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.

After graduating college, Henderson began training with his current coach Kevin Lightburn at Straightright Boxing 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.

"Lost in the Sauce" Documentary Henderson is the subject of a 2021 documentary Lost in the Sauce: The Kalvin Henderson Story directed by Bernard Oliver. The documentary chronicles the journey and struggles of Henderson as a successful prize fighter.

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.

Amateur career During his time as an amateur, Henderson competed in over 70 bouts, earning a number of accolades including:

2010 Texas Games Gold Medalist 2011 Texas Games Silver Medalist 4x Arkansas State Golden Gloves Champion 2011 Ft. Worth Regional Golden Gloves Champion 2013 Mid South Regional Golden Gloves Champion 2015 Team USA middleweight representative for the World Series of Boxing (WSB) Ranked #4 in middleweight in the United States, ranked #25 worldwide

Professional career As a professional boxer, Henderson has ranked as high as #10 in the world in the WBA super-middleweight boxing rankings and has fought on a number of televised boxing promotions for Showtime and Fox Sports 1.

After his amateur career, Henderson made his professional debut on April 30, 2016, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) over Tiriik Johnson at the Fisher Armory in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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. In 2021, Henderson would fight four times, winning three of the four bouts by KO or TKO. During a fight against Isaiah Steen on July 23, 2021, Henderson tore his rotator cuff. 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.

In January 2025, Henderson went viral on social media after photos of a bloodied boxer/influencer Jake Paul began circulating on several boxing websites. 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.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes22 Win19-2-1 Cleotis PendarvisUD8Oct 11, 2024 21 Win18-2-1 Nafys Anas GarnerTKO6 (8) Mar 02, 2024 20Win17-2-1 Antonio Louis HernandezTKO4 (8) Dec 16, 2023 19Win16-2-1 Twon SmithUD6Jan 21, 2023 Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, US18Loss15-2-1 David MorrellTKO4 (12) Jun 4, 2022 Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.For WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title17Win15-1-1 Robert BurwellTKO2 (8) Oct 30, 2021 Metro Plex Event Center, Rogers, Arkansas, US16Loss14-1-1 Isaiah SteenUD10Jul 23, 2021 Heartland Events Center, Grand Island, Nebraska, US15Win14-0-1 Tevin AndersonKO4 (6) Jun 5, 2021 Springdale Civic Center, Springdale, Arkansas, US14Win13-0-1 Justin BaesmanKO2 (6) Mar 27, 2021 Heartland Events Center, Grand Island, Nebraska, US13Draw12-0-1 Genc PllanaMD8Dec 6, 2019 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, US12Win12-0 Antowyan AikensTKO3 (8) May 10, 2019 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, US11Win11-0 Brandon RobinsonTKO7 (10) Dec 7, 2018 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, USWon vacant UBF inter continental super-middleweight title10Win10-0 Billy CunninghamTKO5 (6) Sep 15, 2018 Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, US9Win9-0 Vance GarveyRTD5 (8)Mar 31, 2018 Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, US8Win8-0 Taronze WashingtonUD6November 18, 2017 Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, US7Win7-0 Engelberto ValenzuelaTKO1 (6) Jul 18, 2017 Rapides Parish Coliseum, Alexandria, Louisiana, US6Win6-0 Bobby TaylorSD4Apr 15, 2017 Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, US5Win5-0 Carlos DixonUD4Feb 18, 2017 Metro Plex Event Center, Rogers, Arkansas, US4Win4-0 Henry MercerTKO1 (4) Dec 10, 2016 Minges Coliseum, Greenville, North Carolina, US3Win3-0 Joe BradshawTKO1 (4) Nov 5, 2016 Brock Gymnasium, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, US2Win2-0 Cameron BurroughsUD4Aug 20, 2016 Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, US1Win1-0 Tiriik JohnsonTKO1 (4) Apr 30, 2016 Fisher Armory, North Little Rock, Arkansas, USProfessional debut.

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