a bloody nose during a rough sparring session, Henderson was dismissed from Paul's camp.

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